Python Software Developer Intern | 2025 Summer Intake

Python Software Developer Intern | 2025 Summer Intake

Commencement date: June 2025

Eclipse Trading is one of Asia's leading proprietary derivatives trading firms. Founded in 2007, we have over 100 employees across 4 office locations – Hong Kong (our HQ), Sydney, Shanghai and Chicago. Our trading expertise and strategies are deployed across several Asian markets and although we mainly specialize in equity derivatives, we also trade delta one, ETFs, commodity derivatives, and crypto currency products. Technology is inextricably linked to our trading strategies, creating an environment powered by intellectual curiosity, problem solving, and innovation. Our expertise in market structure coupled with the ability to process information correctly with extremely low latency is critical to the success of our trading.  We are one of the top market makers and have one of the fastest software stacks in Asia.

The opportunity

We are committed to building up and equipping today's young talents to become tomorrow's leaders. You will get to work at a leading options market maker in Asia and learn from an experienced team of software engineers working at the cutting edge of technology. Upon completion, you may be considered as our Graduate Software Developer for the 2026 intake.

Central to our business is the Rapid Application Development (RAD) Team who work closely with traders and quantitative analysts in the development and optimization of Python-based solutions to algorithmic pricing and trading problems. The team empowers users by providing them with easy access to live data in a framework where they can build their own automation logic.

Responsibilities and duties

• Improve and work within our Python development framework
• Partner closely with traders, quants and other development teams to improve our trading software
• Drive key projects from inception to analysis, design, implementation and delivery
• Provide Tier 2 support as needed

What you offer

• Graduating in 2026
• Studying a Computer Science, or other related degree with a strong emphasis on programming
• Demonstrable development experience in Python, preferably from significant academic project work, open source contributions or professional work experience
• A passion for financial markets or working in a proprietary trading company (detailed knowledge and experience is NOT required)
• Strong analytical skills and ability to solve complex problems
• Motivation to work as part of a team as well as independently
• Excellent communication skills

What we offer

On top of having the opportunity to work with one of the leading options market makers in Asia, we also offer the followings:

• Comprehensive internship program in our HQ in Hong Kong
• Ongoing on-the-job training with an experienced mentor
• Dynamic and collaborative work environment
• A flat management structure, where everyone's voice is valued
• Work life balance within a multi-cultural environment
• Fully stocked kitchen for breakfast and lunch

Eclipse Trading is an equal opportunity employer and we believe that diversity and inclusion are essential pillars of our success as a company. We are dedicated to embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights and backgrounds to drive innovation. We build talented and diverse teams to drive business results and encourage our people to develop to their full potential.

All information provided will be treated in strict confidence and used solely for recruitment purposes.

Due to the high number of responses that we receive, we are only able to respond to successful applicants.