Year-Round Intern

About the Role

The Automation Testing Framework engineering team, part of OCC's Engineering Shared Services department, builds and maintains automation testing infrastructure for critical risk technology systems. The team collaborates with testing, development, and DevOps functions in an Agile environment, focusing on framework enhancements, CI/CD automation, and secure software delivery. As an intern, you will gain hands-on experience with production systems and receive mentorship from experienced engineers.

Internship Type

• Year-round intern (1,000 hours max, January 2027–December 2027)
• Hybrid Work Program: requires working from an OCC office at least 3 days per week. Tuesdays and Wednesdays are anchor days.

Job Summary & Responsibilities

• Support the development and maintenance of critical risk technology systems.
• Write clean Java code with guidance, assist with debugging and testing.
• Learn and contribute to automation testing framework features.
• Participate in code reviews to learn best practices.
• Gain exposure to secure software delivery practices using tools such as SonarQube, Snyk, Sysdig, Veracode, and Black Duck.
• Gain exposure to CI/CD automation using Jenkins and containerization concepts with Docker, Harness, and Rancher.
• Assist testing teams with basic troubleshooting of automation testing framework issues.
• Participate in design discussions and proof of concept efforts.
• Be a team player and communicate effectively in an Agile environment.

Candidate Qualifications

• Rising senior or second-year graduate student, graduating December 2027 or May/August 2028.
• Desired Majors: BS or MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field (e.g., Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Management Information Systems).

Technical Skills/Experience Desired

• Foundational Java programming skills, including basic object-oriented design.
• Exposure to concurrency concepts and Spring Boot is a plus.
• Basic familiarity with Kafka concepts (producers, consumers, topics).
• Interest in learning message serialization formats such as Protobuf or Avro, and schema governance patterns is welcomed.
• Familiarity with or interest in AWS services, especially S3.
• Ability to write basic SQL queries for relational database systems such as PostgreSQL.
• Basic familiarity with Git version control workflows (branching, pull requests).
• Willingness to learn code review practices and CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins or similar.
• Practical curiosity about AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code, with openness to using them for code generation, refactoring, unit tests, and documentation.

Additional Qualifications

• Foundational understanding of OOP, microservices, and REST APIs.
• Willingness to learn Agile delivery models, including sprint planning, code reviews, backlog refinement, and cross-team communication.
• Strong intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn; ability to absorb new concepts quickly with guidance.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work well with technical and non-technical professionals.

About OCC

The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms.

Compensation

• The salary range listed for any given position is exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. Final base salary compensation will be determined by factors such as skills, experience, and/or education.
• We believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as part of any final offer.
• We typically do not hire at the maximum of the range in order to allow for future and continued salary growth.
• Salary Range: $25.00 - $25.00
• Incentive Range: Eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award. Target range is listed above. The amount will be based on various factors, including without limitation, both individual and company performance.

Interns and seasonal interns are eligible only for paid sick leave accrued based on hours worked. No other benefit, including technology stipend, applies to interns or seasonal interns.