Software Engineer Intern

Software Engineer Intern — Cboe Web Team

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 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 Options Institute courses.

The three main foundational pillars of our internship program are: develop, educate and network. We ensure each intern receives 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. 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 internship year. The internship program runs from June to August, and you will wrap up with a final presentation and retreat.

Visit our student page for more information about our internship program: https://careers.cboe.com/us/en/student.

About the Role

The Cboe Web team is hiring for a Software Engineer Intern.

Software Engineering interns on the Cboe web team will work on real applications destined for production use. You’ll work hand-in-hand with Cboe stakeholders to design and develop solutions for real business problems, and you’ll see your solution through to deployment.

Example projects completed by summer interns include:

• Built a web application that allows trade desk staff to submit live orders into the exchange
• Created a brand-new authoring tool for Cboe market commentary
• Implemented a real-time market statistics report for Cboe executives to review the performance of Cboe markets
• Designed and developed a new real-time depth-of-book viewer for the Cboe public website
• Rebuilt a key health monitoring application for Cboe exchange systems

Responsibilities and Learning Objectives

As a Software Engineer Intern on the Cboe web team, you will work with other Cboe web interns and Cboe web mentors to deliver a solution to a real business problem. Over the course of your summer with Cboe, you will:

• Join a Scrum team dedicated to your summer project, consisting of interns and mentors focused on an end-of-summer delivery
• Attend all Scrum ceremonies, including a daily stand-up, weekly review and retrospective, and sprint planning
• Work with business owners and the Cboe UX team to iterate on a design proposal
• Implement a solution using Cboe web technologies, including Python, Django and ReactJS
• Collaborate with Cboe web interns and mentors on code review and best practices
• Write comprehensive tests that cover application functionality
• Review your solution with business owners and end users, collecting and incorporating feedback as appropriate
• Deliver your final product to Cboe business owners with a production deployment

Qualifications

The ideal candidate has:

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or a related field, and should not be scheduled to graduate before December of the year in which the internship takes place
• Interest in developing and deploying high-performance, data-driven websites
• Experience with MVC web frameworks
• Experience with JavaScript
• Experience with Python, or experience in another language with a strong desire to learn Python
• Familiarity with modern web standards, including HTML5 and CSS3

What You’ll Stand Out With

• Experience with Linux or UNIX-like systems
• Experience with Apache, PostgreSQL, or ReactJS
• Experience with Python unit testing and full-stack web testing
• Experience with the Django web framework

Benefits and Perks

• Competitive compensation
• 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 inclusive. We invest deeply in leadership programs and career development initiatives to 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are 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.

Visa Sponsorship: This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future.

Pay Range: Our pay range for interns is determined by function and education level. The national new hire base pay range for this job in the United States is $22.00 - $42.00 per hour. This range represents the minimum and maximum base pay target for new hires working in the position full time. Within the range, individual pay is determined by years of education completed.

In addition to base pay, eligibility for our total rewards program may include benefits such as 401(k) with a generous company match and paid sick time. Your recruiter will provide more details about the total compensation package during the hiring process.