Graduate Program - Technology Development stream

If you also believe that everyone should be able to achieve their financial potential, then you’ll love contributing to CMC Markets’ company vision of providing the ultimate trading experience. Seize the opportunity to progress your career in the fintech industry by joining a global leader in CFD trading and share investing. Grow yourself personally and professionally with a company that’s growing with you, by global expansion and product offering.

Launch your software engineering career at CMC Markets and help build the next generation of AI-powered financial technology. At CMC Markets, we believe the future of software engineering will be shaped by engineers who combine strong software development fundamentals with the ability to design, build and deploy AI-native solutions.

Our Technology Development Graduate Program is a 16 month maximum-term contract with employment anticipated to commence in September/October 2026. Based in our stunning Barangaroo office in the heart of Sydney. Having recently graduated in 2026, please note that you would need to have completed your degree to be eligible for our Graduate Program.

You’ll start by building a strong foundation in enterprise software engineering, working as part of an established engineering squad on our trading technology. As you progress, you’ll have the opportunity to work on real AI-native projects, experimenting with emerging technologies and solving genuine business problems.

What You’ll Be Working On:

From day one, you’ll embed within an established engineering squad as a contributing software engineer, learning by working on real systems alongside experienced developers. Begin in the Execution Squad, contributing to day to day Agile delivery, BAU development and production support while building practical experience across the CMC trading platform, SDLC, engineering standards and regulated software development.

You’ll follow a hands on approach, developing your technical capability and financial markets knowledge before progressing into AI-native engineering.

As your engineering foundations develop, you’ll have the opportunity to work on real AI projects and experiment with emerging technologies, including:

• AI Skills and agent workflows

• Prompt and instruction engineering

• Data engineering, retrieval and knowledge bases

• Structured AI outputs

• AI evaluation and continuous improvement

• Enterprise AI governance

Our graduates are already applying these concepts to real business challenges, including building AI capabilities that bring together information from enterprise platforms and transform it into useful, business-ready insights. Future projects could range from AI-powered intelligence and reporting to exploring how AI can transform unstructured information into structured data for integration with trading technology.

Why You'll Like Working Here:

• Continuous learning: As part of our Learning & Development program, designed by our in-house L&D Manager, you'll engage in interactive workshops that will refine your soft skills, strengthen your business acumen, and empower you to thrive in your career.

• Leave benefits: Accrue an extra 5 annual leave days once you pass 12 months of service. Enjoy your birthday off to spend time with family and friends, on us! Utilise a free annual charity day to give back to your community.

• Unlimited access to a dedicated benefits & wellbeing hub where you can save money through various retailer discounts, and make use of a variety of resources that will enhance your physical and mental wellbeing

• Collaboration: We believe that great things happen when smart people work together, that’s why we’ve made the decision to work five days in the office.

• $0 Trades: Staff & family trading accounts with CMC Markets Invest have access to the best brokerage rates in the market - $0 trades for all domestic and international equity orders!

• Office perks: Help yourself to free breakfast cereals, condiments, and coffee to fuel your workday. Our culture club provides opportunities for everyone whether you’re into fitness, pizza making classes, socialising or bringing out your competitive side in trivia or lawn bowls!

What Will Help You Be Successful:

• A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related discipline

• Having recently graduated in 2026 (you would need to have completed your degree to be eligible for our Graduate Program)

• A willingness to experiment, learn and iterate

• Strong collaboration and communication skills

• A passion for programming and a keen interest in Financial Services, trading technology

• Excellent organisational and time management skills

• Good analytical and problem solving skills

• Eligibility to work in Australia permanently

Interested? Here’s What We Need From You:

Please attach your CV, a cover letter detailing how your knowledge and skills, or time spent on relevant projects, can be applied to CMC Markets, and your academic transcript. Applications without all three documents will not be considered. Shortlisted candidates will be notified via phone in the weeks after the application close date.

The Things We Live By:

CMC Markets is powered by our people. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace, where our people feel confident to be themselves, feel valued and are able to do their best work. We don’t just value differences and unique perspectives, we seek them out and we invite them in, because we know it will lead to better outcomes for everyone.

Click on the link to find out more about the things we live by at CMC Markets CMC Markets - Culture Video

We look forward to hearing from you!

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