2026 Software Engineer Intern

Chatham Financials' Summer Internship Program offers a dynamic and immersive experience for aspiring technology professionals. This is your opportunity to gain hands-on software engineering experience in a leading finance and technology firm while contributing to projects that drive our business forward. 

As a Software Engineering Intern at Chatham, you will be immersed in a collaborative team environment where you'll work alongside experienced engineers on cutting-edge products. Whether you're developing new features, optimizing systems, or solving complex problems, you'll play a key role in shaping the future of finance through technology. 

Our technology team is made up of a team of Software Engineers, Quality Engineers, DevOps Engineers, Security Engineers, UX Designers, and Quantitative Analysts . We build software for our clients that range across multiple sectors and industries as well as tools for our internal users to help them better serve our clients. Our team is a global team located in four different countries and multiple time zones. We interact daily with each other as well as our key business stakeholders to ensure quality and speedy delivery of our product offerings.   

What You’ll do: 

• Assist with developing cutting-edge financial applications; develop innovative, high-quality, and robust cloud-native SaaS web applications and micro services as part of our growing application development team.  
• Be a member of an agile scrum team that owns development of a specific product or platform.  
• Collaborate with other software engineering teams, design team, quant team, product owners and managers, and business stakeholders, while working on intern project.  
• Develop software in our technology stack, which is constantly evolving but currently includes .NET,   React,, TypeScript, SQL Server, RabbitMQ Redis, and a variety of Microsoft Azure services.  
• Build automated unit, integration and front-end tests using xUnit, Moq, NSubstitute and Playwright among other technologies.  
• Implement the build, test, deploy development cycle in CI/CD pipelines using Docker, YAML, Terraform, Github Actions, and Azure services 
• Use AI workflows and AI coding assistants as peers and collaborators to help you deliver the best technology solutions for Chatham  

What You’ll Need:   

• Working towards Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.  
• 1-2 years of experience preferred  
• Experience with object-oriented languages such as C#, C++ or Java  
• Experience with JavaScript and JavaScript frameworks (e.g. React)  
• Experience with relational databases such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle or MySQL  
• Understanding of Unit testing, Test-Driven Development and mocking frameworks  
• Understanding of continuous delivery principles and processes  
• Understanding of REST principles, Service-oriented architecture, and API development  
• Understanding of continuous delivery principles and processes  
• Proclivity towards refactoring and continuously improving OO code through agile development methods.  
• Open-source development projects.  
• Contributions to the local developer community.  
• Quantitative and modeling skills with an ability to learn techniques in numerical optimization, data mining, simulation, or model calibration.  

This role offers flexibility and is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement. 

Why Chatham Financial:  

Chatham Financial is the largest independent financial risk management advisory and technology firm. A leader in debt and derivative solutions, Chatham provides clients with access to in-depth knowledge, innovative tools, and an incomparable team of over 700 employees to help mitigate risks associated with interest rate, foreign currency, and commodity exposures. Founded in 1991, Chatham serves more than 3,500 companies across a wide range of industries — handling over $1 trillion in transaction volume annually and helping businesses maximize their value in the capital markets, every day. To learn more, visit chathamfinancial.com.  

Chatham Financial offers an entrepreneurial culture that rewards teamwork and innovation. We seek individuals who are natural leaders, quick learners, and fit our collaborative culture. Join us to develop your fullest potential, impact our clients and community, and kickstart your career in finance.  

Apply now and become a part of Chatham Financial's legacy of excellence and innovation!  

Applicants must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate academic program at the Junior or Senior level.  

The internship will begin on June 1, 2026, and run through August 7, 2026.  

For Colorado based candidates, the compensation range for the position is expected to be between $27.00 - $30.00 per hour.