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    "description": "<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 600\">About Uphold</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">Uphold is a financial technology company that believes on-chain services are the future of finance. It provides modern infrastructure for on-chain payments, banking and investments. Offering Consumer Services, Business Services and Institutional Trading, Uphold makes pioneering financial services easy and trusted for millions of customers in more than 140 countries.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">Uphold integrates with more than 30 trading venues, including centralized and decentralized    exchanges, to deliver superior liquidity and optimal execution. Uphold never loans out customer assets and is always 100% reserved. The company pioneered radical transparency and uniquely publishes its assets and liabilities every 30 seconds on a public website (</span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https://uphold.com/en-us/transparency)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https://uphold.com/en-us/transparency</a></span><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\"><a href=\"https://uphold.com/en-us/transparency)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">)</a>.</span><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">Uphold strips away the complexity and lack of transparency to open up Web3 finance for everyone.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">To learn more about Uphold, please visit </span><a href=\"https://uphold.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">https://uphold.com</span></a><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600\">The opportunity </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">Uphold is looking for an <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">intern to join our Application Security</span> <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">(AppSec) team </span>for a <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Summer Internship</span>. This is an exciting opportunity where you’ll dive into real-world product security, work closely with developers and security engineers, and contribute directly to improving the security of our products and infrastructure.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600\">Primary responsibilities</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">As a Summer Intern in our Application Security (AppSec) team, you’ll get a unique first experience in cybersecurity, not in theory, but in practice. You’ll be part of a team that works directly with developers to build secure products, where security is respected and embraced, not feared or avoided. With the support of your mentor and buddy, you’ll explore how we find, analyze, and help fix vulnerabilities in real source code. You’ll also learn how modern companies approach AppSec in a structured, collaborative, and impactful way.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600\">Required qualifications</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or a related field.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">A hacker mindset, curiosity, persistence, and a passion for figuring out how things work (and how they fail).</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">Experience solving security challenges (e.g., CTFs, Hack The Box, TryHackMe, custom labs, or similar).</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">Comfortable with at least one programming language and reading/debugging source code (JavaScript, Python, Go, etc.).</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">Basic knowledge of web security fundamentals, things like XSS, SQLi, SSRF, auth issues, etc.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">Some familiarity with security tooling (e.g., Burp Suite, Semgrep, CodeQL, or custom scripts).</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">Fluent in English, both written and spoken.</span><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\"><br><br></span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600\">Bonus if you have</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">Contributed to GitHub repos or written blog posts about security findings, tools, or research.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">Participated in bug bounty programs or done vulnerability triage work.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">Exposure to DevSecOps pipelines or secure development practices.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">Interest in Web3 security, smart contracts, etc.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">Familiarity with version control, CI/CD pipelines, and how modern teams ship code.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600\">What we offer</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">8-week program</span><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">July 20 to September 11, 2026.</span></span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Work setup</span><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">: Based in Braga or Porto with hybrid options available.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Welcome gift</span><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">: You’ll receive some cool Uphold swag!</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Mentor</span><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">: A mentor will guide your work and provide ongoing feedback.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Buddy</span><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">: A buddy will help you settle in and support you along the way.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Equipment</span><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">: We’ll provide a laptop for the duration of your internship.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold\">Compensation</span><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">: Successfully completing the internship makes you eligible for up to €2,840.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(76, 92, 110); font-size: 10pt\">Join us to grow, innovate, and contribute meaningfully. 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