Academic Tech Intern

Job Description:

About Us

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We're devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us

Global Business Services

Global Business Services delivers Technology and Operations capabilities to Lines of Business and Staff Support Functions of Bank of America through a centrally managed, globally integrated delivery model and globally resilient operations.

Global Business Services is recognized for flawless execution, sound risk management, operational resiliency, operational excellence and innovation.

In India, we are present in five locations and operate as BA Continuum India Private Limited (BACI), a non-banking subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation and the operating company for India operations of Global Business Services.

Job Description

The Global Technology division manages the critical systems and platforms that form the backbone of the company's retail, commercial and institutional businesses, as well as key support functions globally.

We develop and deploy leading-edge technologies in areas such as mobile and online banking, payments processing, technology infrastructure, cyber-security, risk and capital management and enterprise data management.

Global Technology teams remain on the cutting edge of innovative learning through our focus on immersive technology. We were the first financial institution to offer a comprehensive set of tools leveraging technology like virtual reality, artificial intelligence and practice simulations within our financial centers. As a member of our team, you will use leading technology solutions and integrated platforms to ensure that our customers and clients can leverage the services and bank with us anytime, anywhere.

Skills exposure/Opportunity to work in areas such as: Hadoop, HDFS, Spark, Yarn, Hive, Sqoop, Impala, Hue, Python, SQL, Scala, Spark Streaming, Kafka Shell Scripting, ETL, Quartz, Teradata, Datastage, Tableau

Responsibilities:

In this role, you will ensure that software is developed to meet the functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, and solutions are well designed with maintainability/ease of integration and testing built-in from the outset. Key tasks and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Gather and translate internal and external client requirements into technical design specifications, business process re-engineering
• Code solutions, unit tests, and ensures the solution can be integrated successfully into the internal banking applications and systems with clear, robust, and well-tested interfaces
• Participates and contributes to the delivery/release (CI/CD) events. e.g., branching timelines, pull requests, issue triage, merge/conflict resolution, release notes
• Document the models and findings, support data collation and processing that is helpful in development and delivery.
• Perform proof of concept to implement new ideas or mitigate risk.
• Ensure execution and delivery meets technology's expectations in terms of the functionality, quality, performance, reliability, and timelines
• Work with global development teams and business partners across APAC, EMEA & AMRS and translate business / functional requirements for banking, trading, markets etc
• Identify, escalate, and resolve incidents and issues

Requirements:

Educational Qualifications: Eligible Final year students from the Class of 2026 ONLY

• Degree Type: MTech, ME

• Major Specialization: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems

• CGPA: 80% in the last semester OR CGPA of 8 on a scale of 10 in the last semester with no pending backlogs

Certifications: Good to have if any

Work Experience: No work experience, freshers only

Foundational skills: Hands-on engagement in the full software lifecycle activities is expected. This includes requirements analysis, coding, testing, and deployment. Job expectations include a strong knowledge of development and testing practices common to the industry and design patterns that supports complex applications.

• Fundamental knowledge and understanding of programming languages, data visualization tools, application frameworks, distributed systems and databases.
• Basic proficiency in atleast one of the following programming languages: Java, C#/.NET, C++, Python.

• Experience in Agile methodology, Process Improvement, Excel, JIRA. Knowledge of Linux/Unix

• Ability to deal with ambiguity, including various work assignments and changing priorities

• Strong influencing skills with the ability to influence both vertically and horizontally
• Assertiveness, initiative, strong work ethic and a team attitude
• Distinguished written and oral communications skills
• Candidates should possess a high level of intellectual curiosity, a drive for excellence, and a commitment to achieving sustainable results. Additionally, students should hold strong academic and technical skills in Microsoft Office.

Desired Skills:

• Good to have experience with developing frameworks and tools specific to AI/ML applications.
• Good to have familiarity with cloud platforms and development in cloud environments.
• Candidate good at problem solving and have quantitative skills
• Can implement solutions based on requirements or based on one's own innovative ideas
• Have the willingness and aptitude to work in global distributed teams
• Have attention to detail and strong work ethics

The Global Technology division manages the critical systems and platforms that form the backbone of the company's retail, commercial and institutional businesses, as well as key support functions globally.

We develop and deploy leading-edge technologies in areas such as mobile and online banking, payments processing, technology infrastructure, cyber-security, risk and capital management and enterprise data management.

Global Technology teams remain on the cutting edge of innovative learning through our focus on immersive technology. We were the first financial institution to offer a comprehensive set of tools leveraging technology like virtual reality, artificial intelligence and practice simulations within our financial centers. As a member of our team, you will use leading technology solutions and integrated platforms to ensure that our customers and clients can leverage the services and bank with us anytime, anywhere.

Skills exposure/Opportunity to work in areas such as: Hadoop, HDFS, Spark, Yarn, Hive, Sqoop, Impala, Hue, Python, SQL, Scala, Spark Streaming, Kafka Shell Scripting, ETL, Quartz, Teradata, Datastage, Tableau

Responsibilities:

In this role, you will ensure that software is developed to meet the functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, and solutions are well designed with maintainability/ease of integration and testing built-in from the outset. Key tasks and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Gather and translate internal and external client requirements into technical design specifications, business process re-engineering
• Code solutions, unit tests, and ensures the solution can be integrated successfully into the internal banking applications and systems with clear, robust, and well-tested interfaces
• Participates and contributes to the delivery/release (CI/CD) events. e.g., branching timelines, pull requests, issue triage, merge/conflict resolution, release notes
• Document the models and findings, support data collation and processing that is helpful in development and delivery.
• Perform proof of concept to implement new ideas or mitigate risk.
• Ensure execution and delivery meets technology's expectations in terms of the functionality, quality, performance, reliability, and timelines
• Work with global development teams and business partners across APAC, EMEA & AMRS and translate business / functional requirements for banking, trading, markets etc
• Identify, escalate, and resolve incidents and issues

Requirements:

Educational Qualifications: Eligible Final year students from the Class of 2026 ONLY

• Degree Type: MCA
• CGPA: 80% in the last semester OR CGPA of 8 on a scale of 10 in the last semester with no pending backlogs

Certifications: Good to have if any

Work Experience: No work experience, freshers only

Foundational skills: Hands-on engagement in the full software lifecycle activities is expected. This includes requirements analysis, coding, testing, and deployment. Job expectations include a strong knowledge of development and testing practices common to the industry and design patterns that supports complex applications.

• Fundamental knowledge and understanding of programming languages, data visualization tools, application frameworks, distributed systems and databases.
• Basic proficiency in atleast one of the following programming languages: Java, C#/.NET, C++, Python.

• Experience in Agile methodology, Process Improvement, Excel, JIRA. Knowledge of Linux/Unix

• Ability to deal with ambiguity, including various work assignments and changing priorities

• Strong influencing skills with the ability to influence both vertically and horizontally
• Assertiveness, initiative, strong work ethic and a team attitude
• Distinguished written and oral communications skills
• Candidates should possess a high level of intellectual curiosity, a drive for excellence, and a commitment to achieving sustainable results. Additionally, students should hold strong academic and technical skills in Microsoft Office.

Desired Skills:

• Good to have experience with developing frameworks and tools specific to AI/ML applications.
• Good to have familiarity with cloud platforms and development in cloud environments.
• Candidate good at problem solving and have quantitative skills
• Can implement solutions based on requirements or based on one's own innovative ideas
• Have the willingness and aptitude to work in global distributed teams
• Have attention to detail and strong work ethics