Software Intern

Software Intern

Full-Time
Experience - 0 - 1 Years
Location: Thiruvananthapuram

We are seeking an analytically driven Software Development Intern to engineer and maintain direct API integrations and automated sales pipelines. This role centers on architecting seamless data synchronization workflows between Apollo.io, Zoho CRM, and internal databases to eliminate manual data entry and streamline outbound and inbound sales operations.

The position demands a solid understanding of core programming logic, structured data handling, and backend communication. Rather than generic UI design, your primary focus will be designing webhook listeners, mapping data schemas between distinct platforms, handling API rate limits, and implementing error-handling pipelines to ensure zero data discrepancies across our business systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable REST API integrations connecting Apollo.io with Zoho CRM to facilitate automated lead capture, contact enrichment, and bidirectional pipeline synchronization.
• Build end-to-end automated workflows for lead assignment, deal stage progressions, task triggers, and sales notifications using custom scripts and platform webhooks.
• Write clean, modular, and maintainable scripts to parse, clean, transform, and map complex, multi-nested JSON payloads between third-party services and database schemas.
• Implement robust error-handling mechanisms, including retry logic, data deduplication, and payload validation checkpoints to handle API rate limits and prevent data corruption.
• Conduct functional and integration testing using tools like Postman, validating endpoints, request headers, authentication handshakes, payload integrity, and error response codes.
• Write and execute structured queries to store, reconcile, and audit synchronized sales records across databases, ensuring strict schema integrity and data accuracy.
• Troubleshoot and resolve sync bottlenecks, payload mismatches, authentication token drops, and trigger failures across active integration pipelines.
• Document technical specifications, data mapping rules, endpoint configurations, and automation flowcharts to ensure clarity and ongoing maintainability.

Requirements

• Completed or pursuing a bachelor's/diploma degree in computer science, Information Technology, MCA, or a related engineering stream.
• Strong algorithmic thinking and core programming logic, with proficiency in at least one scripting or backend language (Python or JavaScript / Node.js preferred).
• Solid understanding of RESTful architecture, HTTP methods (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE), status codes, authentication protocols (API Keys, Bearer Tokens, OAuth 2.0), and Webhooks.
• Practical fluency in data handling, particularly with JSON parsing, data structures, schema mapping, and payload manipulation.
• Familiarity with, or a strong willingness to master, Zoho CRM (including Deluge scripting workflows) and Apollo.io API capabilities.
• Fundamental knowledge of databases, with the ability to write foundational SQL queries to fetch, update, and validate business records.
• Hands-on exposure to development tools, specifically Git/GitHub for version control and Postman for API inspection and testing.
• Hands-on experience developing academic, capstone, or personal software projects demonstrating core programming principles.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to articulate technical logic, document workflows, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Strong problem-solving aptitude, high attention to detail, and a collaborative mindset with a genuine eagerness to learn modern integration tools.