Software Engineer Intern

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Collaborate closely with experienced engineers at Branch for a period of 4 to 6 months.

• Engage in brainstorming, designing, coding, debugging, and deploying features that cater to millions of customers.

• Develop functionalities for both existing and new product lines and platforms, including Credit, Payments, KYC, and Data Platforms.

• Integrate with third-party systems, such as payment gateways, identity providers, and messaging platforms.

• Safely navigate and evolve current architectures.

• Decompose ambiguous projects into detailed, estimable tasks.

• Work together with product, design, and other teams to shape the workflow.

• Test, monitor, document, and take accountability for the code that is shipped.

• Responsibly utilize AI tools to enhance engineering workflows while managing associated security risks.

⛳️ Requirements

• Some experience in building backend applications, beyond simple projects.

• Experience with applications that have real users or participation in an open-source project is advantageous.

• Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals, distributed systems, and data storage solutions.

• Familiarity with Unix variants and standard command-line utilities.

• Proficiency in at least one widely-used programming language such as Python, Ruby, Java, or Kotlin.

• Entrepreneurial spirit and experience in initiating or contributing to passionate projects.

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills.

• Interest in working within a distributed company with colleagues from around the globe.

• Understanding of web fundamentals, data modeling, and distributed systems.

• Knowledge of modular and scalable design patterns.

• Awareness of security, performance, observability, and automated testing practices.

• Capability to navigate and assess unfamiliar codebases.

• Understanding of the complete software development lifecycle.

• Ability to break down ambiguous projects into detailed, estimable tasks.

• Fluency in AI, including the assessment of AI-generated code and the mitigation of risks such as prompt injection, data leakage, and secret management.

• Capacity to make rapid, high-quality decisions and work autonomously.

• Strong attention to detail, intellectual honesty, integrity, and ownership of completed work.

• Ability to communicate effectively in structured, asynchronous-friendly formats.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive stipend as remuneration.

• A collaborative and egalitarian company culture.

• Potential job offer based on performance during the internship.

• A mission-driven, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial work environment.