This role is open to candidates located in Toronto.

Ripple is the world’s only enterprise blockchain solution for global payments. Today the world sends more than $155 trillion across borders. Yet, the underlying infrastructure is dated and flawed. Ripple connects banks, payment providers, corporates and digital asset exchanges via RippleNet to provide one frictionless experience to send money globally.

THE WORK:

Ripple is looking for a Software Engineer Intern to help build the next generation of payment applications that enable banks to instantly settle cross-border payments to create the Internet of Value. Ripple’s distributed financial technology outperforms today’s banking infrastructure by driving down costs, increasing processing speeds and delivering end-to-end visibility into payment fees, timing and delivery.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Build enterprise, distributed payment applications and services that execute settlement within seconds to enable the Internet of Value
• Prototype new solutions for complex software problems and implement them for on premise and cloud deployments and use cases
• Work with teams across the organization, including product, legal, and business development to think beyond the technical implications of your design decisions
• Continuously raise our standard of engineering excellence by implementing and driving best practices for coding, testing, and deployment

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelors degree in Computer Science or something similar with an anticipated graduation between May 2024 and December 2025
• Strong competency in at least one programming language: JVM based languages such as Java/Scala/Kotlin preferred.
• Experience building, testing and deploying backend services on public cloud platforms.
• Intellectual curiosity - you love to dig into how things work and understand how to improve and scale them
• You thrive on autonomy, responsibility and owning your work, end to end
• A positive attitude and a passion for sharing knowledge within your team and organization
• Eagerness to work openly and collaboratively with a diverse team

WHAT WE PROVIDE:

• Regionally competitive pay and a one-time cash stipend 
• Exposure to the crypto-currency and digital asset space!
• A hands-on learning environment where you can dive into the latest technologies and engineering principles
• Fully-stocked kitchen with organic snacks, beverages & coffee drinks 
• Catered lunches in office 2x week
• Team outings to sports games, happy hours, game nights and more
• A collaborative work environment with deeply experienced cryptographers, security experts, Silicon Valley and Wall Street veterans
• The opportunity to help change the way the world transacts