Backend Intern

TicketSwap is on a journey to become the world’s favorite marketplace to safely buy and sell tickets. We’ve already reached about 19 million fans across 42 countries, and our mission is to be the experience marketplace every fan loves.

TicketSwap is built by fans, for fans. Keeping them at the heart of everything we do is our guiding principle. We’re continuously on the lookout for creative and talented people to strengthen our team. Right now, we’re looking for a Backend Intern to join our Engineering team!

Are you ready to help shape the fan experience at TicketSwap through beautiful, scalable, and user-friendly design and code? Read on to find out more! 👇

What you can expect from the work:

• Contribute to the development of new features and improvements for TicketSwap’s backend and API.

• Collaborate with Software Engineers, Designers, and Product Managers to bring ideas to life.

• Work with modern software design concepts such as domain-driven design or event sourcing.

• Learn to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code with guidance from our experienced engineers.

• Help test, debug and optimize high traffic APIs that serve mobile and web clients, and integrate with third party tools

• Participate in code reviews, stand-ups, and team meetings to understand how a professional engineering team operates.

• Contribute ideas for improving maintainability and performance.

• Explore opportunities to automate and optimize backend workflows.

• Keep an eye on the latest backend trends and best practices and share what you learn with the team.

• Attend our Discovery Days sessions every quarter. Sounds interesting? Ask about this during your call!

About You

We don’t expect you to know everything yet, that’s the whole point of an internship. What matters is that you're curious, motivated, and excited to learn. At TicketSwap, you’ll get the space and support to develop your skills, try things out, and grow as a developer. You’ll work with people who enjoy helping each other, and who want you to succeed. If you’re eager to learn and keen to contribute, we’d love to have you on board.

• You’re currently pursuing a degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science or a related field;

• You’re interested in doing a “meewerk” internship, unfortunately we cannot offer a thesis internship for this role;

• Some experience in backend development, preferably in PHP and relational databases (such as MySQL).

• A genuine interest in backend development and building well tested, clean software;

• You enjoy solving problems and learning new technologies;

• Comfortable working in a collaborative and international environment;

• Based in or near Amsterdam, and excited to work from our city-center office;

• Available as an intern from February ‘26, for 32-40 hours a week for at least 5 months;

• You have a portfolio website where you can showcase some of your side projects and/or school projects;

• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.

What you’ll get out of it

Depending on your ambition, this internship can be anything from hands-on experience in front-end development to a launchpad for your future engineering career.

It’s a paid, full-time internship with a monthly compensation of €500. We’re flexible with your schedule and happy to work around your classes and school assignments. We get that life’s busy.

By the end of your internship, you’ll have real-world experience with PHP (Symfony), GraphQL, databases (SQL and NoSQL), and modern web development practices, plus insight into how a global marketplace operates at scale. You’ll ship code, contribute to projects used by millions of fans, and learn from a talented team of engineers passionate about creating great digital experiences.

TicketSwap is looking for the best and motivated talent out there no matter your nationality, gender, sexual preference or religious beliefs. 🚀

Research shows that women and those in traditionally underrepresented groups tend to apply only if they check all the boxes. That’s a shame, as we want to build a diverse and inclusive team. If you know you’ve got what it takes but don’t quite meet every requirement for the role, we still encourage you to apply.

Apply now – we'll take a look and get back to you as soon as possible! 💥