APP DEVELOPMENT INTERN

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Mobile Engineering

Product Development

AI Applications

Platform Architecture

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Company: PopPop Labs Pvt. Ltd.

Department: Technology & Product Engineering

Position: App Development Intern

Duration: 3 Months

Review Period: 1 Month

Work Mode: [On-site / Hybrid / Remote]

Location: M.G Road,Camp,Pune-411001

ABOUT POPPOP LABS

PopPop Labs Pvt. Ltd. is a technology company developing products across Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Social Technology, Civic Technology and Intelligent Hardware.

Our current product ecosystem includes:

PopPop A social collaboration and experiences platform connecting people, communities, events, learning and work.

Poppy An intelligent robotics initiative focused on physical AI, robotics and human–robot interaction.

Oneevolution A civic-action platform connecting citizens, petitions, collective participation and institutional action.

PopBud An AI-powered voice-interaction and knowledge-capture device and platform designed for education and professional environments.

We are building these products in an early-stage environment where product development, software engineering, AI research and commercialization evolve simultaneously.

THE ROLE

We are looking for an App Development Intern who wants to participate in building real technology products rather than simply completing predefined coding exercises.

You will contribute to the design, development, testing and continuous improvement of applications across the PopPop Labs ecosystem.

You may work across

Mobile Applications → APIs → Databases → AI Services → Real-Time Systems → Hardware Interfaces → Cloud Infrastructure The role requires understanding application development as an integrated system:

User → Interface → Application Logic → API → Data → Infrastructure → Security → Performance → Analytics

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES1. MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Develop and maintain mobile application functionality.

Responsibilities may include

- Building application screens
- Implementing navigation
- Developing reusable UI components
- Integrating APIs
- Implementing authentication
- Managing application state
- Handling local and remote data
- Implementing notifications
- Developing forms and workflows
- Developing search and discovery
- Integrating analytics
- Debugging application issues

1. PRODUCT ENGINEERING

Translate product requirements and design specifications into functional software.

Work through

Requirement → Architecture → Implementation → Testing → Deployment → Iteration

You may work closely with:

- Product managers
- UI/UX designers
- AI engineers
- Backend engineers
- Robotics engineers
- Business teams

1. POPPOP APPLICATION

Potential development areas include:
- Event discovery
- Event creation
- Community creation
- Chat functionality
- Social experiences
- User profiles
- Search
- Recommendations
- Notifications
- Venue discovery
- Ticketing flows
- Payments
- User onboarding
- Community management
- Collaboration features

You will be expected to consider scalability and modularity rather than developing isolated features.
1. ONEEVOLUTION APPLICATION

Potential development areas include:
- Petition creation
- Petition discovery
- Digital signatures
- User identity
- Campaign pages
- Citizen participation
- Community interaction
- Progress tracking
- Government/action status
- Notifications
- Crowd-pooling interfaces
- Geographic/ward-based discovery

You may contribute to workflows representing: Issue → Petition → Participation → Submission → Institutional Response → Outcome

1. POPBUD APPLICATION

Potential development areas include:
- Voice recording
- Audio upload
- Speech-to-text
- AI summarization
- Searchable voice notes
- Knowledge organization
- Voice-based AI interaction
- Conversation history
- User/device synchronization
- Education workflows
- Workplace communication workflows

You may work with AI APIs and speech-processing systems.
1. POPPY APPLICATIONS





Depending on the product architecture, you may contribute to software interfaces surrounding Poppy's robotics ecosystem.

Potential areas include

- Robot onboarding
- Robot configuration
- User accounts
- Voice interaction
- Remote interaction
- Robot status
- Telemetry interfaces
- Device connectivity
- Robot control interfaces
- AI interaction
- Human–robot interaction workflows

This may require understanding the interface between: Mobile Application → Cloud → AI → Robot

1. API & BACKEND INTEGRATION

Work with backend services and APIs.

Potential responsibilities include

- REST API integration
- JSON handling
- Authentication
- API error handling
- Data validation
- Pagination
- File uploads
- Real-time communication
- WebSockets
- Push notifications
- Third-party APIs

Backend experience is advantageous.
1. DATABASE & DATA MANAGEMENT

Understand how application data is structured and consumed.

Potential technologies include

- PostgreSQL
- Firebase
- Redis
- Cloud databases

You may work with:
- Data models
- CRUD operations
- Query optimization
- Data validation
- Caching
- Synchronization
- Offline/online states

1. AI INTEGRATION

PopPop Labs develops products where AI can form a fundamental product layer.

