LHV Bank Limited is a UK-licensed bank operating across three core business segments: Retail Banking, SME Lending, and Banking Services (BaaS). The bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of LHV Group, a listed financial services provider headquartered in Estonia. LHV Bank operates under a full UK banking licence granted in May 2023.

The Bank supports over 200 fintech clients with embedded financial infrastructure, provides retail savings products via digital channels, and offers SME credit solutions across the UK. In line with its regulatory responsibilities and growth ambitions, LHV Bank is committed to maintaining a robust and proportionate financial crime control environment.

Expanding our services, LHV Bank now provides personal banking solutions. Our offerings include current accounts with competitive interest rates, fixed-rate bonds for long-term savings, and debit cards. Customers can conveniently access these services through the LHV App, enabling secure account opening and management.

Role Title: IT Infrastructure / Platform Services Intern

Location of internship: 1 Angel Court, London EC2R 7HJ

Length of Internship: 8 weeks

Start Date: 15th June - 7th August 2026

Schedule/Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 - 17:00

Student Type: Penultimate or Final Year students

This role is particularly suited for students studying: Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cloud Computing, Infrastructure Engineering, Cyber Security, DevOps, or related technical subjects

About the Role:

This internship is designed to give early-career talent practical exposure to platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, and the tools used to support modern banking services. The role combines structured learning with a final project that allows the intern to contribute to a defined technical use case.

Main duties & responsibilities:

Gain exposure to platform engineering practices, tools, and technologies used within the bank.
Learn version control fundamentals and GitHub workflows, including pull requests and code reviews.
Build understanding of AWS fundamentals, including IAM, S3, VPC, ingress, load balancing, and EC2.
Learn how infrastructure is built using Terraform, including modules and root configurations.
Gain exposure to observability practices including logging, metrics, alerting, and runbooks.
Learn CI/CD and GitOps fundamentals, including GitHub Actions.
Gain introductory exposure to containers and Kubernetes concepts.
Explore emerging technologies and relevant AI use cases in infrastructure.
Deliver a final project involving a real infrastructure component for a defined use case, from requirements gathering through to implementation, deployment, and documentation.

Students will gain:

Practical exposure to cloud infrastructure in a real engineering environment.
Better understanding of DevOps, GitOps, observability, and infrastructure as code.
Experience thinking through architecture and implementation trade-offs.
Exposure to AWS, Terraform, CI/CD workflows, and Kubernetes concepts.
Experience collaborating with engineers on a defined technical use case.
Experience delivering and documenting a practical technical project.

Person specification:

Foundational understanding of software engineering or infrastructure concepts.
Familiarity with Git and basic command-line workflows.
Interest in cloud platforms, infrastructure as code, automation, or DevOps.
Ability to learn technical concepts quickly and apply them in practice.
Curiosity and a strong desire to learn.
Good problem-solving and critical-thinking skills.
Ability to communicate clearly with technical stakeholders.
Strong attention to detail.
Accountability and willingness to take ownership of tasks.

Nice to have:

Exposure to AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, or CI/CD concepts.
Experience with scripting or coding in Python, Bash, or a similar language.
Interest in platform engineering, site reliability, cloud operations, or infrastructure security.
Awareness of AI-native tools or modern engineering workflows.

Some of our benefits (only applicable to UK based roles not Internship programmes)

Competitive salary &lots of opportunities to learn, grow and progress professionally.
Open and inclusive culture.
Hybrid working.
Fantastic offices and great working environment.
Vitality Health Plan (includes private health insurance, travel insurance, gym discounts)
Health cash Plan (Medicash health plan Level 3)
6% employer pension contribution.
Life assurance – 4 x salary.
Income protection insurance – 75%
28 days holiday plus 3 additional days, & further days for various key life events as well as the opportunity to sell up to 5 days per calendar year.
Swap public/bank holidays each year for alternative days that align with your personal, cultural, or religious observances.
Enhanced family friendly and family forming policies.
Access to a wide range of retail discounts.
Team Socials.

IT Infrastructure / Platform Services Intern

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