Information Security | Summer Internship 2023

Are you studying Information security, data protection or cybersecurity? Would you like to be a part of the innovation that is changing traditional banking services? If yes, come and join the security team at Lendo!

Lendo has already established a strong position in the Nordics, and is now looking to grow in Europe and beyond. You can read more about us here: https://www.lendo.group.

You’ll become part of an open-minded, agile, and cross-functional company that loves to solve problems and innovate! Our tech teams work closely with the business, directly contributing to continuously improving the tech and our product offerings. Through our products, we want to empower people to make smarter and more conscious financial decisions.

The team is based in Stockholm, where your internship will take place for 2 months on a full time basis. (≈June-July, and the internship is paid).

We work in a hybrid mode, meaning that we spread our weeks between some days at home, and some at the office to meet and collaborate effectively.

A look at what you would do:

You will be given your own tasks and a senior mentor who will support you through the whole eight weeks of your internship, you will work together with experienced members of the team and get to know more about IT security.

At the end of the internship period, you will share a summary of what you have done, learnt, and your ideas and findings for future improvements.

We can offer technical and non-technical security tasks, depending on your background and on what you would like to participate in.

Technical tasks:

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Design and execute internal penetration testing activities targeting applications, infrastructure, endpoints, or even physical locations

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Assess vulnerabilities when they are discovered and work on improving our scanning tools

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Contribute to security activities in our DevSecOps lifecycle, including but not limited to code and web application scanning or threat modelling and detection

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Contribute to the security measures of our cloud environments (GCP, AWS)


Functional tasks:

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Contribute to improve security standards and ensure compliance with security best practices and legal requirements (ISO 2700x, PSD2, GDPR…)

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Support product and tech teams to put security measures in the heart of our products

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Perform controls or audits on systems and identify improvements

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Follow up on security metrics


Who are we looking for?

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Bachelor or Master student in computer science or IT security (preferably 3rd-5th year student)

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Fluency in English

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Good communication skills

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Creative and brainstorm ideas for ways we can further improve

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Your own unique skill set to the table

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A curious thinker who can find ways forward

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A positive mindset ready for challenges


Please note that we will not offer relocation services for the internship and we are unfortunately not able to hire someone in a country where Schibsted does not have a legal entity.

A background check is part of the recruitment process for the final candidate.


Lendo is a leading marketplace for loans. We are an international fintech company, founded in Sweden in 2007. In the last couple of years, Lendo has embarked on an exciting global journey launching its innovative product in numerous European countries, including Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Italy and Finland. Our purpose is to empower people to make smart financial decisions that actually make a difference in their lives.