Software Engineer Intern Position

Job Title: Software Engineer Intern

Company: Thoxt

Location: Vadodara, India/ Remote

Type: Part-time, remote internship

About Us:

Thoxt is a social media and blogging platform. Thoxt features AI-driven insights and real-time author tools for bloggers; intelligent article recommendations and smartly curated news from around the web for readers. The first of its kind, Thoxt supports different content types including long articles, short videos and posts, multilingual support, direct messaging and analytics.

At Thoxt, we're inventing new tools for writers and experimenting with deep tech at the intersection of blogging workflows, editorial insights, and reader engagement.

Thoxt is an early stage tech startup. This is an opportunity similar to joining YouTube in its earliest days, where you will be shaping the future of digital media, building core features from the ground up, and having a direct impact on how millions of people will read, write, and share ideas. You'll work closely with the founding team, contribute to big product decisions, and see your work go live in production at rapid speed. If you’re looking for a place to learn fast, grow your skills, and make your mark, Thoxt is where you belong.

Role Overview:

We’re looking for a Software Engineer Intern to join our engineering team. This is a hands-on role where you’ll contribute directly to building features for social engagement, improve user experience, and more.

Responsibilities

As a Software Engineer Intern at Thoxt, you will:

1. Contribute to our web platform (Django), adding features and fixing bugs.
2. Improving infinite scroll and engagement features for the homepage/feed.
3. Building search and hashtag autocomplete UI for content discovery.
4. Help optimize performance (caching, pagination, query optimization).
5. Implement new creator tools like video recording, editing, teleprompter, topic suggestions and image editing.
6. Assist with testing and QA, writing unit and integration tests.
7. Collaborate with product and design teams to turn ideas into user-facing features.

Requirements

1. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or CS50 with equivalent practical experience.
2. Experience with Python and Django (or similar backend framework).
3. Familiarity with JavaScript, Jinja2 and HTML/CSS.
4. Understanding of REST APIs and working with MySQL databases.
5. Interest in building user-facing features and learning full-stack development.
6. Eagerness to learn, experiment, and iterate quickly in a startup environment.

Bonus Skills

1. Knowledge of caching layers (Redis, Django cache).
2. Exposure to AWS or similar cloud platforms.
3. Prior projects in full-stack development or demonstration of problem-solving in core software engineering.
4. Familiarity with real-time systems (e.g., WebSockets, streaming pipelines).

Why Join Thoxt?

1. Be part of a revolution in self-publishing, AI-powered news destribution and mixed-media content recommendations.
2. A chance to build full-stack features from scratch and see them used by real creators and readers.
3. Mentorship and guidance in feature deployment, versioning, scaling, and R&D.
4. Flexible, collaborative, and fast-moving startup culture.

Apply by uploading your resume, code samples or link to past projects and a cover letter (keep it short, no ChatGPT-written fluff please) at our application portal.