IBM Payments Centre Platform Engineering (Jan 2026 - 8 months - Toronto)

Leadingtalent; Toronto; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Leadingtalent is seeking a Payments Platform Intern based in Toronto for an 8-month internship starting in January 2026. The role involves designing and prototyping payment microservices using AWS, Azure, and GCP, as well as applying AI/GenAI models for improvements.

Applicants must be enrolled in full-time studies and available without sponsorship. Candidates will gain valuable hands-on experience in developing secure, resilient payment systems.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in full-time studies at a post-secondary institution.
• Available for an 8-month internship work term starting Jan 2026.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design of payment microservices across cloud platforms.
• Support secure CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Assist in deployment of containerized workloads for payment APIs.
• Build observability dashboards for transaction insights.
• Collaborate on AI/GenAI models for fraud detection and compliance.
• Research and apply compliance standards in sandbox environments.

Skills

AWS (EC2, S3, IAM)

Azure App Services

GCP BigQuery

DevSecOps Practices

Docker

Kubernetes

Python

SQL

OpenAI

Hugging Face

LangChain

Splunk

Prometheus

Grafana

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Power BI

Looker Studio

Job description

Introduction

Motivated Payments Platform Intern with hands‑on experience in cloud technologies, AI/GenAI applications, and payment system simulations. Skilled in applying DevSecOps, cloud‑native practices, and GenAI‑powered anomaly detection to strengthen financial platforms. Familiar with leading AI platforms such as OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain, and Vertex AI, and eager to contribute to enterprise‑scale payment systems while enhancing expertise in building secure, resilient, and compliant architectures.

Your role and responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and prototyping of payment microservices across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Support secure CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, vulnerability scans, and code quality checks.
• Assist in the deployment of containerized workloads (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift) for payment APIs.
• Build and validate observability dashboards with Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana for transaction insights.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to experiment with AI/GenAI models (fraud detection, compliance validation) using OpenAI, Hugging Face, and LangChain frameworks.
• Research compliance standards (PCI DSS, GDPR, ISO/IEC) and apply them in sandbox payment environments.
• Develop documentation, runbooks, and knowledge artifacts to support ongoing engineering work.

This position is open to applicants who reside in Toronto and is open to applicants seeking an 8‑month internship work term, commencing in Jan 2026. It is mandatory that all applicants are enrolled in full‑time studies at a post‑secondary institution and returning to full‑time studies upon completion of their work term.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor’s Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Multi‑Cloud Foundations: AWS (EC2, S3, IAM), Azure App Services, GCP BigQuery
• DevSecOps Practices: GitHub Actions, Jenkins pipelines, automated deployment scripts, IaC
• Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift
• Programming & Data: Python, SQL
• AI & GenAI Platforms: OpenAI, Hugging Face, LangChain, Azure OpenAI, Google Vertex AI
• Applied AI Skills: Prompt engineering, LLM‑powered anomaly detection, vector database search (FAISS, Pinecone)
• Data Pipelines & Dashboards: SQL insights, Power BI, Looker Studio, GenAI‑augmented visualization
• Compliance Familiarity: PCI DSS encryption flows, GDPR data retention, ISO/IEC security practices
• Monitoring & Observability: Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, SIEM

Other relevant job details

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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