Intern, Backend Platform at Instawork | Y Combinator (2024)

Instawork

A flexible work app that connects businesses with hourly workers.

At Instawork, we’re driven by our vision to create economic opportunity for local businesses and skilled hourly professionals in communities around the world. With a growing number of hub cities across the world in the U.S., Canada, India, and beyond, we’re looking for top talent to help rapidly scale our high-tech and high-touch labor marketplace. Our accomplished and dedicated team is passionate about our mission and committed to crafting revolutionary products, all with the backing of our world-class investors, including Benchmark, Spark Capital, Craft Ventures, Greylock Capital, Y Combinator, and more!

As an Engineering Intern at Instawork, you will be an integral member of our Platform team, building and maintaining the shared code and infrastructure used by our entire Engineering org. Interns will receive mentorship to improve their software engineering skills and to learn how to run, monitor, and maintain production applications at scale. Each intern completes and presents a portfolio-worthy project at the end of the internship.

What You’ll Do:

• Work as part of our Platform team to update our code and infrastructure to improve performance, monitoring, and scalability
• Ship to production from Day 1
• Learn new skills through mentorship from senior engineers

Who You Are:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• Completed courses in Software Engineering and CS fundamentals
• Experience using Python, AWS, Docker, and databases to build web applications. Terraform experience a plus
• Able to work in San Francisco

For CA based applicants:

• The monthly pay rate for this position is $6,000 - $7,500

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed above.

Instawork Values

• Bias for Action -- We are a growing team and an evolving product. We want a team of do’ers to drive the company forward, even if it means making decisions with incomplete information or being wrong.
• Act Like an Owner -- Treat this company as though it is your own. Execute on the fundamentals, and act creatively to drive growth. Your ability to drive impact in any part of our company is only limited by your courage and conviction, not your job title.
• Always Be Learning -- We are changing an entire industry. We strive to learn from each other and get better each day, week, and month, so that our team’s learnings can compound and we can all improve, together.
• Empathy, Trust, Candor -- Empathy for our business partners and professionals means we put ourselves in their shoes. Empathy for our colleagues means we are always upfront and honest with each other, which comes from trust.

About Instawork

Founded in 2016,Instawork is the leading flexible work app for local, hourly professionals. Its digital marketplace connects thousands of businesses and more than five million workers, filling a critical role in local economies. Instawork has been featured on CBS News, the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Associated Press, and more. In 2022, Instawork was ranked among the country’s top 10% of fastest-growing companies by Inc. 5000 and was included in the Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startup list. Instawork was also named the 2022 ACE Award recipient for “Best Innovation” and one of the “Best Business Apps” by Business Insider. Instawork helps businesses in the food & beverage, hospitality, and warehouse/logistics industries fill temporary and permanent job opportunities in more than 25 markets across the U.S. and Canada.

For more information visit www.instawork.com

We value diversity on our team and firmly believe Instawork is stronger when we hire people who make their own unique contributions to our culture. We welcome all applicants and encourage candidates from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.

To learn more about our company values, please visit: https://info.instawork.com/about

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Founded:2016

Team Size:500

Location:San Francisco