About Uphold
The Web3 economy will redefine how financial value is managed and exchanged - with much of this activity shifting towards blockchain networks and digital assets.Founded in 2013, Uphold is a Web3 financial platform that supports almost 300 digital assets, serving as a Regulated Gateway to the Web3 economy.With integrations with 27 blockchain networks and a robust trading engine connected to 30 underlying venues, the Uphold platform enables users to trade ‘Anything-to-Anything’ with competitive pricing and deep liquidity. To date, Uphold has facilitated over 120 million transactions worth $40 billion, serving 10 million customers across 150+ countries.Uphold strips away the complexity and lack of transparency to open up Web3 finance for everyone.To learn more about Uphold, please visit https://uphold.com.The opportunity: Uphold is looking for talented and motivated software engineers in the making with a keen interest in the Quality Assurance field to join us for a Summer Internship at the core of our QA Team at Uphold.This is an incredibly exciting opportunity where you’ll get to work on a project side by side with a team of Quality Assurers that are passionate about QA with a great sense of collaboration and responsibility.Primary responsibilities:Uphold Summer Internship provides you a first experience in the job market, and provides insight into Uphold's processes and work dynamics, designed for students and recent graduates.As a summer intern at Uphold, you will be challenged to pursue a small project from start to end on your own, while having proper guidance and support along the way.
We’ll work with you to define the project: we’ll get to know you a little bit, understand what challenges you prefer and better fit you before we kick it off. This is what it looks like:
- 8 weeks duration, starting in July, ending in September, flexible timeline.
- Participation will be on-site, remote or both.
- You’ll get some awesome Uphold Swag on your first day :)
- You’ll have a mentor who will be responsible for providing orientation and supervision.
- You’ll be assigned a buddy who can help you get acclimated to Uphold, adjust more quickly, and help you throughout this period.
- Uphold will provide you with a laptop during the length of your collaboration with us.
- If the internship is successfully completed, you’ll be entitled to a compensation up to EUR 2,000!
Required qualifications:
- Ongoing Academic studies or Degree, preferred in engineering, computer science, or information systems.
- Good analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills.
- Good communication skills, both orally and written.
- Fluent written and oral English skills.
Bonus if you have:
- Experience with Qase Test Management tool.
- Familiarity with methodologies/best practices such as the GitHub Flow, Test Driven Development, Code Coverage, Continuous Testing & Integration.
- Creativity, curiosity, and a growth mindset.
- Fluency in cryptocurrencies or other digital assets as they are core to our business.
- Community talks, certifications, and/or blog posts on your interests and research.
- Open source project contributions of any kind, such as tools developed to solve specific problems you’ve had or fixing issues on existing projects.
What we offer:
- Innovation and Impact: Contribute to pioneering projects in a dynamic and challenging environment.
- Strong Company Culture: Supportive, collegiate environment with values of integrity, teamwork, accountability, and excellence.
- Global Collaboration: Participate in regular updates and networking opportunities across the group.
- Flexibility: Enjoy options to work from home, other locations, or adjust your hours.
- Inclusive Environment: Value and respect diverse perspectives.
Join our team and embark on a fulfilling Summer internship where you'll have the opportunity to grow, innovate, and contribute to something meaningful. Apply by June 28th!EEOC EmployerWe're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and we celebrate our employees' differences, including race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, and any other protected classes. Difference makes us stronger and better - together.
