Data Services Summer Internship

CME Group runs some of the world’s largest and most important trading venues, including derivatives exchanges, FX Spot platforms and FI platforms. The participants on these platforms include globally leading investment banks, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms and investment managers. Many of these participants now trade using algorithmic approaches, exploiting the latest advances in machine-learning and artificial intelligence. In order to support these customers with their trading workflows, CME Group offers a range of data and analytics products, designed by our in-house research and development teams. 

The Internship

The role is to take a single established data-analytics product idea and develop it over a nine-week period through coding and testing, to the point of commercial viability.  The work will bridge the gap between business, technology and product. Your work may range from product design, to technical documentation writing, to building and deploying prototype solutions. You will be required to work with a wide range of stakeholders from across CME’s business, from infrastructure and software development teams, to non-technical business persona, to experts in financial trading. 

The work will include extensive use of financial data, writing algorithms in the field of algorithmic trading, using SQL, designing unit tests, using Git version control, writing technical documents in clear English, writing data quality tests, production of marketing material using Latex. The role will not include any "artificial intelligence" (AI), or extensive use of ‘machine-learning’. 

Who are we looking for? 

The successful candidate will have: 

• World-leading problem solving skills. 

• For current undergraduates: A first class mark in year-one, from a leading university in a STEM subject. 

• For current PhD students/Post-Docs: A first class undergraduate degree from a leading university in a STEM subject. 

• Extremely strong Python skills. 

• Fluent written and verbal English skills. 

When

• Monday 22 June - Friday 04 September 2026

Location

• Fruit & Wool Exchange, 1 Duval Square, London, E1 6PW, UK

CME Group: Where Futures are Made

CME Group is the world’s leading derivatives marketplace. But who we are goes deeper than that. Here, you can impact markets worldwide. Transform industries. And build a career by shaping tomorrow. We invest in your success and you own it – all while working alongside a team of leading experts who inspire you in ways big and small. Problem solvers, difference makers, trailblazers. Those are our people. And we’re looking for more.

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