Summer Internship Program 2027 - Trading System Development Intern

Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc. • New York, NY

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Trading System Development Intern supports the development and testing of components of the NYSE Pillar trading system. The internship is part of the ICE Internship Program, which combines hands-on work on business-impacting projects with career and professional development. Interns participate in weekly sessions led by industry leaders, connect with fellow interns, and learn about the financial services, technology, and mortgage industries.

The internship is full-time, five days per week, onsite at the ICE office at 11 Wall Street in New York for the duration of one of two program schedules: May 24, 2027–August 6, 2027, or June 7, 2027–August 20, 2027. Candidates select a preferred session during the application process; partial participation and alternate dates are not accommodated. The expected hourly pay rate for New York candidates is $30.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field at an accredited university, and advancing to at least the junior year of study.
• Programming fundamentals in C++, including object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, and memory management.
• Comfort with Linux and standard development tools such as Git, debugging tools (e.g., gdb), and scripting in Python or shell.
• Analytical mindset and strong communication skills, with the ability to work through complex problems methodically and clearly document findings.
• Must be available to work full-time, five days a week, onsite at the New York (11 Wall Street) office for the entire duration of one of the designated program schedules; partial participation or alternate dates cannot be accommodated.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to multithreading or concurrency.
• Interest in financial markets or trading technology.

Responsibilities

• Support development and testing of exchange platform components, assisting engineers with building, debugging, and validating trading-system features such as the matching engine, gateways, market data, and order handling, typically in C++ in a low-latency environment.
• Contribute to test automation and validation tooling by writing and running unit, integration, and conformance tests, and building scripts to reproduce trading scenarios and verify correctness against exchange specifications.
• Analyze system behavior and performance data, including logs, latency statistics, and market data, to identify anomalies, measure throughput and latency, and summarize findings for the engineering team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern