Software Engineer Intern

We’re building the future of private financial markets

Traditionally a space only for the wealthy and well-connected, we believe in a future where private markets are more accessible to investors and fundraisers. By leveling the playing field we hope to create a more equitable economy, where inspiring companies are connected to inspired investors, whoever and wherever they are.

Leveraging our trusted brand, global networks and incredible team, we’re building a technology-enabled ecosystem that is as diverse and dynamic as our investor network. As we progress on this ambitious journey, we’re looking for energetic and creative people to support and leave their mark on our platform.

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Alta is building the future of private capital markets. Traditionally a space only for the wealthy and well-connected, we believe in a future where private markets are more accessible to investors and fundraisers. By leveling the playing field we hope to create a more equitable economy, where inspiring companies are connected to inspired investors, whoever and wherever they are.

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Leveraging our trusted brand, global networks and incredible team, we’re building a technology-enabled, end-to-end private markets ecosystem that is as diverse and dynamic as our investor network. A key part of this effort is bridging the gap between traditional approaches to investment and the rapidly evolving opportunities in decentralized finance. As we progress on this ambitious journey, we’re looking for energetic and creative people to support and leave their mark on our platform.

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Job purpose

Internships at Alta are different. You won’t be put on make-work projects or tasks with minimal value to the business. As a Software Engineering Intern at Alta, you will have the opportunity to develop your full-stack software skills working on business-critical product features as a key member of one of our software teams, alongside a team of broadly experienced, supportive engineers.

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Our extensive ecosystem spans B2C to B2B, and our stack covers Blockchain, DeFi, API/service-driven architectures, serverless infrastructure, data pipelines, front-end frameworks and no-code platforms are all key elements of our technological ecosystem that you will be exposed to.

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As with all engineers in our teams, your job doesn’t stop at writing code. You’ll be a key technical stakeholder in our feature planning process, helping to map complex business requirements to technical solutions and offering your ideas and opinions. We build quickly but carefully – the security and privacy of our investors and partners is paramount, so you’ll be keeping these front-of-mind throughout all of the work that you do.

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We’re a supportive, social, and entrepreneurial team of former investment bankers, technologists and strategists. Clear, honest communication is key to everything we do.

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Roles and responsibilities

Working on one or more of our technical teams as a key contributor to our code base
Participating in code reviews within and outside of your team to help continuously improve the quality of our code
In close conjunction with your manager and mentors, proactively setting and monitoring progress toward your development goals
Having the opportunity to own your own deliverables, working with business stakeholders and peers on your team from planning through to release
Contributing to the continued development of our infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines
In consultation with our Data team, evolve the data schemas that underpin our business processes
Adding to our automated testing framework
Taking part in regular security testing
Keeping up to date with the latest in tooling and industry best practice, ensuring that we’re constantly discussing, evaluating and implementing the best
Expressing your ideas, opinions and feedback on our tech stack, tooling and culture to ensure we’re always improving as a technology team and as a company

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You’ll be a great fit for us if you

Good knowledge of at least one object-oriented and/or functional programming language. We have JavaScript/Node, Python, GoLang, Rails and others in our ecosystem stack but we’re not too picky with what you’ve used before
Some experience with source control systems like Github or Bitbucket, and how they work within a team
Basic knowledge of relational databases, and how they differ from non-relational ones
The basic principles of APIs

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Bonus attributes

Financial services, particularly the investment space
An appreciation for experimentation and designing systems/processes that accommodate business and technical agility
Food! We talk about it a lot :)

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As a close-knit, social team we generally prefer to work together in person at one of our offices. That said, we provide a flexible working environment that is adaptable to periods of working from home.

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Thanks for reading. We’re looking forward to meeting you!

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Team Alta

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