Backend Engineer Intern

About the role

Tencent's Weixin Group (WXG) builds and operates the Weixin ecosystem, including Official Accounts, Mini Programs, Weixin Pay, WeCom and search, and also develops and operates QQ Mail and WeRead. As a Backend Engineer Intern you will help build innovative IT solutions, collaborate with Product and Safety teams on secure online services, and support data compliance, user safety and service reliability.

Key responsibilities

• Develop innovative IT solutions that drive business impact, using cutting-edge technologies and methods
• Collaborate with Product and Safety teams to deliver robust and secure online services that meet business requirements
• Design and execute plans to improve data compliance, user safety and service reliability for users worldwide
• Work with partners to define processes and develop internal and external tools for core operations (user ops, safety ops, developer ops and service reliability)
• Assist other teams in making WeChat features available, safe and compliant for users globally

Required profile

• Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering or a related field
• Bilingual proficiency, as communications are shared in English and Mandarin with global and China HQ teams; Japanese is a strong plus
• Strong ownership, customer-oriented values and integrity
• Good programming discipline, fast learning ability and teamwork skills
• Prior internet industry work or internship experience is a plus

Required skills

• Backend software design, development and deployment with at least one of: C++, Python, Golang, Java or Scala
• Familiarity with Linux and common system tools
• Big data and streaming frameworks (Hadoop, Spark, Hive, Kafka, Flink, Iceberg) is a plus
• Docker and Kubernetes experience is an asset