Python Developer Intern
Chicago, IL - USA
Job Summary
Founded in 1999 Geneva Trading is a premier global principal trading firm with strategically located offices in Chicago Dublin and London. Our relentless focus on trading excellence combined with technological innovation has equipped us with a best-in-class proprietary trading platform enabling us to compete at the highest levels in the global markets. Rooted in a culture of integrity collaboration and an unwavering passion for progress we foster an environment of personal and professional excellence. Our nimble organizational structure and entrepreneurial spirit attract top-tier talent with a passion for innovation laying the foundation and driving our consistent success in the industry.
Intern With Geneva Trading
Geneva Trading is looking for ambitious entrepreneurial students to join our DevOps team for a software engineering (Python) internship next internship program is a fast-paced dynamic 10-week full-time paid position that gives you hands-on experience in the trading interns are expected to design solutions to complex problems and work on projects that directlyimpactthe mentorship by industry pros and willparticipatein corporate training teambuilding activities and firmwide summer socials to strengthen your connection with other interns and full-time employees. The summer internship program is a proven path to earn full-time opportunities at Geneva Trading after graduation.
As a Python Developer (Intern) You Will
- Optimizeexisting scripting and tooling to implement nice-to-have features across the domain
- Collaborate with Senior DevOps technologists to learn and offload project features
- Hands-on experience with project planning architecting and modern CI/CD principles
- Opportunities to deploy present and experience your solutions in a mature trading system
- Explore and integrate AI-driven tools (such as LLMs or coding assistants) to automate routine DevOps workflows and enhance developer productivity
- Develop Python scripts tointerface withAI APIsassistingwith intelligent log analysis anomaly detection or system alerting
Required Qualifications
- Strong understanding of the Python programming language data structures and algorithms
- Conceptual understanding of design patterns and scalable system architectures defensive coding styles and techniques ability toidentifytechnical requirements and code design strategies to solve them
- Basic familiarity/curiosity of the Linux operating system
- Ability to troubleshoot and problem-solve and can independently research solutions and communicate technical problems effectively
- Conceptual understanding of monitoring metrics and the role alerting/monitoring plays in effectivelymonitorinfrastructure
- Ability to document processes and procedures in enough detail to enhance knowledge sharing
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior internship experience using Python
- Familiarity with leveraging AI coding assistants (e.g. GitHub Copilot ChatGPT) to accelerate development and troubleshoot code
- A foundational interest in how AI and machine learning concepts can be applied to operational workflows trading infrastructure or data pipelines
Compensation:
- Hourly Range: $35-40/hr.
- The final hourly rate will be dependent on the successful candidates skills experience education and qualifications.
- This role is a temporary position and therefore is not eligible for Geneva Tradings full-time employee benefits program.
- Application expected to close:12/23/2026
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status.
Required Experience:
Intern
About Company
Geneva Trading is a global trading company with best-in class technology, high-fidelity data, and a proven track record of incubating talent.