React JS Intern

Job title:React JS Intern
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Position Type: Full-time
Experience Level: 0-1 year
About The Role
We're looking for a motivated React Developer Intern to join our frontend team. You'll help build responsive, real-time web applications, working closely with senior developers and designers. This is a hands-on role where you'll ship real features and learn how production apps are built and maintained.
Requirements
What you'll do
Build and maintain reusable React components and UI features
Implement real-time functionality (live updates, notifications, chat) using WebSockets
Integrate frontend screens with REST APIs using TanStack Query for data fetching, caching, and syncing server state
Manage application state across components
Debug issues, fix bugs, and improve performance
Participate in code reviews and team stand-ups
Write clean, readable, and well-documented code
What we're looking for
Solid understanding of JavaScript (ES6+), HTML, and CSS
Good knowledge of React fundamentals: functional components, JSX, props and state, and component lifecycle
Hands-on experience with core hooks such as useState, useEffect, useContext, useRef, and useMemo/useCallback
Familiarity with React Router for navigation
Basic understanding of WebSockets: how they differ from HTTP, opening and closing connections, sending and receiving messages, and handling reconnection (experience with Socket.IO or the native WebSocket API is a plus)
Experience fetching data from APIs (fetch or Axios) and handling loading/error states
Basic knowledge of Git and GitHub
Eagerness to learn and take feedback
Nice to have
Familiarity with TanStack Query (React Query): useQuery and useMutation, query keys, caching and invalidation, and handling loading/error states
Exposure to a state management library (Redux Toolkit, Zustand, or similar)
Experience with TypeScript
Familiarity with Tailwind CSS or a component library (MUI, shadcn/ui)
Basic knowledge of Node.js/Express

Work arrangement
Hybrid