What You’ll Get Out of This Internship
- Hands-on experience working on real trading systems and large-scale backend services
- Exposure to high-performance engineering, system design, and architecture optimization
- Mentorship from experienced engineers building world-class financial infrastructure
- Experience solving challenging technical problems with real impact
- Deep learning opportunities across blockchain, security, performance engineering, and distributed systems
- Ability to contribute to internal frameworks, components, and platform capability development
- A strong technical foundation that sets you up for a long-term career in fintech and crypto
Key Responsibilities
- Write clean, reliable, and high-quality code to deliver technical solutions as planned
- Deeply understand product and business requirements to identify system optimization opportunities
- Drive performance improvements across backend services, core systems, and trading components
- Troubleshoot, analyze, and resolve complex engineering issues
- Participate in architecture upgrades, system refactoring, and service optimization
- Support the construction of internal frameworks and contribute to platform capability accumulation
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to deliver scalable technologies
Requirements
- Target candidates: Students graduating in 2026
- Internship commitment: Minimum 6 months, 5 days/week
- Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Communications, or related fields
- Solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and computer systems
- Skilled in at least one programming language: Golang / Java / C++ / C
- Knowledge of SQL and relational database concepts
- Passionate about technology and continuous learning
- Strong coding ability with a desire to push technical boundaries
- Excellent logical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Curious, proactive, and eager to explore new technologies
- Strong sense of ownership, reliability, and teamwork
Bonus Points
- Published papers at top conferences or journals
- Awards in programming competitions, hackathons, or ACM/ICPC
- Experience at well-known tech companies
- Deep understanding of open-source frameworks and contributions
- Strong research or project achievements in backend, distributed systems, or performance engineering
- Understanding of smart contracts, cryptography, or analysis of crypto project source code
Who This Internship Is Ideal For
This internship is perfect for students who:
- Want to build engineering skills in a top global crypto exchange
- Are excited about backend development, trading systems, or high-performance computing
- Love solving difficult technical problems in fast-moving environments
- Are curious about blockchain, DeFi, and Web3 technologies
- Want mentorship and real-world engineering exposure at large scale
- Are ambitious, detail-oriented, and eager to grow in fintech or crypto engineering
About Bybit
Bybit is one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, providing a fast, secure, and innovative platform trusted by millions of users worldwide. We build high-performance trading systems, cutting-edge crypto products, and scalable infrastructure designed for speed, reliability, and global growth.
Our mission is to empower individuals and institutions through next-generation financial technology. We are an engineering-driven company with a culture built on innovation, high performance, continuous improvement, and global collaboration.
Internship Details
- Minimum 6-month full-time internship
- Fully on-site or hybrid depending on region (Bybit offices are located globally)
- Hands-on engineering responsibilities with real production exposure
- Competitive compensation package
- Opportunity for full-time conversion based on performance
- Access to Bybit mentorship, training, and engineering resources
- Work with global teams across engineering, product, and research
- Participate in crypto-focused learning programs and engineering development
