Intern, Software Developer (Fall 2026)

Build something people love

Wealthsimple's mission is to help everyone achieve financial freedom – by making financial services simple, transparent, and low-cost. We're Canada's largest fintech, trusted by over 3 million clients with more than $100 billion in assets. We move fast, we own our work, and we care deeply about the people using our products. If that sounds like you, keep reading.

We're proud of what we've built — and we're just getting started. Read our Culture Manual and learn more about how we work.

Internships @ Wealthsimple

At Wealthsimple, we offer 4 to 8-month internships that are open to co-op and non-co-op students, and recent grads. During your internship, you will have the opportunity to contribute to projects that are changing the landscape of financial services for Canadians. You will be on a team that supports your growth, provides mentorship, and connects you to the broader Wealthsimple community!

Our internship program follows a hybrid work model, where you’ll be working from our Toronto headquarters on Wednesdays and Thursdays. This structure offers the flexibility of remote work, while also providing the collaboration, connection, and mentorship that come from being together in person.

Eligibility

✔ Currently enrolled as a student at a Canadian post-secondary institution or technical bootcamp

✔ New graduates - Within 6 months of your graduation date

✔ Available to work full-time hours

✔ Residing in Canada

✔ Able to commute to our Toronto HQ on Wednesdays and Thursdays

✔ At least 2 paid work terms completed

✔ Legally authorized to work in Canada (Wealthsimple does not provide immigration or relocation support for interns)

Application Deadline: May 17th, 2026 11:59PM EST

Engineering @ Wealthsimple

Our engineering organization spans everything from product-focused pods to financial infrastructure, building the software that powers our entire suite of services. We operate with a platform-as-a-product mindset, leveraging microservices and an agile, high-iteration approach. With rigorous automated testing and a deployment frequency of 100+ times a day, we move fast while staying secure. We empower our high-performing teams with the autonomy they need to ship impactful work, collaborating closely across Product, Design, and Ops to ensure we're building products our clients love.

About the Teams

Product Engineering

Drives the development of our core offerings across Investing, Banking, Tiers, and Marketing. This team builds intuitive and impactful features that empower millions to achieve their financial goals. If you're passionate about crafting user-centric solutions and seeing your work make a real difference, this is your team.

Platform Engineering

Empowers developers by providing the platforms, tools, and infrastructure needed to build and maintain fast, reliable, secure, and scalable systems. Teams include Brokerage Execution, Data Delivery, Data Platform, Design System, and ML Platform — built with a platform-as-a-product mindset.

Financial Operating System (FOS)

Offers the fundamental financial building blocks that power our products. Teams including Book of Record and Identity Trust manage core financial operations — building a real-time ledger for improved scalability and enabling product teams to innovate with confidence.

Who We're Looking For

• Take ownership without being asked — they see something broken and fix it

• Ship fast and know what to cut

• Learn on the go and ask for help when they need it

• Use AI tools in their workflow and are curious about what else is possible

• Care about the person on the other end of what they're building

• Believe that debate, inclusivity, and transparency make for better products

Our Tech Stack

• Microservice architecture with 100+ services in production

• ~50% Ruby on Rails, ~50% Java/Kotlin; frontend in React/Angular

• Hosted on AWS (RDS, Aurora, SQS, SNS, S3, Kafka)

• Deploying code 100+ times a day with rigorous automated testing

• Best-in-class tooling for profiling, logging, tracing, and experimentation

The Interview Process

Applications close on May 17th at 11:59 PM EST.

Step 1 — Application + Video Submission: Apply and submit a short video response with a written transcript. Applications open May 4–17.

Step 2 — (May 19th-May 29th) Technical Interview: A 1-hour interview in your language of choice with a technical interviewer.

Step 3 — (June 1st-June 12th) - Project Review Interview: A 30-minute conversation with one of our engineering managers where you will present a recent project.

Step 4 — Offers start to be extended the week of June 8th

Why Wealthsimple?

🤑 Competitive salary with group savings matching plan using Wealthsimple for Business

🌴 Generous vacation days, wellness days and unlimited sick & mental health days

🎉 Intern programming including educational workshops, hackathons, and mentorship

🌎 A wide variety of peer and company-led Employee Resource Groups (ie. Rainbow, Inclusive Gender Network, Black @ WS)

What past interns have said about their experience at Wealthsimple:

"I absolutely loved the term here and had a great chance to learn new things and meet many amazingly talented people! I also really appreciated the mentorship program, having someone who was an alumni from my school+program was a great chance to learn more and help plan my career and academic journey!"

"A lot of autonomy and trust from teammates; In-person office experience allowed for a lot of deeper friendships; I genuinely like the Wealthsimple product which made it very exciting to work on it"

"The other interns were really a highlight as well as all of the things that y'all planned for us. I also would say my own team really made me feel at home and welcomed. I love the codebase and engineering tools a lot and will miss it!"

With over 1,000 employees coast to coast in North America, be a part of our Canadian success story and help shape the financial future of millions — join us!

Why Wealthsimple?

🌸 Top-tier health benefits and life insurance

📈 Long-term group savings with employer match, through Wealthsimple for Business

🌴 20 vacation days, 4 wellness days, and unlimited sick and mental health days per year

✈️ 90 days away: work outside Canada for up to 90 days per year

👥 Employee resource groups, including Rainbow (2SLGBTQ), Women of WS, and Black at WS

🌎 We are a hybrid team with over 1,500 employees across North America. The people are one of the best parts of working here: you'll collaborate with incredibly talented, curious, and driven teammates who are deeply committed to doing great work.

ICYMI

Technology & Innovation at Wealthsimple: We move quickly and build thoughtfully. That means we're always looking for better ways to work — whether that's new tools, AI, or rethinking how we approach a problem. We don't expect you to have all the answers, but we do expect curiosity and a willingness to evolve alongside the products we're building.

Inclusion Statement: We're building products for a diverse world, and we need a diverse team to do it well. We strongly encourage applications from everyone, regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

Accessibility Statement: We're committed to an accessible hiring experience. If you need any accommodations throughout the interview process, please let us know — we'll work with you to make sure you have what you need. We also welcome any feedback on how we can better accommodate candidates with accessibility needs.

AI in Hiring: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of our hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our team but don't replace human judgment – all final hiring decisions are made by people. If you have questions about how your data is used, reach out to us.