Hybrid Software Engineer – 6 Month Internship

at Prose

• Job title: Software Engineer – 6 Month Internship
• Job type: Internship
• Experience level: Entry level
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Cloud, Docker, Google Cloud Platform, Python, Unix
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Paris, France

About the role

• Software Engineer Intern on Algo Team at Prose, improving API performance and R&D tools for personalized beauty solutions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance the API that serves our personalization and formulation models.
• Ensure high reliability, stability, and performance of our backend services.
• Collaborate with ML engineers to integrate new algorithmic features into production.
• Develop and maintain Python tools that support the R&D team in exploring and validating new formulation algorithms.
• Automate recurring tasks and improve workflows.
• Document tools to ensure ease of use and maintainability.
• Contribute to load testing, monitoring, and observability improvements.
• Write clean, readable, maintainable Python code.
• Contribute to a well-tested codebase with unit tests, integration tests, and functional tests.
• Participate in peer reviews, continuous integration, and collaborative team discussions.

Requirements

• Comfortable with Python and motivated to grow as a backend engineer.
• Interest in APIs, backend systems, and performance optimization.
• A knack for writing clean, maintainable code.
• Eager to learn and implement automated testing.
• Familiar with Git, Unix shell, and standard developer tools.
• Good communication skills in French and English.
• Bonus (not required): Exposure to cloud environments (GCP), Docker, or monitoring tools.

Benefits

• Lunch voucher (Swile card) up to 9€ per day
• 50% reimbursement of the Navigo pass
• A great team atmosphere with team-building events, board game evenings, and more!