Off-cycle/Summer Internship

About us

Here at SAPI, we’re on a mission to build the lending infrastructure for the web, and we’d love for you to join us! We’re a London-based FinTech, empowering payment companies to offer fast and fair business financing to their sellers while earning revenue share. We’re super well-funded and backed by some pretty amazing angels, unicorn founder-turned-investors, and top venture funds from the UK and Europe.

Our 3 founders have 10+ years of experience each in Credit, Tech, and Data, and come from prestigious backgrounds like Goldman Sachs, Iwoca, and Morgan Stanley. They’re seriously invested in YOU! With attractive compensation and a culture that values your work and opinions, we’re inviting you to join us in building a leading credit API for a £7 trillion dollar market – all while having a blast on this challenging and rewarding journey.

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Why choose this internship?

• No experience? No problem! We’re looking for go-getters with a can-do attitude, hunger, and street-smarts.
• A fully tailored internship: It’s all about YOU – your strengths, weaknesses, interests, and schedule!
• Work from anywhere, anytime! Remote is cool with us, and you can set your own hours as long as tasks are completed.
• Flexible starting date: Got a summer job or study commitment? Just let us know, and we’ll arrange something that works for everyone.
• A position designed just for you: This flexible internship is a chance to discover what suits you best, and we’ll hire you for what you truly excel at!

Commitment

• Expect a part-time workload of around 10-15 hours per week, making it easy to fit around your other commitments. Want a full-time internship instead? We can arrange that, depending on your situation.
• Work directly with our founders and collaborate with other interns and SAPI staff, as well as engage with external stakeholders.
• Our summer internship is paid and remote, but we do have London offices if you prefer some in-person days. Work it around your study schedule, boost your CV, and gain valuable skills while juggling other life commitments.
• If we find the perfect fit between you and SAPI, we’ll consider offering you a full-time role after the internship. Alternatively, we’ll happily provide references and intros if you’re better suited for a different company.

Your tasks

We’re an enthusiastic team with a passion for helping SME businesses and having a blast while doing it! With this internship opportunity, we’re on the lookout for talented and motivated interns eager to forge lasting relationships and contribute to SAPI’s growth. In return, you’ll gain skills across a range of business fields while collaborating with a supportive team. Feel free to explore different fields during the internship and mix & match them as you learn more about yourself:

• Marketing: Join us in marketing tasks to boost SAPI’s presence in multiple channels and markets.
• Operations/HR: Help build rock-solid operational processes and assist in recruiting our software engineers.
• Fundraising: Collaborate with us on fundraising tasks and create essential materials for investor meetings.
• Accounting: Dive into bookkeeping tasks and contribute to our annual financial statements.
• Partnerships/Sales: Actively support the business development team in acquiring new partnerships/clients by identifying fresh opportunities and crafting unique pitches.
• Business strategy and development: Assist in planning and executing campaigns and projects to expand our market share.
• Product: Work on product development plans, prepare materials to back up the commercial offer, and participate in key account meetings.
• Credit/Lending: Join us in building our loan product from scratch, using data and making key strategic decisions for a solid financial offering.
• Legal: Contribute to the legal strategy around product development, support shareholders and legal commitments, prepare regulatory approvals, review agreements, and attend important meetings.

Your profile

• Smart cookie: You’re working towards or already have an excellent bachelor’s/master’s degree from a reputable university.
• Great communicator: Confident in communication with a persuasive and engaging writing style.
• Analytics lover: Skilled with Excel/data/analytics software and detail-oriented.
• Fast learner & self-starter: Quick to learn and eager to dive right in.
• Positive character: Optimistic, team player with drive, and a hands-on mentality.
• English speaker: Native/fluent English; proficiency in other languages is a plus.
• Availability: Ready for a 3-6 month part-time/full-time (your choice) flexible internship, with the possibility to transition into a permanent role upon successful completion.

Benefits

• Attractive compensation and a paid internship
• 100% remote, with options to work from our London office (Shoreditch) if you prefer
• Work anywhere, anytime: Enjoy flexible working hours and arrangements, remote if desired
• Be part of a proven, well-funded business with impressive exponential growth
• Tackle technically challenging, large-scale, and complex problems
• Experience autonomy, ownership, and decision-making capabilities from day one
• Join a dynamic, young, and motivated team in a fun and positive environment
• Become part of a company with integrity and a caring, second family vibe
• Opportunity to transition into a permanent role upon successful completion

Our Interview Process

This process comprises three stages:

1. Once your CV screening is successful, our internal talent team will schedule an introductory video-call. During this exploratory conversation, we aim to discover your motivations for applying to SAPI and provide an opportunity for you to get acquainted with us.
2. You will be invited to a 30-minute chat with our founder. This will be a conversation about culture, team fit, and more hard-skill questions will be covered.
3. Based on the performance in Stages 1 & 2, you will be invited to take part in a 2-week paid trial project, where we’ll design a small project for you to work on in the scope of 10-12 hours/week. Those who pass the trial project will be accepted into our internship.