Software Engineering / IT Automation Intern

The Team
Join a highly skilled engineering team responsible for developing and maintaining HIPPO (Hardware Installation Provisioning Process Orchestrator). HIPPO is an automation platform that orchestrates and streamlines hardware installation and provisioning processes within a large-scale infrastructure environment.
As an intern, you will contribute to the further development and optimization of automation workflows that ensure hardware installations are completed efficiently, reliably, and consistently.

What You Will Do
During your internship, you will work alongside experienced engineers on a feature that marks hardware installation requests as completed. This process includes several automated validation and operational activities, such as:

• Performing out-of-band connectivity checks
• Verifying network port configurations
• Validating SAN (Storage Area Network) port connectivity
• Executing host power-off procedures
• Generating and sending completion notifications to requestors, including relevant output information

You will be involved in:

• Software development and automation engineering
• Designing and implementing workflow improvements
• Testing and validating new functionality
• Troubleshooting and resolving technical issues
• Collaborating with infrastructure and engineering teams
• Documenting solutions and processes

How to succeed

• Currently enrolled in the 3rd year of an HBO Computer Science (Informatica) program
• Passion for software development, automation, and IT infrastructure
• Experience with at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript, or C#)
• Basic understanding of networking and operating systems
• Analytical mindset and problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills in English
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with automation and orchestration concepts
• Knowledge of REST APIs
• Understanding of server hardware, storage, or data center environments
• Experience with Git and CI/CD practices

What We Offer

• Hands-on experience in a professional engineering environment
• Mentorship from experienced engineers
• Opportunity to work on real-world automation solutions used in production
• Exposure to large-scale infrastructure and provisioning processes
• A collaborative and innovative team culture
• The chance to make a tangible impact on operational efficiency

Rewards and benefits
This is a great opportunity to train with highly skilled people who are experts in their field. You’ll do a lot and learn a lot – not only about your specialist area and the bank, but also about yourself and whether this type of environment is right for you.

You’ll also benefit from:

• Internship allowance of 700 EUR based on a 36 hours work week
• Your own work laptop
• Hybrid working to blend home working for focus and office working for collaboration and co-creation
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

During the duration of your internship at ING, it is mandatory to be enrolled at a Dutch university (or EU-university for EU passport holders).

Interested?
Are you eager to apply your software engineering skills to automation and infrastructure challenges? Join our HIPPO team and help shape the future of hardware provisioning and installation orchestration.

About our internships
Every year, more than 350 students join our internship program. While there are no guarantees about your future, many of our former interns move into a permanent role or onto our International Talent Programme (traineeship).Whatever happens, an internship at ING is the ideal opportunity to meet a wide variety of people, to build up your own network, and to learn about many different aspects of banking – put simply, it’s a great start to your career.