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We are looking for interns to join us throughout the year - as a Bowtie intern, you will be treated and work like the rest of the team (no fetching coffee duties), and gain experience in substantive marketing or growth projects.\nWe also offer return offers for high achievers who share our values!\nAbout the Role\nYou will be working closely with us to gain some hands-on experience and deliver some projects/campaigns to pave way for your career in software engineer development. \nYour projects can range from developing claims systems, improving our underwriting engine, to any other tools that make our teams' life easier and more efficient. In case you are wondering how we are doing so far, here is coverage on our first-of-its-kind online underwriting engine.\nYou may find more about our application and interview process on our Q & A page\nKey Responsibilities:\nYou will be working side-by-side with engineers who have years of experience in software engineering and be empowered to drive and develop projects under their guidance.\n\nBackend track\nDevelop and maintain the core system for insurance operations. You utilize and design data models, and craft according to business needs, scheduled tasks, new API endpoints, or 3rd party integrations.\n\nDevelop and enhance data dashboards for management and other business units.\n\nFrontend track\nCraft new features for our internal admin portal to cater to various customer requests and day to day insurance operations\n\nOptimize Bowtie Digital Insurance Platform (app.bowtie.com.hk) for better user experience\n\nFull-stack track\nA mix of the above two tracks.\n\nIn fact, most of our interns choose the full stack track!\n\nOther ad-hoc tasks may include:\nAutomate operations, basically anything that can scale, for the company. For example, we automated our HR onboarding emails, technical support rosters and even some business workflows\n\nDevelop cloud automation for improving productivity and security\n\nInternship Duration (candidates must able to commit to work for at least 3 months):\nFull-time: 3-12 months\nPart-time: 3+ days per week (weekdays), 6 months\nAbout you \nMinimum Qualifications\nUniversity students who have at least completed pre-final year (i.e., year 3) of study and students who are currently enrolled in a master or Ph.D. program\n\nHave less than 1 year of full time working experience in a technical related position (please feel free to apply to our full-time positions if you have experience)\n\nExperience in coding using either JavaScript (for frontend track) or Python (for backend track)\n\nKnow how to use Google effectively to find the solution\n\nLIVING IN and ELIGIBLE to work in Hong Kong since we cannot sponsor VISA for the position at the moment (this is not a 100% remote position)\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nMajor in engineering or computer science disciplines (if you are not in a CS program but have been coding by yourself, feel free to apply too)\n\nA good portfolio (school projects are perfectly fine) to showcase your interest in software development\n\nAbility to work and thrive in a fast-paced working environment\n\nAbility to communicate and present your idea clearly to both engineer and non-engineer\n\nGood problem-solving skill\n\nTech Stack\nPython\n\nDjango & Django REST\n\nReactJS on TypeScript\n\nCircleCI for CI/CD\n\nAmazon Web Services\n\nWe Offer\nApart from a great learning experience, we also offer:\nReturn offer opportunity\n\nFun, cooperative, and flexible startup culture\n\nWeekly sharing sessions and regular happy-hour gatherings\n\nModern Hybrid Work:We value flexibility. Our current guideline is a hybrid model with a minimum of 1 day per week in the officeto catch up, collaborate, and maintain team synergy.\n\nAbout Bowtie\nWe are the first licensed virtual insurer (虛擬保險公司) in Hong Kong.\nWe believe that insurance is fundamentally good, and we are here to bring the good back through our passionate, innovative, and customer-centric team.\nBy combining our deep domain expertise and our own proprietary modern technology, we are building one of the most iconic, category-defining health insurance companies in Asia. \nWe take pride in moving fast all the time and our track record in moving ahead in the game.\nAs we grow, we're always looking for highly dynamic, hands-on, and passionate talent to join our team. If you are looking for a rewarding career where you will grow together with strong talents from different backgrounds and build products and services that bring a positive impact on the lives of millions of people in Hong Kong / Asia, apply to our opening today!\nInformation collected will be treated in strict confidence and used solely for recruitment purposes.\nThe company will retain all applications no longer than 24 months of which will be destroyed thereafter.\nWe are an equal-opportunity employer. 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