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IndieKidz GmbH

Backend Engineer, Python – Unpaid Mandatory Internship

IndieKidz GmbH

Backend Engineer (Python) building core product workflows for an AI-assisted children's book startup. Improving backend services and collaborating with product and design teams.

Posted 4/25/2026internshipBerlin • 🇩🇪 GermanyEntry LevelWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
DjangoOpen SourcePostgresPythonRedis

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Build(from scratch) and improve backend services & APIs for core product workflows using Python, Django, Fast API
  • Work on Supabase/PostgreSQL based data models, authentication, and API integrations
  • Develop job based systems using Redis and BullMQ/Message queue for image generation, processing, and export workflows
  • Integrate and support AI systems including LLM driven flows and ComfyUI based image pipelines
  • Manage file handling, storage, and delivery using object storage services
  • Help improve reliability, performance, and developer experience across the backend stack
  • Work closely with product, design, and frontend to ship real features fast

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Hands on experience with Python and backend API development
  • Familiarity with databases, authentication, queues, and async job processing
  • Interest or experience in AI systems, LLM workflows
  • Experience in building API services
  • Familiarity with tools such as Cursor and GitHub Copilot is required
  • Comfortable building fast, learning quickly, and working in an early stage startup environment
  • Previous internship, project, or open source work in SaaS or AI products is nice to have
  • Interest in creative tools, publishing, or workflow products

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Real hands on experience building a production grade AI product
  • Exposure to backend architecture, AI workflows, and startup execution
  • Ownership of meaningful features, not support tasks
  • Close collaboration with the founder and product team

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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonDjangoFast APIPostgreSQLRedisBullMQAPI developmentauthenticationasync job processingAI systems
Soft Skills
problem solvingadaptabilitycollaborationcommunicationlearning agility