About Us Live Oak is more than a bank. Live Oak helps people realize their full potential so they can create meaningful impact at work, home or in their communities. As an innovation hub, we fully embrace a bold approach to solving problems and surpassing goals. Daily life at Live Oak centers around a culture of taking care of each other, which has made us one of the most desirable places to work. We’ve topped the list of American Banker’s “Best Banks to Work For” because of our unparalleled dedication to our people. Our commitment to How our customers and our culture is intertwined, so we seek those who embody and embrace what it takes to empower the American dream. Learn more at liveoakbank.com. We’re seeking students with technology majors to join our team for our summer internship program in both our Wilmington headquarters and our new office on NC State’s Centennial Campus in Raleigh. This is an excellent opportunity for students interested in fintech technology to gain hands-on experience and mentorship, while working alongside other students and industry professionals to build technology solutions for banking customers. You'll work on a cross-functional agile team to contribute to features and proof of concepts that modernize banking capabilities for businesses and consumers. Below are some of the activities you would perform. How This Role impacts Live Oak and its People The Software Engineering Intern will be embedded into a scrum team to develop and support our next generation banking platforms What You’ll Do at Live Oak You'll work on a cross-functional scrum team within a scaled agile environment, performing many of the activities below. Analyze and design new features and functions to streamline the end-users experience. Help establish and document designs and engineering standards, as well as participate in peer reviews. Work on a full-stack engineering team dedicated to following the Agile methodology and writing maintainable code. Continually deliver features and functionality to bank stakeholders on a 2-week release cycle. Work alongside different departments within the bank and learn their domain. Design and implement libraries and frameworks that allow us to effectively scale development on our different applications. Learn quickly and adapt fast. We are looking for folks to lead the charge, not just keep up with it. How You’ll Do It You'll build software that matters. We make software that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs get the capital and financial services they need to succeed and support their local communities. Your team decides the best technical approach and commitments, not your manager. You'll collaborate with super-smart people to build a next generation platform with plenty of challenging engineering problems, as we enable capabilities to transform the outdated financial banking system Required and Preferred Experience Pursuing a degree in Computer Science or other technical disciplines Continuous learner that enjoys researching new technology relevant to their current projects Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Ability to adapt in a quickly changing environment Excellent teamwork and communication skills Knowledge of source control systems like GitHub, Gitlab, and Bitbucket. Familiarity with languages like Java and JavaScript. Required to Thrive at Live Oak Dedication – You possess a deep commitment to Live Oak Bank’s mission and core values, exemplified through a strong work ethic, adaptability and pride in your work. Ownership – You take initiative to deliver positive results by proactively and creatively solving problems, while maintaining a high degree of quality. Innovation – You embrace fresh ideas and fearlessly contribute new solutions to emerging or existing problems. Teamwork – You foster collaboration, accountability and trust with others and understand that together, we do more. Respect – You treat everyone with courtesy, politeness and kindness. Live Oak Bank is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, Minorities/Women/Veterans/Disabled. We consider applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status or disability. Equal access to programs, service and employment is available to all persons. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify human resources at careers@liveoak.bank EEO is the Law Commitment to Diversity Live Oak Bank is committed to creating and maintaining a workplace in which all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the business and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives. This commitment is embodied in company policy and the way we do business at Live Oak Bank and is an important principle of sound business management. More than just a job, a career at Live Oak is an opportunity to mold the future of the banking industry. Live Oak Bank would not be the top SBA 7(a) and USDA lender in the country without our people. We focus on hiring folks who are dedicated to living our values, every single day. Together, we’re on a mission to be America’s small business bank. At Live Oak we never lose sight of focusing on the wellbeing of our folks. We believe our employees are the heart of our company and drive our commitment to our customers. As part of the Live Oak team, you’ll have the chance to shape the next chapter of banking while supporting the backbone of our nation – small businesses.