Chicago Trading Company
Software Engineering Internship - Summer 2027
Chicago, Illinois, United States · Internship · Posted Aug 3, 2026
- Experience
- No prior finance knowledge or experience is necessary; no years of experience specified.
- Education
- Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical field.
About the job
Build and test trading tools and risk applications, delivering software used by traders and quants to price, trade, and manage risk in real time.
What you'll do
- Design, solve, and test coding problems with software engineers.
- Deliver a technical project and gain hands-on experience with trading technology.
- Use AI coding assistants and agentic tooling in the engineering workflow.
What they ask for
- Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a similar technical field, with Java, C++, or Python experience.
- Expected to graduate between December 2027 and June 2028.
- Demonstrated record of success, such as academics or awards.
- Available for the full 8-week program from mid-June to early August 2027, and willing to relocate to Chicago, IL for the summer.
Pay
USD 16,500 per month (salary) plus a signing bonus; bonus amount not stated.
Tools
Java, C++, Python
AI focus
Use AI coding assistants and agentic tooling in daily engineering work; the firm is also building AI into trading, research, and engineering systems.
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