Intern, DevOps Engineer, IT Infrastructure

SoFi University • San Francisco, CA

5h • Onsite

About The Position

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!
Join the SoFi IT Infrastructure Engineering team - It's always an adventure! We have a great team that is highly focused on bringing new solutions to "old problems" while continuing to develop products and deliver value to our customers. We focus on the development of shared services that support all of SoFi. Our team is broken into 4 major components: DevOps (product), SRE (focus on Highly Available systems, Resiliency, Automation) Security (Zero Trust and Perimeter) and End Point (User Devices). We are a highly collaborative organization focused on implementing good fundamentals and engineering practices.
As a SoFi DevOps 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 DevOps team and help with identifying opportunities to eliminate/automate operational tasks. You will also contribute to design, development and deployment of new products and features.

Requirements

• Enrolled in an accredited US-based university (working towards a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree) with an expected graduation date of Spring 2026
• 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
• Must be attending a US-based university for positions in the USAble to obtain work authorization in the US in 2025
• Some experience writing Python and Gitlab/Terraform knowledge in a non-academic setting (internship, research roles, relevant projects, etc.)
• Solid understanding DevOps 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, Terraform, Gitlab
• 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 DevOps Engineers, doing state-of-the-art development work
• 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
• Personalized Mentorship Program
• Fully stocked kitchen (snacks & drinks)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees