Software Developer Intern — AVEA / Indian Startups (Hyderabad / Bangalore / Mumbai)

Cloud Soft Solutions; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 167,000 - 558,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stipend ₹15-50k/month

remote-first or hybrid working

exposure to founders

real product ownership

brand-building opportunity

Job summary

AVEA Technologies in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Mumbai offers software developer intern roles where you ship production code from week one, work with a modern stack (React, Next.js, TypeScript, Node, FastAPI, AWS), and learn firsthand from founders.

Interns typically handle bug fixes, small features, and defined endpoints, with a senior engineer mentoring, and a 6-month commitment, hybrid or remote options.

Qualifications

• Pursuing CS-related degree with 2026/2027 graduation.
• Proficiency in modern frontend or backend stack.
• One end-to-end project on GitHub with live demo.

Responsibilities

• Ship production code from week one, fixing bugs and adding features.
• Write React + TypeScript front-end or Node/Python back-end tasks.
• Participate in PR reviews, standups, and product discussions with founders.
• Own a clearly scoped 6-month project by end of first month.

Skills

React

TypeScript

Node.js

Python

PostgreSQL

AWS

Git

Education

Pursuing B.Tech / B.E / M.Tech / BCA / MCA in CS or related field

Tools

GitHub

Vercel

Notion

Linear

Job description

Software Developer Intern roles at AVEA Technologies and the broader venture-funded Indian startup ecosystem — Hyderabad, Bangalore and Mumbai. Real production code from week one, ₹15-50k monthly stipend, and the operational learning that the larger product-company internships rarely provide.

The venture-funded Indian startup ecosystem — AVEA Technologies and the broader population of Series A through Series C companies across Hyderabad, Bangalore and Mumbai — is one of the most under-rated technical internship destinations for 2026 batch B.Tech and M.Tech students. The trade-off compared to a Google or Salesforce internship is real: the brand on the resume is smaller, the stipend is lower, and the structured-mentorship layer is much thinner. The upside is also real: from week one the intern is writing production code that real customers see, the technology stack is modern (React, Next.js, Node, TypeScript, FastAPI, AWS), and the operational learning — what it actually takes to ship a feature to production at a company with no Big-Co safety nets — is genuinely formative.AVEA Technologies — a representative venture-funded Indian SaaS firm in this segment — and several dozen similar firms (the broader Series A through Series C engineering pool across the cities) are actively hiring software developer interns for the 2026 cycle. The compensation band is INR 15,000 to 50,000 per month depending on firm stage, location and degree, with the higher end of the band populated by Series C-and-later firms in the most-competitive talent markets (Bangalore + Mumbai). Most of these internships are 6-month commitments rather than the 10-12 week summer-only structure of the product companies; the longer duration reflects the smaller firms' inability to ramp interns quickly enough to extract value in a 12-week window.Day-to-day work at a typical Series A through Series C startup intern role looks meaningfully different from a product-company internship. Onboarding is shorter (a week, not three) because the codebase is smaller and the tooling is mostly off-the-shelf modern SaaS (GitHub, Linear, Vercel, AWS, Notion). The intern is given access to the full codebase from day one, paired with a senior engineer who is also the manager (the role-separation that exists at Big-Co does not exist here), and starts shipping bug fixes and small features in the first two weeks. Pull request review is fast because the team is small; production deployments are frequent (multiple times a day at the better-run firms); and the intern routinely participates in product conversations alongside the founders that an intern at a Big-Co would never see at the same career stage.The technology stack at this segment is convergent on a small handful of modern choices. The dominant front-end stack is React or Next.js with TypeScript and Tailwind; the dominant back-end stack is either Node.js with NestJS / Fastify or Python with FastAPI / Django, with PostgreSQL or MongoDB as the database; the cloud is overwhelmingly AWS (with a smaller GCP minority); and the deployment tooling is Docker plus either ECS, Lambda or Vercel / Netlify for the front-end. Familiarity with at least one of React + TypeScript or Node + PostgreSQL is sufficient for most listings; familiarity with the full stack is a strong signal.The technical bar at the application stage is meaningfully lower than at the product companies but the project-portfolio expectation is higher. Most startups at this segment do not run formal interview loops — instead, the typical process is a 30-minute screening call with the founder or engineering lead, a take-home project (build a small feature, fix a specific bug, or implement a defined API endpoint), and a 60-minute code-review-and-walk-through call with the senior engineer who will mentor the intern. The take-home project is the single highest-leverage stage; the strongest candidates are those who deliver a working solution with clean code, sensible naming, useful comments where the code is non-obvious, a clear README, and tests where appropriate.The career trajectory out of a startup internship is genuinely strong but more variable than out of a Big-Co internship. The PPO conversion rate at the typical Series A through Series C firm sits at 40-70% depending on firm health and intern performance; however, the firms themselves are inherently more variable than the established product companies — some IPO and become household names, some get acquired, some run out of runway and shut down. The intern's resume is meaningfully strengthened in either case (real production code, real product impact at a firm that an interviewer can look up); the firm's continued existence as the intern's first full-time employer is the additional risk the candidate accepts in exchange for the operational and ownership advantages.

Responsibilities

Ship production code from week one — bug fixes, small features, defined API endpoints. Write React + TypeScript front-end or Node / Python back-end per the team. Participate in pull-request review, daily standups, and product conversations alongside the founders. Pair with the senior engineer who is also the manager. Own a clearly scoped 6-month project by the end of the first month.

Requirements

Pursuing B.Tech / B.E / M.Tech / BCA / MCA in CS or related field with 2026 or 2027 graduation. Working knowledge of at least one of React + TypeScript or Node + PostgreSQL. One end-to-end personal project on GitHub with clean README and working live demo. Strong written and spoken English. Willingness to work in a hybrid or remote model for the 6-month duration.

Why this role in 2026

Real production code from week one, modern technology stack (React, Next.js, Node, TypeScript, FastAPI, AWS), direct exposure to founders and product decisions, and genuinely formative operational learning. Trade-off: smaller brand, lower stipend, thinner structured mentorship.

Company & benefits

• Stipend ₹15-50k/month
• modern remote-first or hybrid working
• exposure to founders
• real product ownership
• a meaningful brand-building opportunity at firms that may IPO or get acquired during your tenure