Software Development Engineer Internship - Servicing

At Earnest, we believe in a world where paying for your education takes less time than earning your degree.  Join us on our mission to empower anyone seeking higher education to reduce the total price tag of their degree, supercharge their ability to pay down student debt, and get on the right financial track fast.

A little background on Earnest: We're a remote first FinTech company with an accomplished team who believe consumer lending can be radically improved and are doing something about it. We are disrupting the trillion dollar student loan industry by redefining what it means to be creditworthy. We created a company that combines data science, streamlined design, and technology to:

• Build products that simplify the lending process
• Personalize loans to suit the needs of our customers
• Engage with our customers through more human experiences

What makes an “Earnie” culture: 

Earnest’s culture is as dynamic as the products we’re building and defining every day. We’re a fast-growing company, and that means we’re constantly integrating the new perspectives of every individual.

Earnies define our culture as:

• Earn Happy Customers
• Our success comes from anticipating their needs and providing the solutions they’re looking for.
• Better is Better
• The path to great means getting better every day. We push ourselves, and each other, to remain curious and think differently. 
•  PhD in Moving Fast
• Our customers are tired of long wait times and large student loan bills so we constantly seek out ways to deliver faster.  
•  Passion for Challenges
• Perseverance and optimism are just the start to take on the inertia of a national trillion-dollar problem. 
•  Impact is a Team Sport
• We maximize our impact when we act as one team. 

Our Earnie's are fun, innovative, and willing to rollup their sleeves to help their team succeed in a fast-paced environment. If this sounds like you, and you want to join us on our mission to radically disrupt a trillion dollar fintech industry, keep reading to find out how. 

Your commitment

The summer internship program is 10 - 12 weeks; from June - August.

You will have the opportunity to meet with our highly skilled and passionate Earnies daily. Your ideas, creativity, and dedication to our mission will be front and center with everything that you do. We are not going to be asking you to deliver coffee and bagels, you will be an active participant in projects that are working toward achieving our mission. Plus, at the end of your internship at Earnest, you will get to showcase all of your successes company-wide through our Internship Showcase. 

Our ideal candidate will be passionate about our mission and will be able to reflect our values in everything you do at Earnest. You will be part of a remote first culture that stays connected in a fast-paced environment through our values. 

This is your opportunity to gain real work experience, be part of a Best Place to Work company, and build your skillset. 

Impact of this role:

• Build Student Loan Refinance product features that simplify the lending process, personalize loans to suit the needs of our customers, and engage with our customers through more human experiences.
• Contribute production code to multiple projects that have an impact on our users, focused on the Student Loan Refinance product.
• Embrace challenges, learn fast, and provide great results.
• Grow your coding skills through mentoring and peer reviews and gain firsthand experience with industry best practices for agile software delivery.
• Participate in code reviews, project demonstrations, team retrospectives and other agile ceremonies with the team.
• Be a part of a friendly, fun, and exciting FinTech environment!

Experiences you will bring with you: 

• You are currently enrolled in a Bachelor or Master’s program with a Computer science focus or related degree (recently graduated within a year) OR finished intensive training in Software Development
• Experience with one or more relevant coding languages (Javascript, Java, C++, C#). Preferred experience with NodeJS, ReactJS, AngularJS, SQL. Other technology experience to look for: AWS, Docker, Jenkins, microservices
• Demonstrated interest and ability to learn other coding languages

At Earnest, we are committed to building an environment where our employees feel included, valued, and heard. Our belief is that a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging enables us to move forward with our mission. We are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and encourage anyone to apply if your experience is close to what we are looking for.  

Earnest provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for the position in a manner consistent with the Fair Chance Ordinance.

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