Android Development Internship

Disclaimer: This position is expected to start around April 2022 and continue through the entire year into early next year. We ask for a minimum of 6 months, full-time, for most internships. Please consider before submitting an application.

This is a full-time in-office internship, please consult your school before applying. If you are not based in Bangalore you will be required to move here.

Internships at Josh: The Internship Recruiting Team is driven by the passion to recognize emerging talent. Our year-round program places the best students in positions where they will grow both technically and personally through their experience working closely with their Manager, Mentor, and team. We are dedicated to providing an experience that allows for the intern to experience life at Josh by giving them projects that are critical to their team’s success.

Instead of going on coffee runs and making copies, you’ll be seated at the table making critical decisions that will influence not only your team but the overall achievement of Josh Talks' mission to Unlock Human Potential.

Location: This is a full-time in-office internship based in Koramangala, Bangalore.

Stipend: INR 25,000/- per month

The Responsibilities of the Intern:

• This intern will be part of the early thirteen-person (2 product + 9 tech) startup team that is focused on building a community-based ed-tech product focused on Bharat.
• As an Android Developer Intern, you will be working on product development and be at the forefront of helping Josh Talks reach every corner of India.
• In this role, you will work through all facets of application development: design, prototype, implementation, testing, and documentation.

What will you do as a part of this role?

• Developing, maintaining, and releasing a stable android application
• Work on bug fixing and improving application performance
• Working closely with mobile app developers leading the development platform
• Deliver across the entire app life cycle-concept, design, build, deploy, test, release to app stores and support
• Working directly with developers and product managers to conceptualize, build, test, and realize products
• Meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Work closely with product and different business teams to identify new requirements for the platform
• Participate in design discussion and create detailed design and implement it

Requirements:

• Strong understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Good understanding of Android development SDK and good problem-solving skills
• Must be fluent in Java/ Kotlin programming language
• Have experience in using 3P libraries like Retrofit, RoomDB, etc.
• Keep up to date on the latest industry trends in mobile technologies
• Ability to prioritize and work independently as well as in a team environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to multitask

How does the product function?

• A user finds out about the Josh Skills app from a friend or from the Josh Talks YouTube channels, downloads it, and purchases the English course (there are many courses on the app but our major focus is on the English course)
• They enter and find a chat with the teacher
• In the chat, the teacher sends 1 lesson to the user every day
• Each lesson consists of 4 sections:
  • Grammar - Where students are taught through a video and a quiz
  • Vocabulary Practice - Where each day a user is taught 5 new words
  • Reading Practice - Where the user is taught to read a passage and record it
  • Speaking Practice - Where a user can speak to others through a phone call and practice
    English

For each action, users receive points and compete with other students!

What stage is the product at?

• Each day, on average, 55 minutes per user of active time is spent on the Josh Skills app - we want to grow this to 2.5 hours. Until today, over 1,40,000 unique users have purchased a course on the Josh Skills app.

What's next?

• So far, we have optimized for engagement and retention
• We want to now focus on growth
• We have been noticing an innate behavior in users to discuss (read: show off) the product to their friends
• We want to engineer this behavior to accelerate it

What is different about us? What have we invented?

• Teaching through a chat interface, gamification with real-life benefits, peer-to-peer speaking practice, a community around the app that emulates real-life 'college' experiences like making friends or finding a life partner.

How will Josh Skills make money?

• We charge users Rs.499 for the English course
• We plan to target the 300 million aspirational Indian youth that has the potential but is frustrated and unable to grow in their career.

What’s the bigger goal here?

• Josh Talks is on a mission to unlock human potential
• Over the next 2 decades, we want to build products and services that help in bringing efficiency in nurturing human talent
• 5 years ago we started with giving the youth access to role models through Josh Talks
• Today Josh Talks is one of the largest YouTube channels with over 12 million subscribers across 10 languages
  In the current stage, we are working to help people achieve their career goals
• The first goal we have picked is to help people speak in English without hesitation
• Our next goal would be to help people get a job (a different team within Josh has already started building this product)

Have you raised any money?

• Yes- $5 Million
• From MDIF, Girish Mathrubootham, Ritesh Malik, and others