Software Engineering Intern / Placement Student - Summer 2027

Job DescriptionJob DescriptionSoftware Engineering Intern / Placement Student - Summer 2027Location: New York, NY - In Person Duration: Approximately four months; dates flexible around your academic schedule Visa Sponsorship & Relocation: Available for international applicantsBuild AI systems that solve real financial problems-and see your work ship.An investor-backed financial technology startup is seeking a talented Software Engineering Intern / Placement Student to work alongside its founding team in New York during Summer 2027.The team is building infrastructure that helps businesses access financing against unpaid invoices. You'll tackle meaningful engineering challenges involving payment prediction, intelligent collections, and AI systems that turn complex financial information into actionable decisions.What You'll Work OnPayment intelligence: Build systems that learn from payment histories, identify debtor behavior, and predict when invoices will actually be paid.Intelligent collections: Help develop policies that determine when to contact debtors, which communication channels to use, and how to adapt outreach.Risk insights: Feed payment and collections signals back into decisions about financing future invoices.Full-stack development: Follow problems across the frontend, backend, data infrastructure, and AI systems.Customer collaboration: Work directly with lenders and credit teams to understand their workflows and improve the tools they use.You'll own meaningful work on a core problem, with support from the founding team and exposure to real customer needs.Technology StackNext.js, React, Python, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, and AWS, alongside agentic AI, evaluation pipelines, search and retrieval, and time-series data.Who Should ApplyStudents at any university seeking a summer internship, placement-year opportunity, or year-in-industry experience who bring:Solid coding ability and confidence learning from technical documentation.A strong interest in AI, large language models, and real-world software applications.Curiosity and the ability to reason across different systems.Initiative, humility, optimism, and a willingness to tackle difficult problems.A commitment to building useful software and learning from feedback.Your potential, judgment, and ability to learn matter more than years of experience.What You Can ExpectMeaningful engineering ownership alongside the founding team.The opportunity to build and ship software used by lenders.Direct exposure to customers and practical financial technology challenges.Support, resources, and high expectations for your growth.Flexible start and end dates around your academic commitments.Visa sponsorship and covered relocation for international applicants.Ready to build something ambitious? Apply with your CV or resume. Job Posted by ApplicantPro