Job Description
Nium is the global infrastructure company powering real-time cross-border payments. Founded to deliver the payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today, we are building a programmable, borderless, and compliant money-movement layer that powers transactions between people, businesses, and intelligent systems — enabling banks, fintechs, payroll providers, travel platforms, marketplaces, and other global enterprises to move money instantly, anywhere in the world.
Co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with offices in 14 markets and team members across 20+ countries, we take pride in a culture anchored in Keeping It Simple, Making It Better, and Winning Together. 2025 was the strongest year in our 10-year history, with record revenue, record transaction volumes, and EBITDA profitability — and we are now entering one of the most dynamic chapters in our journey. We believe the best work happens face-to-face, and we operate a hybrid model with three in-office days per week to strengthen collaboration, alignment, and innovation.
We move over $50B annually across a network that spans 190+ countries, 100 currencies, and 100 real-time corridors. We power fast payouts to accounts, wallets, and cards; enable local collections in 35 markets; and support card issuance in 34 countries — all backed by licenses across 40+ markets.
With over $300M raised to date, Nium offers ambitious builders the opportunity to shape the future of global money movement — at scale.
At Nium, we move money across the globe, powering card issuance, payments, and financial infrastructure that businesses and people rely on every day. We’re a fast-growing fintech operating at scale, and this summer, we’re opening a seat on the team for someone curious, hungry to learn, and ready to see what real data engineering looks like from the inside.
This isn’t a “make the slides and watch from the sidelines” internship. You’ll be embedded in our data engineering team, writing code that ships, and contributing to a product that real people use.
As a Data Engineering Intern, you’ll work with our data engineering team to help build and maintain the systems that power our data platform. This internship is designed to give you hands-on experience with modern data technologies and real-world datasets.
Responsibilities
- Supporting the development and maintenance of data pipelines and workflows.
- Assisting with ingesting and transforming data from multiple sources, such as MySQL databases and real-time Kafka streams.
- Writing and improving SQL queries used for analytics and reporting.
- Attending standups, sprint planning, code reviews — the full rhythm of a data engineering team
- Collaborating with experienced engineers to turn business needs into technical solutions.
- Asking questions, breaking things (safely), and learning how a fintech scales.
- You’ll gain exposure to modern data engineering tools and work closely with mentors who will help you grow your technical skills.
Requirements
- You’re studying Computer Science, Software Engineering, or something adjacent at University of Malta or MCAST.
- You’re genuinely curious how real-world data systems are built — how data is collected, transformed and turned into something useful
- Good communication skills and ability to work in a team.
- Curiosity, a problem-solving mindset, and eagerness to take initiative.
- You can write some code (in any language - we care more about thinking than syntax)
Nice to Have (But Not Required)
- Interest in fintech, payments, or data-driven products.
- Foundational SQL knowledge and comfort writing queries.
- Basic Python skills or a strong willingness to develop them.
- No prior professional experience required, we value potential, curiosity, and a willingness to learn.
What you’ll walk away with
- Real lines of code in a production fintech system
- An understanding of how data engineering teams actually work — agile, CI/CD, code reviews, the works
- A network inside a global payments company
- Honestly? A much stronger CV than most of your classmates
What we offer at Nium
We Value Performance: Through competitive salaries, performance bonuses, sales commissions, equity for specific roles and recognition programs, we ensure that all our employees are well rewarded and incentivized for their hard work.
We Care for Our Employees: The wellness of Nium’ers is our #1 priority. We offer medical coverage along with 24⁄7 employee assistance program, generous vacation programs including our year-end shut down. We also provide a flexible working hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office).
We Upskill Ourselves: We are curious, and always want to learn more with a focus on upskilling ourselves. We provide role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend.
We Celebrate Together: We recognize that work is also about creating great relationships with each other. We celebrate together with company-wide social events, team bonding activities, happy hours, team offsites, and much more!
We Thrive with Diversity: Nium is truly a global company, with more than 33 nationalities, based in 18+ countries and more than 10 office locations. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
