Intern, Software Engineer (Summer 2022)
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Who we are:
Shape a brighter financial future with us.
Together with our members, we're changing the way people think about and interact with personal finance.
We're a next-generation fintech company using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our nearly 3 million members reach their goals. The industry is going through an unprecedented transformation, and we're at the forefront.
We're proud to come to work every day knowing that what we do has a direct impact on people's lives, with our core values guiding us every step of the way. Join us to invest in yourself, your career, and the financial world.
The Role
Are you passionate about building products that impact millions of people? Do you like building and shipping code at a rapid pace and seeing the immediate impact of your work? Are you excited about doing state-of-the-art development work and learning from mentors who can help shape your future? Are you eager to help develop the next generation of financial technology? If so, we want you to join us at SoFi this summer!
As a SoFi Engineering Intern, you won't be sitting on the sidelines during your internship. You'll be working as a full-time member of our Engineering team, focused every day on building products and features that fulfill our mission to help our members get their money right.
You will be embedded on an agile development team, partnered with Product Management, Product Design, User Experience Research, and Data Science to build and ship code that is released to the public on a regular basis.
What You'll Do
- Write, test, and deploy efficient, scalable code to production that impacts millions of SoFi members
- Design, develop, code, and test software systems, improvements, products and user-facing experiences
- Work with multiple languages: Flutter, Java, graphQL, Kafka, React, and Node to name a few
- Directly contribute to standard methodologies, architecture, and implementation
- Translate user stories into technical solutions
- Participate in design and code reviews
- Contribute to SoFi's library of automated tests and overall testing infrastructure
- Work alongside software architects and senior developers doing state-of-the-art development work (native mobile, front-end, back-end, DevOps)
- Learn about new technologies, tools and processes that will build your skill set and help shape your career
- Present your summer project/work to SoFi's senior leadership team, including our CEO
What You'll Need
- Currently a rising junior or senior of a Bachelors, Masters or PhD program in Computer Science, or related field, at a North American university
- Have no more than 12 months of professional full-time work experience in the technology field (excluding internships, research and or teaching assistant roles.
- Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals and how to apply them in a coding environment
- Knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and systems architecture
- Ability to quickly learn new languages and adopt new technologies, methods and processes in a fast-paced work environment
- Intellectual curiosity and an affinity for solving problems
Nice to have
- Some experience building software in a non-academic setting (internship, hackathon, etc)
Why you'll love working here:
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Internship Highlights include:
In addition to a unique and challenging professional experience, interns will also receive perks such as invites to Member events, and more!
- Personalized Mentorship Program
- Fully stocked kitchen (snacks & drinks)
- Access to senior leadership, including round tables with executives across all functions of SoFi