E-Commerce IT Internship (Front/Backend)

October 20, 2026

Office

Intern

Berlin

Indeed

Keep in mind

Another language required
German
Office-only work

Description

A specialist book and audio-media publisher in alternative medicine based in Berlin offers a 3–6 month internship in e-commerce development. The intern helps migrate an existing Shopware 5.7x webshop to the new Shopware 6.x architecture, working across backend and frontend with room for own plugins and themes. The placement suits IT-related students or trainees and welcomes foreign applicants, with German not necessarily required.

Responsibilities

Migrate the existing Shopware 5.7x webshop to the latest Shopware 6.x architecture
Work creatively on backend and/or frontend levels of the shop system
Develop own plugins and extensions and adapt existing ones to the Shopware 6.x architecture
Create new useful features and independent plugins for the shop system
Test plugins available on the community market
Redesign frontend themes if interested in web design
Optimize responsiveness and improve scalability of the webshop on other devices
Design interfaces between the internal publishing software and the webshop

Requirements

Relevant studies with IT or e-commerce affinity, preferably an IT-related field such as computer science, media informatics or business informatics
Alternative training or further education as a web designer, system administrator or programmer
Solid knowledge and hands-on experience in PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, XML, HTML and CSS
Confident handling of MySQL databases
Experience in both frontend and backend web programming
Completed more complex projects involving PHP and JavaScript that can be shown as proof
Basic knowledge of common e-commerce architectures such as Shopware or XT-Commerce is a plus but not a prerequisite
Friendly demeanor, positive attitude, honest, open and sociable
Works independently, carefully, diligently and structured, and shows own initiative
Willingness to engage with the needs of a complementary-medicine publishing house

Conditions

Possible 3 to 6 month mandatory internships
Voluntary internships only if accompanying education without a completed qualification
Detailed qualified internship certificate upon completion of the internship
Own test servers as a practice and development environment
Opportunity to realize a bachelor's or master's thesis project at the company
Foreign applicants are very welcome and German language is not necessarily required
Professional development assistance during the internship
No internship payment as a rule; a financial bonus is possible during the production phase with very good skills