AI Prototyping & Automation Intern at Kwara
Job Description
Imagine turning your coding/AI skills into features that:
- Help
build experiences that users genuinely love
- Automate
tedious internal processes for our teams
- Prototype
intelligent workflows that make banking faster and fairer
This isn’t just an internship — it’s your chance to ship
real impact in Africa’s fastest-growing fintech space, get hands-on mentorship
from experienced engineers, and potentially launch your career with us. Many of
our best people started exactly where you are!
On a daily basis you will:
- Rapidly
Prototype Features: Build beautiful, interactive AI-powered
prototypes (using tools like Lovable/Bolt/Make/N8N) — think smart loan
recommenders, personalized dashboards, automated KYC assistants, or fraud
alert systems.
- Automate
Internal Magic Spot repetitive tasks (report generation, data
reconciliation, support triage, compliance checks) and create no/low-code
automations that save hours — turning manual work into intelligent,
reliable flows.
- Explore
Core Banking Superpowers Experiment with integrating AI models
into our platform: real-time credit scoring, transaction anomaly
detection, customer behavior insights, dashboards — all while learning
secure, scalable fintech engineering.
- Collaborate
& Ship Fast Work in a small, energetic team with a product
manager, engineer and operators. Run quick experiments, demo prototypes
weekly, and iterate based on real feedback.
- Grow
& Learn Out Loud Document your wins, present to the team, and
absorb best practices in AI for fintech — from prompt engineering to
ethical AI in financial services.
Requirements
- Eager
to create: you immediately spot areas that can be improved, and
you have ideas on how to bring that into practice
- Perseverance: what
you’ll do is new and hard, so you should be willing to continue to try
until the result is great, even when there are setbacks
- Excitement
for prototyping tools (Lovable.dev, Make.com etc.): no expert
level needed, just eagerness to learn
- Passionate about
AI and fintech’s power to change lives in Africa
- Coding
skills: Studying / recently graduated in Computer Science, Data
Science, AI, Engineering, or similar
Our interviews and case studies are designed to test you
actively for this. You should only apply if you are ready for an intense
interview process, including a take-home assessment and an in-person session at
the Kwara House in Lavington, which requires preparation, role play and active
engagement with our Managing Director and COO.
We also care about the below secondary requirements:
- Strong
problem-solving skills (you identify problems and can break them down into
bite-sized chunks)
- Excellent
communication skills (you can explain tech to non-tech folks)
- Bonus
superpowers: Experience with generative AI, APIs, cloud basics (AWS/GCP),
or no-code/low-code tools
- Self-starter
who thrives in a fast-paced, supportive startup vibe
No prior fintech experience required — just curiosity,
hustle, and a desire to build things people love.