Intern, Software Engineer, Management Experience
About The Position
Our team architects, builds, and evolves the mission-critical web applications that power our core business verticals, including Customer Support, Fraud & Dispute handling, and back-office operations. We are the engineering backbone for the platforms that ensure our business runs smoothly and securely, and we are on a journey to modernize our technology stack for the future. The software dev intern in our team will partner closely with one of our stakeholders and solve a specific problem end to end, while ensuring the solution aligns with the team's software engineering best practices. The candidate must be available for the entire internship period: Cohort 1: Monday, June 1st, 2026 to Friday, August 21st, 2026 Cohort 2: Monday, June 15th, 2026 to Friday, September 4th, 2026
Requirements
- Enrolled in an accredited US-based university (working towards a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree) with an expected graduation date of December 2026 or Spring 2027
- Must be returning to school for at least one quarter or semester after the internship
- Have no more than 12 months of professional full-time work experience (excluding internships and research assistant roles)
- Must be willing to relocate to San Francisco Bay Area and be available to work in the San Francisco HQ office
- Some experience building software in a non-academic setting (internship, research roles, relevant projects, etc.)
- 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
Responsibilities
- 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 and frameworks including: Python/AWS/PostgreSQL/React/NextJS
- Directly contribute to standard methodologies, architecture, and implementation
- Translate user stories into technical solutions
- Participate in design and code reviews
- Work alongside software architects and senior developers doing state-of-the-art development work (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 and work to SoFi’s senior leadership team
Benefits
- Access to senior leadership, including exclusive Q&A sessions with executives across all functions of SoFi
- Exclusive opportunities to contribute to a tech hackathon, to deliver a case study to the CEO, etc.
- Development sessions for career, financial, and professional growth
- Opportunities to participate in company wide events like All-Hands and SoFi circles programming
- Networking socials to connect with fellow interns
- SoFi swag giveaways
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Career Level
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