Your Area of Work:

Building the Future of Financial Markets:

Deutsche Brse Group is a global leader in financial market infrastructure and technology is at the core of everything we do.

Within the Derivatives & Cash Trading IT department, we design, build, and operate the technological backbone of our exchange business, including T7, our worldrenowned, ultralowlatency trading platform known for its robustness, scalability, and massive throughput.

As part of this program, you will:

• Work on core trading systems and internal engineering tooling
• Apply solid software engineering fundamentals to real, productiongrade systems
• Learn how AI tools and agents can enhance development, testing, diagnostics, and system analysis
• Gain handson experience with automation, observability, and reliability engineering

You will collaborate closely with experienced engineers across Eschborn and Prague, contributing to technology that has real impact on global financial markets under strict performance, reliability, and quality constraints.

Program Structure:

Months 16: Foundation & Automation

You will start as part of a unified team of test automation engineers, gaining deep insight into:

• System behavior, performance, and reliability
• Automated testing frameworks and infrastructure
• Quality engineering principles for complex distributed systems

This phase combines intensive technical training with handson project work to build a strong engineering foundation.

Months 712: Specialization & Impact

Based on your skills and interests, you will transition into integrated project work within:

• Software development teams
• Advanced test automation teams
• System operations or reliability engineering teams

You will contribute directly to the evolution of our trading platforms, working on realworld challenges in a live production environment.

What Youll Work On:

You will join an engineering team focused on trading platforms, internal tooling, and system monitoring. Your work will contribute to areas such as:

• Automated testing frameworks and test infrastructure
• Developer productivity and engineering tooling
• System observability, diagnostics, and reliability

You will work in a Red Hat Linuxbased environment, using both onpremise and cloud infrastructure.

Your Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and execute automated tests to ensure stability, performance, and reliability
• Analyze, diagnose, and resolve complex technical issues in collaboration with your team
• Contribute across the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements and design to implementation and maintenance
• Write highquality, maintainable code and automation scripts (e.g., in C++, Java, or Python)
• Specialize in areas such as:
  • Lowlatency C++ development
  • Test automation and quality engineering
  • Systems operations and reliability engineering
• Actively contribute ideas, embrace continuous learning, and help shape the future of our trading technology

Your Profile:

• Hold a Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, or a related technical field
  (or will have graduated by October 2026)
• Have a strong passion for technology and complex systems
• Enjoy problemsolving, analytical thinking, and handson coding
• Take ownership, are proactive, and thrive in collaborative environments
• Communicate confidently in English (German or Czech is a plus)

Technical Skills:

• Experience with C++ development on Linux
• Solid foundation in Python or JavaScript
• Good understanding of:
  • Multithreading and concurrency
  • Data structures and algorithms
  • Modular software design
• Interest in test automation, quality engineering, and AIassisted development
• Basic experience with Linux/Unix, Git, or other version control tools

Handson exposure through internships, university projects, or personal projects (e.g., GitHub)