Backend Engineering Intern

Job Description

About Ramp

At Ramp, we are revolutionizing how modern finance teams operate in the age of AI, seeing AI not just as a trend but as the foundational element for future business. We are heavily investing in this future and in the individuals passionate about building it.

Ramp provides a comprehensive financial operations platform designed to help companies save both time and money. Our all-in-one solution integrates payments, corporate cards, vendor management, procurement, travel booking, and automated bookkeeping. With built-in intelligence, it maximizes the impact of every dollar and hour spent. Over 50,000 businesses, ranging from small family farms to large e-commerce enterprises and space startups, have collectively saved $10 billion and 27.5 million hours using Ramp. Founded in 2019, Ramp now powers America’s fastest-growing corporate card and bill payment platform, facilitating over $100 billion in annual purchases.

Ramp boasts a strong investor base including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Thrive Capital, Sands Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Greylock, Redpoint, and ICONIQ, alongside more than 100 angel investors who are founders or executives of leading companies. The Ramp team comprises talented leaders from top financial services and fintech companies (Stripe, Affirm, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Mastercard, Visa, Capital One) as well as prominent technology firms (Meta, Uber, Netflix, Twitter, Dropbox, Instacart).

Ramp has received significant recognition, being named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies list and LinkedIn’s Top U.S. Startups for over three years. We also feature on the Forbes Cloud 100, CNBC Disruptor 50, and TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Companies.

For more insights into our technology and values, explore our Engineering Blog & Emerging Talent Blog.

About The Role

Ramp is fundamentally an engineering company, driven by the mission to build one of the best engineering teams in the U.S. We are actively seeking backend engineering interns for 12 or 16-week programs. We’re looking for individuals who are enthusiastic about contributing to our journey and helping to cultivate a diverse and dynamic tech community. We value engineers with a broad range of technical skills, strong cross-functional abilities, and eagerness to tackle diverse engineering challenges. Our ideal candidate demonstrates a strong sense of ownership, enjoying projects from their initial concept through to scaling in production. We appreciate individuals who take pride in their work and exhibit a rapid learning aptitude, regardless of their prior familiarity with our specific tech stack. As an intern, you will collaborate with a nimble team of dedicated and talented engineers, making a significant, long-term impact on both technical design and engineering culture.

What You’ll Do

• Build performant and scalable platforms and services that power Ramp’s innovative products.
• Contribute to Ramp’s financial products platform (including Risk, Fraud, and Treasury Management) and/or our savings and web-app platform (such as Savings Insights and Receipt Matching).
• Work closely with product and business teams to gather customer feedback and continuously enhance our product offering.
• Help establish and influence engineering processes, tools, and systems to facilitate the scaling of our codebase, productivity, and team.

What You’ll Need

• Currently pursuing a B.S. (or higher) in Computer Science or a related technical field.
• Expected graduation date between December 2026 – 2028.
• A track record of shipping high-quality products and features, or a compelling portfolio of side projects.
• The ability to translate business and product ideas into effective engineering solutions.
• A strong desire to thrive in a fast-paced environment, continuously grow, and master your craft.
• Alignment with Ramp’s core values: enabling businesses to grow more by spending less.

Nice to Haves

• Familiarity with or a strong desire to learn our tech stack, which includes (but isn’t limited to): Flask, SQLAlchemy, PostgreSQL, Celery, Temporal, Elixir, AWS, RabbitMQ.
• Experience with or an interest in Python.
• A passion for, or curiosity to learn about, financial technology.

Compensation

• The monthly rate for this internship is $11,700 USD + housing stipend.

Ramp Benefits (for Interns)

• Apple MacBook
• Catered Lunches in the NYC office Monday through Friday

Benefits (for U.S.-based Full-time Employees)

• 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you
• Partially covered for your dependents
• One Medical annual membership
• 401k (including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp)
• Flexible PTO
• Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
• Parental Leave
• Pet insurance
• Centralized home-office equipment ordering for all employees
• Health and Wellness stipend
• In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more
• Budget for intra-office travel
• Relocation support to NYC or SF (as needed)

Referral Instructions

If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf.

Other Notices

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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