Backend Intern

Job Description:
Poshmark is seeking a Software Development Engineer Intern. We are a 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.

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 Potentially 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 to learn:
- Exposure: Being a rapidly growing social fashion marketplace gives employees the opportunity to work in a startup environment and focus on deeply interesting work that you wouldn’t get to do anywhere else. Prepare to make a large scale impact in a short amount of time.- Professional Development: Participate in weekly team meetings, opportunity to find a good balance of working independently and in team formed across multiple business units, develop knowledge of multiple areas of social marketplace, interact with leadership team;- Mentorship: Look forward to one-on-one time with dedicated managers and mentors to facilitate your growth throughout the summer internship experience.- Have fun: Team events, catered lunches(in office)- Solid foundation in computer science with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms and software design- Knowledge in creating web-based APIs and REST APIs- Excited to work with NoSQL data solutions- Experience with any or all of: Ruby, JRuby, Java, HTML5, JavaScript, CSS, Swift, Kotlin, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, RabbitMQ, Linux- Dedication around clean & high-performance code- User-oriented focus and obsession with quality- Good to have exposure on client platforms such as iOS and Android- Good to have exposure on AWS or other Cloud Computing platforms

About Us

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

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Why Poshmark?

At Poshmark, we’re constantly challenging the status quo and are looking for innovative and passionate people to help shape the future of Poshmark. We’re disrupting the industry by combining social connections with e-commerce through data-driven solutions and the latest technology to optimize our platform. We’re nothing without our amazing team who deliver an unparalleled social shopping experience to the millions of people we connect each day.

We built Poshmark around four core values: 1) focus on people to create empowered communities that drive success; 2) together we grow to support each other to strive for our dreams; 3) lead with love to foster genuine connections built upon a foundation of respect; and 4) embrace your weirdness to accept and empower one another on their own unique journey. We’re invested in our team and community, working together to build an entirely new way to shop. That way, when we win, we all win together. Come help us build the most connected shopping experience ever. We will set you up with comprehensive global and in-country benefits to support you and your family needs.

Poshmark is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.