DevOps Engineer Intern

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 financial services company and national bank using innovative, mobile-first technology to help our millions of 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!

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 Engineer 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.

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 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

What You’ll Need

• 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 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

Internship Perks

• 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

We offer incoming interns the flexibility to select from two potential start dates:

• Cohort 1 - Monday, June 1, 2026 - Friday, August 21, 2026
• Cohort 2 - Monday, June 15, 2026 - Friday, September 4, 2026

Why You'll Love Working Here

• Internship Benefits: View Link
• Full Time University Grad Benefits: View Link

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

SoFi provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, breastfeeding, and conditions related to breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age (40 or over), physical or medical disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military and/or veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable state or federal law. The Company hires the best qualified candidate for the job, without regard to protected characteristics. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. New York applicants: Notice of Employee Rights. SoFi is committed to an inclusive culture. As part of this commitment, SoFi offers reasonable accommodations to candidates with physical or mental disabilities. If you need accommodations to participate in the job application or interview process, please let your recruiter know or email accommodations@sofi.com. Due to insurance coverage issues, we are unable to accommodate remote work from Hawaii or Alaska at this time.

Key skills/competency

• Python
• Terraform
• Gitlab
• DevOps Fundamentals
• Algorithms
• Data Structures
• Systems Architecture
• Agile Methodologies
• Software Development
• Automation