Season of Internships
The Ethereum Season of Internships placed paid, remote interns with teams across the ecosystem. The program has concluded; this page records how it worked.
About the Program
The Ethereum Season of Internships was a coordinated collection of paid, fully remote summer internships across the Ethereum ecosystem. It created pathways for a new generation of contributors to connect with Ethereum projects and put their skills to work in development, research, design, marketing, finance, legal, and more.
Every year, the Ethereum ecosystem welcomes thousands of builders through community events, hackathons, courses, bootcamps, and campus clubs. The Season of Internships added a structured early-career step, so that arriving in the ecosystem could turn into staying in it.
How It Worked
Each season of the program featured:
- 12-week paid remote internships (August–October)
- Mentorship from experienced Ethereum contributors
- Work on real projects with direct ecosystem impact
- Opportunities across technical and non-technical disciplines
- Connections with leading projects in the ecosystem
Where to Go From Here
The program has ended, but the ecosystem it pointed people toward is still very much open:
- Find good first issues on GitHub repositories
- Join community Discord servers and discussion forums
- Attend local Ethereum meetups and events
- Take online courses to build relevant skills
Frequent asked questions
What was the Ethereum Season of Internships?
The Ethereum Season of Internships was a coordinated collection of paid, fully remote summer internships across the Ethereum ecosystem. It created pathways for a new generation of contributors to connect with Ethereum projects and put their skills to work in development, research, design, marketing, finance, legal, and more.
The aim was to make Ethereum a more welcoming space for new talent, and to build a route that carried newcomers toward becoming long-term contributors.
What kinds of positions were available?
Internship positions spanned a range of disciplines and skill sets, including:
- Software development (front-end, back-end, smart contracts)
- Research (cryptography, mechanism design, zero-knowledge proofs)
- Design (UX/UI, graphic design, product design)
- Community (documentation, education, outreach)
- Operations (project management, marketing, legal)
The specific positions varied with the needs of the participating host organizations.
How did host organizations take part?
Hosts were teams already contributing to the Ethereum ecosystem who had the capacity to mentor. In practice that meant:
- A team with room for mentorship (at least 5 full-time contributing members)
- Open source projects with clearly defined tasks suitable for an intern
- Defined learning outcomes for each position
- Work aligned with Ethereum's core values: decentralization, censorship resistance, open-source innovation, privacy, and security