Intern CTO Office (mfd)
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Job Summary
About Ivy
Ivy is building the worlds first programmable bank. We know the bank of the future is going to be fully regulated and stablecoin-native. We believe that the crypto folks are too afraid of full bank charters while the bank folks know too little about crypto to pull it off. We believe theres a trillion-dollar opportunity to launch regulated banks built on the blockchain.
Today we bank the worlds leading crypto platforms (Kraken). Tomorrow our platform will power global correspondent banking. And whos going to bank all these AI agents We are certain that if we get this right Ivy is going to be Europes first $1T company.
We are a team of ex-founders early employees at unicorns and top-tier talent from fintech and banking and we are backed by the worlds best fintech investors:
Valar - Peter Thiel and the Valar team have been thinking about global money since PayPal times.
Creandum - Previously invested in fintechs like Klarna Trade Republic Pleo and iZettle
10 unicorn founders
Your Mission
Youre the CTOs extra pair of hands for internal IT and technical operations. Ivy is scaling fast toward a banking license and the internal infrastructure needs to keep up. You jump into the day-to-day of access management tooling setup and compliance prep and make sure nothing falls through the cracks.
Team Mission
Ivy is building The Dark Bank - a bank run by agents. Our infrastructure team (DevOps Security Data IT) builds the foundation for that. We are a lean team of smart high-agency and high-ambition individuals. You will work closely with our CTO and DevOps Lead.
Responsibilities
Our CTO sets the direction - you make it happen. Youre deep in the operational side of IT keeping systems clean and moving projects forward.
Access Management: Handle onboarding and offboarding workflows manage permissions across tools and keep our identity and access setup clean and consistent.
Technical Ops Infrastructure: Help evaluate set up and consolidate internal tooling - MDM endpoint protection networking. You research options run implementations and document whats in place.
SOC 2 Implementation: Support the operational side of SOC 2 - help draft policies collect evidence and make sure controls are in place.
Who Will Thrive In This Role
We believe that throwing smart people with high agency at big problems produces the best the past we have seen people succeed at Ivy with the following traits ranked by importance:
Safe Hands: You can run on your own and finish the job no matter what comes in your way.
Communication: You proactively go to the whole company and get the context without being prompted to do so.
Curiosity: You dig deep to understand how people actually work before building systems around it.
System Thinking: You can design and build systems from scratch.
Smartness: You are generally just very smart and can pick up new things quickly.
Requirements
Must Have
Genuine interest in IT infrastructure security and how internal systems enable a company to move fast
Exceptionally organised with a bias for action in fast-paced environments
Low ego - operational work doesnt feel beneath you
Based in Berlin (in-person role)
Available for 4-6 months
Nice to Have
Experience with Google Workspace administration
Exposure to IAM MDM or endpoint management tools (e.g. Hexnode ConductorOne or similar)
Familiarity with SOC 2 or similar compliance frameworks
What we offer
Join a Dream Team: We focus on building a team of exceptional people who grow fast take on big challenges and inspire each other to deliver at the highest level.
No Bullshit: Output over input bias for action - we move fast and follow through customer value over internal policies. We believe in big outcomes not titles or hierarchies.
Real Participation: Employees are shareholders. Every permanent employee participates in our equity program.
Perks & Benefits: Relocation support Visa Support the latest Apple gear (MacBook AirPods) lunch benefit Gym benefit a beautiful office in the heart of the city 4x on-/offsites per year weekly team dinner and an annual development budget.
Required Experience:
Chief