Python Developer Intern

Geneva Trading•Chicago, IL

9d•Onsite

About The Position

Geneva Trading is looking for ambitious, entrepreneurial students to join our DevOps team for a software engineering (Python) internship next summer. Our internship program is a fast-paced, dynamic 10-week full-time paid position that gives you hands-on experience in the trading industry. Our interns are expected to design solutions to complex problems and work on projects that directly impact the firm. You’ll receive mentorship by industry pros and will participate in 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.

Requirements

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 to identify technical 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 effectively monitor infrastructure
Ability to document processes and procedures in enough detail to enhance knowledge sharing

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Optimize existing scripting and tooling to implement nice-to-have features across the domain
Collaborate with Senior DevOps technologists to learn and offload project features
Gain hands-on experience with project planning, architecting, and modern CI/CD principles
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 to interface with AI APIs, assisting with intelligent log analysis, anomaly detection, or system alerting