Software Engineer, Intern

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About Stripe Stripe is a technology company focused on improving the conditions for economic growth and prosperity. We build programmable financial infrastructure, rethinking from first principles how financial services should work, to make it easier and cheaper for any business to start and scale. More than 10 million businesses build on Stripe. What you'll do As an intern at Stripe you'll work on projects across our stack that directly impact the way millions of businesses operate. You'll own problems end to end with the support of your manager and teammates. It's an opportunity to work alongside some of the most creative and technically rigorous engineers in the industry and learn how to ship high-quality work at scale. Recent intern projects include expanding Stripe's Payments Foundation Model capabilities to improve generalized anomaly detection, building more approachable fraud controls, creating safer payouts, and developing user-facing solutions that prevent costly pricing mistakes and make merchant checkout setup easier. Our internship program is competitive and the expectations are high. Responsibilities: - Operate as a real member of the team you join; engage in team discussions, decisions, and the technical design process - Write software that will be used in production - Give and receive technical feedback through code reviews or design discussions - Collaborate with other engineers and cross-functional stakeholders - Learn quickly by asking great questions, working with your intern manager and teammates effectively, communicating the status of your work clearly, and building with the latest AI tooling Minimum requirements: - A strong fundamental understanding of computer science through pursuit of a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, math, or a related discipline - Experience and familiarity with programming, either through side projects or classwork (Ruby, Java, Javascript, Go, Scala) - Experience from previous internships or other multi-person projects, including open source contributions - Ability to learn unfamiliar systems - Ability to leverage AI tools to accelerate development while applying rigorous critical thinking and professional judgement Preferred qualifications: - At least 1 year of university education, or equivalent work experience - One or more areas of specialized knowledge (frontend, backend, infrastructure or other technologies) - Experience writing high quality pull requests with good test coverage - Familiarity with navigating and managing work in new code bases with multiple languages - Clear written communication skills In-office expectations: Office-assigned Stripes in most locations are currently expected to spend at least 50% of the time in a given month in their local office. Pay and benefits: The annual salary range for this role in the primary location is £49,200. Benefits may include equity, company bonus, retirement plans, health benefits, and wellness stipends.