Summer Intern: Architecture​/Engineering

## Summer 2027 Intern:
Architecture/Engineering Apply:
Wilmington, NC:
Part time:
Posted Yesterday:
End Date:
September 24, 2026 (6 days left to apply):
R-002630
** About Us
** Live Oak Bank is a digital bank that serves small business owners across the country.  Our groundbreaking spin on service and technology has fueled our mission to be America’s Small Business Bank. Our products help customers buy, build, and expand their business, and our high-yield savings and CD products help them grow their hard-earned money.  At Live Oak, we never lose sight of the well-being of our people.

We believe our employees are the heart of our company.

Our commitment to our customers and culture is intertwined, and we seek those who embody and embrace what it takes to empower the American dream.
** Ready to make an impact?
** Join our team for the onsite 10-week Summer 2027 Internship Program (May 17 - July 23, 2027) at our headquarters in Wilmington, NC. If you're interested in gaining hands-on experience while making meaningful impact, submit your application by 11:59 p.m. ET on Wednesday, September 23.
** How this role impacts Live Oak and its people
** The architecture team partners with other departments, and the engineering teams that support them, to take their technology needs from ideation to rollout. Our work helps eliminate the hurdles to deploying new technology, making everyone more efficient.

That means the tools you help design and build get used by real teams doing real work — lenders, analysts, and operations staff who serve small business owners across the country. When a process gets faster or a system finally talks to another system, someone's day gets better. You'll be close enough to that work to see it happen.
** What you'll do at Live Oak
** You'll work with our engineers and stakeholders to help integrate new vendors and AI into the daily processes that run the bank. Using AI and other developer tools, you'll create designs and proofs of concept for new integrations as well as deliver features for internal tools.

Day to day, you can expect to:
* Sit in on conversations with business teams to understand what they actually need, then help translate that into a technical approach
* Build proofs of concept quickly, using AI coding tools to move faster than a traditional internship would allow
* Read and work within existing codebases you didn't write
* Write and test integrations between internal systems and third-party vendor platforms
* Document your designs so the next person can pick them up
* Present what you built to engineers and stakeholders at the end of the internship
* Maintain a high standard of regulatory awareness including BSA, AML, CIP, and OFAC.You'll be paired with an experienced engineer or architect who serves as your mentor. Asking questions is expected, not a sign you're behind.
** Required experience
*** Sophomore, junior, or senior pursuing a degree in computer science, computer engineering, or an equivalent field
* Experience using coding tools like VS Code or similar
* Experience using Git repositories and platforms such as Git Hub or Git Lab
* Working proficiency in at least one programming language — Python, Java, JavaScript/Type Script, or C#. We don't expect production experience
* Ability to read and understand code you didn't write
* Familiarity with APIs and how systems communicate, including REST and JSON
* Clear written and verbal communication, since this role sits between engineers and business stakeholders
* Curiosity and comfort with ambiguity — proofs of concept rarely come with instructions
** Preferred experience
*** Experience using AI coding tools and workflows such as Claude Code or Cursor, including connecting them to external systems through MCP servers
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