Intern - CTO Office (m/f/d)

Location

Berlin Office (HQ)

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

On-site

Department

Engineering

Compensation

€2.5K per month

Overview Application

About Ivy

Ivy is building the world’s first programmable bank. We know the bank of the future is going to be fully regulated and stablecoin-native. We believe that the crypto folks are too afraid of full bank charters, while the bank folks know too little about crypto to pull it off. We believe there’s a trillion-dollar opportunity to launch regulated banks built on the blockchain.

Today, we bank the world’s leading crypto platforms (Kraken). Tomorrow, our platform will power global correspondent banking. And who's going to bank all these AI agents? We are certain that if we get this right, Ivy is going to be Europe’s first $1T company.

We are a team of ex-founders, early employees at unicorns, and top-tier talent from fintech and banking, and we are backed by the world’s best fintech investors:

Valar - Peter Thiel and the Valar team have been thinking about global money since PayPal times.
Creandum - Previously invested in fintechs like Klarna, Trade Republic, Pleo, and iZettle
10+ unicorn founders

Your Mission

You're the CTO's extra pair of hands for internal IT and technical operations. Ivy is scaling fast toward a banking license and the internal infrastructure needs to keep up. You jump into the day-to-day of access management, tooling setup, and compliance prep, and make sure nothing falls through the cracks.

Team Mission

Ivy is building The Dark Bank - a bank run by agents. Our infrastructure team (DevOps, Security, Data, IT) builds the foundation for that. We are a lean team of smart, high-agency and high-ambition individuals. You will work closely with our CTO and DevOps Lead.

Responsibilities

Our CTO sets the direction - you make it happen. You're deep in the operational side of IT, keeping systems clean and moving projects forward.

Access Management: Handle onboarding and offboarding workflows, manage permissions across tools, and keep our identity and access setup clean and consistent.
Technical Ops Infrastructure: Help evaluate, set up, and consolidate internal tooling - MDM, endpoint protection, networking. You research options, run implementations, and document what's in place.
SOC 2 Implementation: Support the operational side of SOC 2 - help draft policies, collect evidence, and make sure controls are in place.

Who Will Thrive In This Role

We believe that throwing smart people with high agency at big problems produces the best outcomes. In the past, we have seen people succeed at Ivy with the following traits ranked by importance:

Safe Hands: You can run on your own and finish the job no matter what comes in your way.
Communication: You proactively go to the whole company and get the context without being prompted to do so.
Curiosity: You dig deep to understand how people actually work before building systems around it.
System Thinking: You can design and build systems from scratch.
Smartness: You are generally just very smart and can pick up new things quickly.

Requirements

Must Have

Genuine interest in IT infrastructure, security, and how internal systems enable a company to move fast
Exceptionally organised with a bias for action in fast-paced environments
Low ego - operational work doesn't feel beneath you
Based in Berlin (in-person role)
Available for 4-6 months

Nice to Have

Experience with Google Workspace administration
Exposure to IAM, MDM, or endpoint management tools (e.g., Hexnode, ConductorOne, or similar)
Familiarity with SOC 2 or similar compliance frameworks

What we offer

Join a Dream Team: We focus on building a team of exceptional people who grow fast, take on big challenges, and inspire each other to deliver at the highest level.
**No Bullshit:**Output over input, bias for action - we move fast and follow through, customer value over internal policies. We believe in big outcomes, not titles or hierarchies.
Real Participation: Employees are shareholders. Every permanent employee participates in our equity program.
Perks & Benefits: Relocation support, Visa Support, the latest Apple gear (MacBook + AirPods), lunch benefit, Gym benefit, a beautiful office in the heart of the city, 4x on-/offsites per year, weekly team dinner, and an annual development budget.

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