Become job-ready and boost your CV with the experience of working on project. Our projects, so while upgrading yourself and growing competitive, you’ll contribute to the improving of life of the entire city or community.

INTERNSHIP ADVANTAGES

3 months of work experience to list on your CV

job-ready skills, both technical and soft ones

mentors’ advice and tech leads’ guidance to develop faster

a real project with the real challenges

hardworking interns get hired by SoftServe

WHY CHOOSING GO?

High-code efficiency that is used for programming across large-scale network servers and big distributed systems.
The list of companies using Go is very extensive, major players include: Google, Docker, Facebook, Apple, The New York Times, BBC.
Easy to learn in case you know C/C++ or Java.
Amazing concurrency - creators of Go gave particular focus on the concurrency and Go is excellent in handling multiple programs.
You’ll face no issues in getting the development tools - there are various editors, IDs, plugins you can download from the GitHub repository.

IT’S A MATCH FOR YOU IF:

you have a basic knowledge in C, C++, C#, Java, Ruby, Python, JavaScript, Go
you have a broad and robust understanding of computer science and programming
you're skillful at algorithmic thinking at problem-solving
you're aware of the concepts like abstraction, algorithms, data structures, encapsulation, resource management, security, software engineering, and web development;
you are ready to invest 6-8 hours into learning everyday
your English level is Intermediate and above
you have a permission to work in Bulgaria

INTERNSHIP INFORMATION

INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Sphere

Section

SDLC

ALM Methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)

Source Control (Git, GitHab, GitLab)

Continuous Integration (Jenkins, TravisCI, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)

Go Core

Program structure (function main, function init, scopes, packages)

Variables and scalar types (types, constants, addressing)

Flow control (if statement, switch statement, goto and labels, for cycle)

Types (Basic types, Type conversion, Type assertion, Structs, Initializing, Composition vs inheritance)

Iterable types (arrays, slices, strings, maps)

Functions (signature, return statement, recursion, defer, panic, recover)

Control flow (If statement, For Loop, Switch case statement, Defer, Panic, and Recover)

Structures (declarations, usage, fields, methods, embedding, anonymous structures)

Interfaces (definition, literal signature, declaration, usage, types conversion)

Concurrency (goroutines, channels, sync primitives)

Packaging and tooling

Packaging (creating, package-naming conventions, imports)

Toolset (build, test, tool, run, get, mod, vet, fmt, version, clean, install)

Dependency management (dependencies lists, versioning, locks)

Dependency management tools (go mod, glide, git submodules/subtrees)

Important libraries and frameworks

Standard library (archives, encodings, cryptography, debug, log, net, sql databases, html templates system, path, regexp, OS)

ORM (Gorp, Meddler), Microservices (Go Micro, Go Kit, Goa)

Testing

Test functions

Unit testing (Basic unit test, Table tests, Mocking calls, Testing endpoints)

Coverage

Benchmark

Profiling

Principles & Patterns

Modularity, SOLID, DRY, KISS, YAGNI, Dependency Injection

Architecture patterns (MVC, Uncle’s Bob Clean architecture)

Twelve-factor application

Microservices

Concurrency "patterns" (Generator, Multiplexing, Select, Search)

Web

HTTP protocol (handlers and handler functions, requests and responses, response writer), Web Servers (Apache, Nginx)

The Go net/http library, serving Go

Go template engine

HTML forms

Using HTTP/2

Frameworks (Revel, Beego, Gorilla web toolkit, Goji, Echo, Iris)

Additional (Databases, Distributed Services, Docker)

Databases (sql, key-value storages, Cassandra)

Messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Synchronization (Zookeeper, Curator, Consul)

Docker (image, container, docker-compose)

FINISIHING THIS INTERNSHIP, YOU WILL:

Develop web applications using Golang.

HOW TO GET ENROLLED ON THE INTERNSHIP?

Prior to the interview with the IT Academy recruiter, you'd have to pass technical test. You can check your knowledge by passing the test once a month here.

HOW TO PREPARE FOR AN INTERVIEW?

The interview is definitely among the most crucial milestones on your journey to IT Academy. Here are a few life hacks on how to prepare for it and what are the deciding points for the recruiters and tech interviewers.

FAQs

Can I apply for the internship if my English level is below Intermediate?

Yes, you can try, but we suggest you to use our English materials to boost your level.

What can be an asset during the tech interview with the IT recruiter?

Your positions could be improved by basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, relational databases, a minimal experience in pet-projects development, a basic knowledge of OOD, SOLID and the awareness of the Agile methodologies and principles.
To brush up your skills and understanding, you might check on Resource library.

What are the minimum knowledge requirements?

Before submitting your application, make sure you know the basics of ООP, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL and have an understanding of Client - Server model.