Backend Intern

About the Position

Backend Intern

• Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Type: Hybrid
• Compensation: €500 per month
• Department: Product Engineering

Turn your curiosity into impact through an internship where you'll work on real product challenges, collaborate across teams, and develop as an engineer.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of new features and improvements for TicketSwap’s backend and API.
• Collaborate with Software Engineers, Designers, and Product Managers to bring ideas to life.
• Work with modern software design concepts such as domain-driven design or event sourcing.
• Learn to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code with guidance from our experienced engineers.
• Help test, debug, and optimize high traffic APIs that serve mobile and web clients, and integrate with third-party tools.
• Participate in code reviews, stand-ups, and team meetings to understand how a professional engineering team operates.
• Contribute ideas for improving maintainability and performance.
• Explore opportunities to automate and optimize backend workflows.
• Keep an eye on the latest backend trends and best practices and share what you learn with the team.
• Attend our Discovery Days sessions every quarter.

Requirements

About You

• Currently pursuing a degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
• Interested in doing a “meewerk” internship.
• Some experience in backend development, preferably in PHP and relational databases (such as MySQL).
• A genuine interest in backend development and building well-tested, clean software.
• Enjoy solving problems and learning new technologies.
• Comfortable working in a collaborative and international environment.
• Based in or near Amsterdam, and excited to work from our city-center office.
• Available as an intern from September '26, for 32-40 hours a week for at least 5 months.
• You have a portfolio website where you can showcase some of your side projects and/or school projects.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.

Nice to Have

• Experience with GraphQL, SQL, NoSQL, and modern web development practices.

We Offer

• A paid, full-time internship with a monthly compensation of €500.
• Flexible schedule to accommodate your classes and school assignments.
• Real-world experience with PHP (Symfony), GraphQL, databases (SQL and NoSQL), and modern web development practices.
• Insight into how a global marketplace operates at scale.
• Opportunity to ship code, contribute to projects used by millions of fans, and learn from a talented team of engineers passionate about creating great digital experiences.

About the Company

TicketSwap is on a journey to become the world’s favorite marketplace to safely buy and sell tickets. We’ve already reached about 19 million fans across 42 countries, and our mission is to be the experience marketplace every fan loves.

TicketSwap is built by fans, for fans. Keeping them at the heart of everything we do is our guiding principle. We’re continuously on the lookout for creative and talented people to strengthen our team.

Apply now – we'll take a look and get back to you as soon as possible! 💥