Potential areas include

- LLM APIs
- Speech-to-text
- Text-to-speech
- AI assistants
- Summarization
- Classification
- Semantic search
- Recommendation systems
- Personalization
- Computer-vision APIs
- AI-powered workflows

You will learn how AI capabilities are translated into usable product experiences.
1. REAL-TIME SYSTEMS

Depending on the product, you may work with:
- WebSockets
- Real-time messaging
- Push notifications
- Live status
- Event updates
- Device communication
- Streaming data

Understanding latency, synchronization and fault tolerance is advantageous.
1. SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE

Develop an understanding of:
- Modular architecture
- Component-based development
- Separation of concerns
- Reusable components
- API abstraction
- State management
- Dependency management
- Error handling
- Application lifecycle
- Scalability

Code developed during the internship may eventually become part of production systems.
1. TESTING & QUALITY ASSURANCE

Participate in:
- Unit testing
- Integration testing
- UI testing
- Regression testing
- API testing
- Device testing
- Bug identification
- Performance testing

You will be expected to reproduce, diagnose and document bugs systematically.
1. APPLICATION SECURITY

Develop awareness of:
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Secure API communication
- Data protection
- Credential management
- Input validation
- Session management
- Secure storage
- Privacy considerations

This is particularly relevant to applications handling personal, civic, voice or user-generated data.
1. VERSION CONTROL & ENGINEERING PRACTICES

Use professional development workflows involving:
- Git
- GitHub/GitLab
- Branching strategies
- Pull requests
- Code reviews
- Issue tracking
- Documentation
- Version management
- Release management

1. PRODUCT ANALYTICS

Where applicable, contribute to instrumentation and analysis of:
- User flows
- Feature adoption
- Retention
- Engagement
- Conversion
- Errors
- Performance
- Crash rates

Potential tools may include Firebase Analytics and internal analytics infrastructure.

TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT

Depending on project allocation, the technology environment may include:

Mobile / Frontend

- Flutter
- Dart
- React
- TypeScript
- JavaScript

Backend
- Node.js
- Next.js
- Express
- REST APIs
- WebSockets

Database
- PostgreSQL
- Firebase
- Redis

Cloud
- AWS
- Firebase
- Cloud APIs





AI
- Large Language Models
- Speech-to-Text
- Text-to-Speech
- AI APIs
- Semantic search / embeddings

The exact stack may evolve according to product requirements.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

We are looking for someone who enjoys understanding how systems work, not merely completing coding assignments.

You should demonstrate

- Solid programming fundamentals
- Logical reasoning
- Curiosity
- Problem-solving ability
- Debugging ability
- Product thinking
- Attention to detail
- Willingness to learn
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams

PREFERRED BACKGROUND

Candidates studying

- Computer Science
- Information Technology
- Software Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence
- Data Science
- Electronics
- Robotics
- Engineering

or related disciplines are encouraged to apply. Self-taught developers and candidates with strong independent projects are also welcome.

Demonstrated technical ability is valued more than academic credentials alone.

REQUIRED SKILLSEssential

- Programming fundamentals
- Git/GitHub
- Basic data structures and algorithms
- API fundamentals
- JSON
- Debugging
- Basic database understanding
- Software development lifecycle

Preferred
- Flutter/Dart
- React Native
- React
- Node.js
- TypeScript
- Firebase
- PostgreSQL
- REST APIs
- WebSockets
- AI APIs
- Cloud deployment
- Mobile application publishing

ENGINEERING MINDSET We value developers who ask:

Why does this feature exist?

What happens when the network fails?

How does this scale to 100,000 users?

How should the data be structured?

What happens if the API returns an error?

How do we protect the user's data?

Can this component be reused?

How can the architecture evolve as the product grows?

The objective is to develop the mindset of a product engineer, not simply a coder.

PERFORMANCE & REVIEW The first month will function as a structured review period.

Performance may be evaluated based on:

- Code quality
- Technical understanding
- Feature delivery
- Debugging ability
- Problem-solving
- Engineering discipline
- Documentation
- Git practices
- Collaboration
- Initiative
- Ability to independently investigate problems
- Contribution to production-oriented projects

High-performing interns may receive increased technical ownership.

INTERNSHIP PROJECT

Applicants are encouraged to include at least one:
- GitHub repository
- Published application
- Personal software project
- Hackathon project
- AI project
- Open-source contribution
- Technical portfolio

Candidates may be asked to complete a technical assessment during the selection process.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

You will gain exposure to:

Product Requirement

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System Design

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UI/UX Implementation

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Application Development

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API Integration

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Database & Cloud

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AI Integration

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Testing

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Deployment

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Monitoring

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Iteration

You will experience the engineering challenges of products involving AI, social platforms, civic systems, robotics and intelligent hardware.

WHY POPPOP LABS?

You will not be building a theoretical college project.

You will work within an early-stage technology environment where software can become part of real products.

Your work may contribute to:

AI × Robotics × Social Technology × Civic Technology × Intelligent Hardware

This makes the internship particularly suitable for developers interested in product engineering, emerging technology and multidisciplinary systems development.

APPLICATION

Please submit

- Resume
- GitHub / portfolio
- Links to relevant applications or projects
- Briefly describe the most technically challenging project you have built.
- Explain one engineering decision you made in that project and why you made it.

PopPop Labs Pvt. Ltd. Engineering technology for the next generation of intelligent interaction, collaboration and human–machine systems.

Pay: ₹8,000.00 - ₹10,000.00 per month

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Pune, Maharashtra

📌 App Development Intern (Pune)
🏢 PopPop Labs
📍 Pune