Software Automation Developer Intern
Role Overview
Exegy is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Software Automation Developer Intern to join our Montreal-based Software Automation team. This internship offers hands-on experience treating software testing and automation as pure software development—building scalable capabilities, backend testing utilities, and reusable code that power our market data platforms.
Working alongside experienced engineers, you will gain real-world exposure to high-performance financial technology systems. You will contribute directly to automated testing frameworks, support CI/CD pipeline integrations, and learn how quality is engineered into production-grade software across the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
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About Exegy
Exegy is a global leader in intelligent market data, advanced trading systems, and future-proof technology. Exegy serves as a trusted partner to the complete ecosystem of the buy-side, sell-side, exchanges, and financial services technology firms around the globe. Headquartered in St. Louis with regional offices in North America, the UK/Europe and Asia Pacific, Exegy has the global footprint to deliver world-class support and managed services to its customer base of elite financial market participants.
Job Summary
Exegy is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Software Automation Developer Intern to join our Montreal-based Software Automation team. This internship offers hands-on experience treating software testing and automation as pure software development—building scalable capabilities, backend testing utilities, and reusable code that power our market data platforms.
Working alongside experienced engineers, you will gain real-world exposure to high-performance financial technology systems. You will contribute directly to automated testing frameworks, support CI/CD pipeline integrations, and learn how quality is engineered into production-grade software across the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
Responsibilities
- Assist in building and maintaining reusable automated test scripts, libraries, and utilities primarily using Python
- Help integrate automated test coverage, validation gates, and health checks into CI/CD pipelines (such as GitLab CI or Jenkins)
- Focus on writing clean, maintainable, and reusable code for functional, integration, regression, and system testing across Exegy products
- Develop a practical understanding of financial markets, trading systems, market data platforms, and high-performance software environments
- Support exploratory efforts to incorporate developer-assistance tools and modern AI platforms (such as Claude and Gemini) into test generation, log analysis, and diagnostic workflows
- Participate in team code reviews, sprint activities, and technical discussions. Document test results, framework usage, and bug reports clearly and concisely
Our Ideal Candidate Has
Strong foundational knowledge and hands-on experience using Python (coursework, personal projects, research, or prior internships)
Exposure to C++ or Linux environments is a plus
Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field
Strong desire to replace manual testing with reliable, repeatable, and maintainable automated code
Basic understanding of object-oriented design, version control (Git), and writing reusable code components
An interest in learning about financial technology, trading systems, market data, and the broader SDLC
Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving skills, and clear verbal/written communication in a team-oriented environment
What You’ll Gain
Hands-on software development experience in a high-performance production environment
Deep technical insight into financial market infrastructure and trading systems
Direct mentorship from experienced automation and software engineers
Exposure to modern SDLC practices, test automation design, and CI/CD automation pipelines
The opportunity to build meaningful, reusable software tools used by engineering teams globally
About Exegy
Private U.S. financial-technology company providing market-data, trading, execution, and predictive-signal infrastructure to capital-markets firms.
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