Intern, Compliance Model Management

Intern, Compliance Model Management at SoFi

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As a Compliance Model Management Intern, you will sit at the intersection of data science, regulatory oversight, and risk management. This role is designed for an analytical thinker who wants to understand how financial institutions use complex mathematical models to prevent financial crimes, such as money laundering. This is a hands-on opportunity to see how data-driven decisions protect the integrity of the global financial system and contribute directly to SoFi’s compliance program.

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

What You’ll Do

This role is highly analytical and sits within the Second Line of Defense in the bank’s risk management framework. You will be paired with a skilled mentor to execute a high-impact modeling project supporting Anti-Money Laundering (AML) or other critical Compliance areas. Daily activities mirror the professional data science lifecycle within a regulated banking environment, including model design, data collection and exploration, feature engineering, model optimization, testing, and documentation.

What You’ll Need

• Enrolled in an accredited US-based university (working towards a Master’s degree ONLY) with an expected graduation date of December 2026 or Spring 2027
• Must be working towards a STEM degree
• 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 office at a hybrid capacity (2-3x a week)
• Proficiency in SQL, Python and Python libraries supporting ML
• Experience with machine learning model development
• Analytical mindset - the ability to look at a data set and identify patterns, outliers, or inconsistencies
• Solid writing skills to help draft technical reports and model development summaries

Nice To Have

• Exposure to specific ML techniques relevant to compliance, such as Anomaly Detection, Natural Language Processing (NLP), or Network Analysis
• Familiarity with cloud-based data environments (such as AWS) or big data frameworks like PySpark

Internship Perks

• Access to senior leadership, including exclusive Q&A sessions with executives across all functions of SoFi
• Exclusive opportunities to deliver a case study to SoFi leaders
• 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 1st, 2026 to Friday, August 21st, 2026, Cohort 2: Monday, June 15th, 2026 to Friday, September 4th, 2026

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

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

• Compliance
• Model Management
• Data Science
• Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
• Machine Learning
• Python
• SQL
• Risk Management
• Regulatory Oversight
• Data Analysis