Summer Internship - Frontend Engineering

About Uphold

Uphold is a financial technology company that believes on-chain services are the future of finance. It provides modern infrastructure for on-chain payments, banking, and investments. Offering Consumer Services, Business Services, and Institutional Trading, Uphold makes pioneering financial services easy and trusted for millions of customers in more than 140 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 an intern to join our Frontend Engineering team for a Summer Internship. This is an exciting opportunity where you’ll get to see how we work, get together with the team, and contribute to our Frontend projects under continued guidance from a member of the team. Working with React, React Native, GraphQL, and XState, you’ll learn how we organize and develop new features in our applications.

Primary responsibilities:

Uphold's Summer Internship provides you with a first experience in the job market. It’s designed for students and recent graduates to give you insight into Uphold and how we work — our processes, people, and dynamics.
As a Summer intern at Uphold, you will join our Frontend team and contribute to Frontend Projects with the necessary guidance and support.

This is what the Summer internship looks like:

• 8-week program: July 14 to September 5, 2025.


• Work setup: Based in Braga or Porto, with remote and hybrid options available.
  


• Welcome gift: You’ll receive some cool Uphold swag!
  


• Mentor: A mentor will guide your work and provide ongoing feedback.
  


• Buddy: A buddy will help you settle in and support you along the way.
  


• Equipment: We’ll provide a laptop for the duration of your internship.
  


• Compensation: Successfully completing the internship makes you eligible for up to €2,500!
  


• Future opportunities: This is a short-term internship, but great work tends to get noticed!
  

Required qualifications:

• Ongoing Academic studies or Degree, preferred in software engineering.


• Knowledge of programming languages and web development standards, such as network behaviors.


• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.


• High attention to detail.


• Solid communication skills, both oral and written.


• Fluent written and oral English skills.

Bonus if you have: 

• Knowledge of JavaScript, CSS, HTML, and frontend languages/frameworks.


• Experience with user interface design.


• Knowledge or experience in building applications with React/React Native.


• Familiarity with Git and GitHub, as well as experience with test-driven development.


• Creativity, curiosity, and a growth mindset.


• Familiarity with 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: 

• An amazing work environment and experience in a company that continues to grow, driven by extraordinary and passionate people who keep innovating and challenging themselves more each day.


• The chance to work on exciting, meaningful projects with an international team in a cutting-edge field.


• A flexible and enthusiastic work environment that offers you snacks, a lot of coffee, and other great benefits.


• A culture of openness and transparency — we meet weekly to share updates, talk strategy, and connect over food and drinks.


• Team events and celebrations help you build connections, celebrate our success, and have some fun along the way.

Join us to grow, innovate, and contribute meaningfully. Be part of our talented team!

Visit our careers page for more exciting opportunities if this Summer internship isn’t the perfect fit.

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We'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.