Web Engineer Intern

Qonto; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 12,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work policy (home up to 2 days)

Gympass access

Lunch card

Public transport subsidy

Team events and beverages

1 paid day off per month

Inclusive environment

Job summary

Qonto is seeking a Web Engineer Intern to join the Activation team and help onboard newly activated customers by shipping small React-based features. You’ll work on real, user-facing changes to help customers top up their accounts and discover our products, gaining hands-on experience in a fintech context.

Based in a hybrid setup with options in Berlin, Paris, or Barcelona, this internship starts January 2027 and includes mentoring from experienced engineers.

Qualifications

• You have solid web foundations: HTML, CSS, JavaScript and React.
• You know the basics of Git: branching, pull requests and review.
• You communicate proactively: you ask questions early, flag blockers and welcome feedback.
• You are studying computer science or a related technical field, ideally Master 2 or an engineering degree.
• You work comfortably in English and you’re willing to use AI while understanding, challenging and verifying what it produces.

Responsibilities

• Ship real features: pick up well-scoped React tickets, from UI changes to broader features as your skills grow.
• Work across disciplines: clarify requirements with product, design, web, backend and mobile engineers, and take part in task breakdown and estimation.
• Learn our engineering workflow: open pull requests, iterate through code review and merge safely.
• Own quality, with support: run engineer QA, fix issues and follow your features through release and post-release checks.
• Help us improve: when priorities allow, explore monitoring (Sentry, Grafana), small refactors and AI-assisted ways of working.

Skills

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

React

Git basics

English fluency

Education

CS student

Engineering student

Tools

Git

Sentry

Grafana

Job description

Our mission and customers:

We are creating the freedom for SMEs to succeed by delivering Europe’s leading finance workspace with banking at its core, augmented by financial tools. We are proud to be rated 4.8 on Trustpilot based on 55,000+ reviews. Our culture puts customer satisfaction at the core of what we do, as proven by our Net Promoter Score of 75 (more about our culture here).

Our journey:

Founded in 2017 by Alexandre and Steve, Qonto has grown to 1,700 Qontoers serving over 750,000 customers across 8 European countries. We have been profitable since 2023, and we are just getting started.

Our beliefs:

We hire for skills and potential. With 80+ nationalities, 45% women, of which 56% of women in our leadership team, diversity isn’t a program; It’s who we are. We’ve built a discrimination-free hiring process because the best teams are built on merit.

AI at Qonto:

AI is deeply embedded in how we work (here). Every Qontoer gets unlimited access to the best AI tools. We want people who experiment without waiting for permission, push AI beyond the obvious, know when to trust it, and when to question it.

Web Engineer Intern

Join us as a Web Engineer Intern in the Activation team and help newly activated customers get real value from Qonto. You’ll ship small, well-scoped web features in React that help customers top up their account, discover our products and get started with confidence.

What you’ll do

• Ship real features: pick up well-scoped React tickets, from UI changes to broader features as your skills grow.
• Work across disciplines: clarify requirements with product, design, web, backend and mobile engineers, and take part in task breakdown and estimation.
• Learn our engineering workflow: open pull requests, iterate through code review and merge safely.
• Own quality, with support: run engineer QA, fix issues and follow your features through release and post-release checks.
• Help us improve: when priorities allow, explore monitoring (Sentry, Grafana), small refactors and AI-assisted ways of working.

What we’re looking for

• You have web foundations: HTML, CSS, JavaScript and React. School and personal projects count.
• You know the basics of Git: you can explain branching, pull requests and review.
• You communicate proactively: you ask questions early, flag blockers and welcome feedback.
• You are studying computer science or a related technical field, ideally Master 2 or an engineering degree. A strong Master 1 profile can also be considered.
• You work comfortably in English and you’re willing to use AI while understanding, challenging and verifying what it produces

What we can offer you

• Visible impact: your work reaches real customers.
• The full feature lifecycle: requirements, build, QA, release and follow-up, not an isolated school exercise.
• Hands-on mentoring from experienced web engineers, with Susana Prado López as your mentor.
• Progressive responsibility: start with small tickets and widen your scope as you learn the codebase.
• Fintech and AI exposure, in a team spanning web, backend, iOS and Android.

Your future manager

Your manager will Benjamin Director of Engineering. His background? Benjamin started as a network software developer at Thales, where he also owned software integration and verification for defence routing protocols. He then moved into machine learning and became CTO of Collective Thinking, a healthcare deep-learning startup, where he hired, onboarded and managed a team of 10 engineers. He joined Qonto in 2021 as Lead Backend, became Senior Lead Backend, then Head of Back-End, and is now Director of Engineering.

Practical details

• Internship starting January 2027
• Hybrid, based in Berlin, Paris OR Barcelona
• You’ll work on day-to-day product development, not a dedicated thesis project, so check that it fits your school’s requirements.

Perks

• Flex your schedule. Work from home up to 2 days a week with our hybrid policy.
• Stay active. Gympass gives you access to 3,000+ sports and wellness partners.
• Eat well. Lunch card, 50% on us.
• Get around. 50% of the cost of your public transportation pass is covered.
• Enjoy the rest. Team events, snacks, and beverages.
• Take time off. 1 paid day off per month, no questions asked.
• Be yourself. An inclusive, supportive environment where everyone belongs.

By applying, you agree that Qonto processes your personal data to assess your application. Your data is kept for up to 2 years in our candidate pool. Read our Privacy Notice for full details.

On average, our hiring process lasts 15 working days, with 3 steps:

• Interview with our recruiter
• Interview with your future mentor/manager
• Case Study debrief