Backend Engineering Intern (2027 Summer Internship)

🏢 Applovin · 📍 Singapore

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Position Summary & Responsibilities

About AppLovin

AppLovin makes technologies that help businesses of every size connect to their ideal customers. The company provides end-to-end advertising solutions for businesses to reach, monetize and grow their global audiences. For more information about AppLovin, visit: www.applovin.com.

To deliver on this mission, our global team is composed of team members with life experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives that mirror our developers and customers around the world. At AppLovin, we are intentional about the team and culture we are building, seeking candidates who are outstanding in their own right and also demonstrate their support of others.

At AppLovin, we believe the best engineers don't just write code — they shape products. Our new social platform venture is building the digital backbone for the next generation of content discovery and creator tools, powered by distributed systems, real-time engagement, and AI-driven recommendations. As a founding member of this team, you'll work alongside experienced engineers on systems that will serve millions of users, learning and contributing at a pace that few other environments can offer.

About Gist

Gist is a new social media platform for people who want substance — practical, thoughtful content that spans philosophy debates, city-specific recommendations, seasonal gift guides, and wellness tips. Across categories like travel, food, career, and family, we describe it as "a handbook for the curious."
Gist is built by AppLovin Corporation — a company that hit $5.3B in revenue last year and sits alongside Google and Meta as one of the world's leading ad tech platforms. Fortune recognizes AppLovin as one of the Best Workplaces in the Bay Area, and the company has been a Certified Great Place to Work for the last four years (2021–2024).

Job Description

🎯 Candidate Preparation Guide For Applovin Applicants

Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights

Key Role Focus:

AppLovin demands extreme data-driven velocity, deep algorithmic problem-solving skills, and hyper-scalable engineering execution.

📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):

1. Over-engineering simple problems or being slow to ship practical code
2. Showing indifference to business metrics, monetization, and publisher yield
3. Inability to write clean, performant code under interview pressure

✨ Recommended Role Alignment Hook:

I build ultra-low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems designed to maximize monetization efficiency at planetary scale.

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