Software Engineer Intern - Data Pipeline Engineering

Job Description

Building trusted markets — powered by our people.

At Cboe Global Markets, we inspire our people to solve complex challenges together because what we do matters. We provide the financial infrastructure that powers the global economy. As a leading provider of market infrastructure and tradable products, Cboe delivers cutting-edge trading, clearing and investment solutions to market participants around the world.

Cboe interns work with a variety of staff across multiple departments and have the opportunity to put their skills to work in their field of interest, while learning about Exchange technology and operations through our robust Options Institute courses.

The three main foundational pillars of our internship program are: develop, educate and network. We want to ensure each of our interns receive a real-world working experience that encourages academic, professional and personal growth.

Candidates should be versatile, eager and able to work in a fast-paced, time-sensitive financial and technical environment. Our interns will have the flexibility of working 2 days remotely, and 3 days in office per week at one of our state-of-the-art offices in Chicago, Kansas City, and New York City. To be eligible for this internship, applicants must be enrolled in a university or college program and should not be scheduled to graduate before December of the year in which the internship takes place. Our internship program runs from June to August, and you will wrap up your internship with a final presentation and retreat. Visit our student page for more information about our internship program!

The Data Pipeline Engineering team is hiring a Software Engineer Intern – Data Pipeline Engineering

Data Pipeline Engineering Team, What We Do

We design, develop, deploy, and support data driven batch and streaming systems supporting North American exchange markets trading over $500B notional securities daily.  We store every order, cancel, and execution with care.  

We architect systems managing billions of events per day.  We optimize for scalability, resiliency and performance.

We live and breathe automation.  We are analytical thinkers.  We are always learning our craft.  If it’s broken, we fix it.  If it needs refactoring, we refactor it.  If it’s hard to test, we make it testable.  We are pragmatic.  We ship code weekly.  We’re looking for like-minded individuals to join us.

Your responsibilities and learning objectives will be:

Join our Data Pipeline Engineering team managing, reconciling and processing all data across all Cboe North American trading exchanges environments. 

Help us develop and support all exchange integrated back-office processing to perform trade clearing, customer reporting, billing, symbol processing, regulatory reporting, data exchange with numerous 3rd parties, data backup and replication, and variety of business automation capabilities to enhance and extend exchange operations for our real-time trading system.

A few specific tasks will be:

• Onboard with DPE team building your local development environment and understand best practices for quality software engineering at Cboe.
• Lead design, development, testing and deployment for at least 1 project supported by senior team mentors to be installed in production before completion of internship.
• Participate in small but important DPE systems resiliency, maintainability, scalability or performance improvements as assigned by your manager.

The ideal candidate has: Detail any essential qualifications or skills necessary for the role. Be realistic about expectations for interns, but also open to candidates from diverse educational backgrounds. For instance:

• Must be currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s program in Marketing, Computer Science, or related field and should not be scheduled to graduate before December of the year in which the internship takes place.
• Solid knowledge of software engineering data structures and algorithms.
• Experience with Python or experience in another language with desire to learn Python.
• Experience with Linux or UNIX-like systems and knowledge of at least one scripting language.
• Self-directed, self-motivated.

You’ll really stand out with:

• Experience with Postgres or similar relational databases desirable.
• Experience w AWS, Snowflake, and cloud-based platforms and services desirable.
• 3.5 GPA and a rising junior or senior not scheduled to graduate before Dec 2025 highly preferred

Benefits and Perks

• Competitive compensation
• Flexible, hybrid work environment, 3 days in office, 2 days remote, per week.
• 2:1 401(k) match, up to 8% match immediately upon hire.

Some of our employees’ favorite benefits and perks include:

• Daily complimentary in-office lunch from local restaurants
• Endless free coffee and snacks to fuel your workday
• Monthly in office networking events and happy hours
• Associate Resource Groups (ARGs) and affinity groups for support and community building

More About Cboe Global Markets

We’re reimagining the future of the workplace by focusing on what matters most, our people.  Our journey is an inclusive one. We’re investing deeply in leadership programs and career development initiatives that ensure everyone has an equal chance to succeed. We celebrate the diversity in our communities, inside and out, and welcome new perspectives with equity, inclusion and belonging.

We work with purpose, solving problems with ingenuity, collaboration, and a lot  of passion. We’re an engaged and excited team connecting markets across borders and embracing growth in all its forms to achieve incredible outcomes.

Learn more about life at Cboe on our website, LinkedIn, and our student page for more information about our internship program!

Equal Employment Opportunity

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer - and celebrate our employees’ differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status.

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