Software Engineer Intern, Android

About Poshmark

Poshmark is a leading fashion resale marketplace powered by a vibrant, highly engaged community of buyers and sellers and real-time social experiences. Designed to make online selling fun, more social and easier than ever, Poshmark empowers its sellers to turn their closet into a thriving business and share their style with the world. Since its founding in 2011, Poshmark has grown its community to over 130 million users and generated over $10 billion in GMV, helping sellers realize billions in earnings, delighting buyers with deals and one-of-a-kind items, and building a more sustainable future for fashion. For more information, please visit www.poshmark.com, and for company news, visit newsroom.poshmark.com.

Duration: 6 Months
Location : Chennai (in office)

Poshmark is seeking a Android Intern who will be working on our rapidly growing multiplatform social fashion marketplace and working on developing new user experiences, solving difficult problems and creating delightful solutions to improve user experiences. The role will be dynamic and varied, requiring a versatile self-starter willing to dive into multiple initiatives. Over the duration the intern can expect to become deeply involved in learning the tech stack, implementing new technologies, standards and best practices for software development that may run in production.

• Our goal is to give you exposure to a range of development techniques and current technologies, through the experience of applying them to the multi-platform social marketplace dynamics.

• This role will provide an excellent opportunity to implement code that may run in production, at scale. While having the opportunity to work with a talented team to rapidly roll out changes and measure their impact, while being mentored and guided.

• This is your chance to solve real world problems while working on cutting-edge technology.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Develop product features that delight the Poshmark community.

• Work with the product and design team to understand and iterate on feature requirements.

• Build development stack, programming and software design skills.

• Write high quality and maintainable code and test cases.

• Learn best practices and design patterns for software development

What to Expect and Learn:

• Exposure to Poshmark’s Ecosystem: Learn about Poshmark’s tech stack and development tools, while becoming a part of the mobile engineering team.

• Skill Development: Gain hands-on experience in Android app development, from UI/UX design to backend integration, using Kotlin, Java, and Android Studio.

• Mentorship: Receive one-on-one guidance from experienced Android engineers and managers to help accelerate your learning and development.

• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside talented engineers, designers, and product managers to create innovative solutions for millions of users.

• Real-World Impact: See your work come to life in a widely used mobile application, contributing to features and improvements that enhance user experiences.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Strong foundation in computer science principles, data structures, algorithms, and mobile software design.

• Basic experience with Android development using Kotlin and Java.

• Familiarity with Android Studio, common software design patterns (MVVM, MVC, MVP), and activity/fragment management.

• Knowledge of RESTful web services and integrating them into mobile applications.

• Understanding of version control systems such as Git.

• Exposure to Android lifecycle management, dependency injection frameworks (e.g., Dagger), and Kotlin coroutines.

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally and contribute to technical discussions.

Bonus Skills (Nice to Have):

• Experience developing Android apps (preferably apps released in the Play Store).

• Familiarity with general SQL queries and database normalization techniques.

• Knowledge of unit testing and test-driven development (TDD).