Company Purpose:
Our company purpose is to contribute to a responsible and sustainable economy by financing and advising clients according to the highest ethical standards.
Our employer promise is built around three pillars:
• Being a great place to work
• Committed to sustainability and having a positive impact
• Being dedicated to the development of our people
Business Area
BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach. The Group has key positions in its three main activities: Domestic Markets, International Financial Services (whose retail-banking networks and financial services are covered by Retail Banking & Services) and Corporate & Institutional Banking, which serves two client franchises: corporate clients and institutional investors.
BNP Paribas Corporate and Institutional Banking is a globally recognised leader offering capital markets, securities services, financing, treasury and advisory solutions.
Within RISK Global Services, RISK Systems is in charge of providing the bank with a comprehensive capital markets risk system used to calculate market and counterparty risk capital figures using advanced method internal models validated by the regulator and to support the needs of users for risk analysis, risk reporting and the credit granting process. Inside RISK Systems, the IT Development department is in charge of delivering and supporting world-class software using agile methodology.
The Data platform tribe has the mission to provide data services and tools to the Market, Counterparty and Liquidity – known as MCL - Cluster and other clients through a highly available, performant, and scalable platform. The Tribe should enable the acquisition, preparation, storage, delivery, and security of the data.
Every day our system ingests hundreds of thousands of feeds and populates a data warehouse with over 3 billion risk indicators that underpin the risk calculations and risk monitoring of the bank’s trading activities. The data warehouse is served by a scalable, distributed data loading platform with a “zero latency” ambition.
The tribe has 3 main change-the-bank squads looking after business changes, database and data framework changes, and operations tools for data controls and service management.
Squad 3 - Business Dev for Risks Integration - specifically focuses on integrating risk sensitivities delivered by front‑office risk engines (e.g., DVS, GPrime, and others) into the Data Platform, ensuring accuracy, quality and performance across the ingestion and transformation pipeline. he team operates in AGILE mode, following the SAFe methodology.
Job Purpose
We are looking for an intern to support our risk data integration activities. The intern will work on the ingestion and transformation of risk sensitivities from various front‑office risk engines into the Data Platform’s data warehouse.
This internship is ideal for a student wishing to gain hands‑on experience with Python development, data engineering concepts, and financial risk datasets within a complex, high‑performance environment.
The role involves working closely with developers, analysts and product owners to understand functional requirements and deliver well‑structured, reliable code.
Key Responsibilities
The intern will be expected to contribute to the work of a Python analyst developer, including:
- Collaborate with the Squad to ingest and transform risk sensitivities from FO engines such as DVS and GPrime into the Data Integration pipeline.
- Design, build, and maintain efficient and reusable Python scripts supporting risk data ingestion.
- Assist in rapid prototyping to validate new integration concepts.
- Support the design and implementation of reliable and performant application components.
- Work with Risk Analysts and Product Owners to translate functional requirements into implementable logic.
- Help ensure high performance, quality and responsiveness of ingestion flows.
- Identify issues and assist in implementing solutions to improve stability and throughput.
- Contribute to the organisation, quality and automation of the integration codebase.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborative solution design.
Requirements
Minimum Qualification Requirements:
- Enrolled in a Master’s program in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Finance or related fields.
- Strong interest in risk data, financial markets, or large‑scale data processing.
Technical Skills Required:
- Good understanding of Python and its ecosystem.
- Knowledge of SQL and relational databases.
- Understanding of object‑oriented programming.
- Ability to write clean and readable code.
- Interest in data schemas, ETL flows and scalable applications.
- Unit‑testing or debugging experience is a plus.
- Knowledge/Skills/Experience Required:
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving mindset.
- Motivation to work in a collaborative and dynamic environment.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Attention to detail and delivery‑oriented approach.
- Ability to learn quickly and adapt to evolving requirements.
Languages:
- English
- French is a plus but not mandatory
Desired Skills:
- Understanding of risk sensitivities or financial products (optional but beneficial).
- Exposure to data validation or data management practices.
- Knowledge of Java is a plus but not required.
Conduct
• Be a role model, supporting and fostering a culture of good conduct.
• Demonstrate proactivity, transparency, and accountability for identifying and managing conduct risks.
• Consider the implications of your actions on colleagues.
And of course, we expect all our colleagues to embody and practice the Group values (alignment with the Bank’s strategy, commitment, work ethic, integrity and Code of Conduct).
PLEASE NOTE
• You may only apply to four Long Term Internships over the course of a year. These may be across any business area.
• Successful candidates for this long term internship will be considered for London ONLY.
• Please discuss the available start dates with your interviewers.
Unsuccessful candidates’ CVs will be shared with other teams within BNP Paribas and considered for potentially suitable roles. In this way we hope to maximise opportunities for candidates and hiring teams. By submitting your CV for this role you agree to it being shared securely with other hiring teams within BNP Paribas for the relevant recruitment round.
Location:
London
Duration:
12 months
A bit more about why you should join us
1. We’re a great place to work
We aim for optimal work/life balance (depending on role, this includes hybrid working, flexible working and agile)
We are proud of our award-winning flexible benefits and health & wellbeing strategy. Our flexible benefits include:
• Generous holiday allowance of at least 26 days (plus bank holidays) – with option to buy and sell holidays.
• Valuable financial plans – a 12% non-contributory pension which has been moved to sustainable investments*, life assurance*, income protection and personal accident insurance.
• Extensive wellbeing and mental health offering – one of the most advanced private medical schemes in the UK, dental cover, wellbeing app, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy support, subsidised gym memberships, bespoke health assessments including genetic testing, Private GP (including digital GP services to parents of employees), Employee Assistance Programme, menopause & fertility support (we are an accredited Menopause Friendly Employer), neurodiversity assessment and support.
• Key onsite services and facilities in London – include physiotherapy, nutrition, massage therapy, physiology, mental health first aiders, seasonal flu vaccinations and free onsite fitness centre.
• Plus, emergency back-up care for dependants, green car leasing, season ticket loan, and a range of other benefits.
* Subject to relevant caps
2. As the eurozone’s largest bank, we are committed to having a positive impact in the world.
For example, we are committed to Net Zero in all of our financing and investment portfolios by 2050. By 2030, 80% of our energy production financing will be low carbon.
But impact for us means more than climate. It means empowering our people every day. Everyone gets four volunteering days each year - in 2023, we achieved over 18,000 hours of volunteering across the UK and reaching over 4,500 young people.
3. We believe in our people
We support our people to develop skills to adapt to the ever-evolving world of work and to prepare for the jobs of today and tomorrow. We do this through a comprehensive training offering, talent programmes, mentoring, career days and inhouse career tools.
We are proud of the number of our people who progress and secure new roles internally. In fact, in 2023, nearly half of our positions in UK CIB were filled internally.
Investing in our people also means we have a collaborative and inclusive culture:
• Direct feedback from our people shows that our internal culture sets us apart from our industry peers.
• Each year, nearly 30,000 employees globally are involved in professional networks that play an active role in promoting Diversity and Inclusion within the Group. These include our:
• Pride Network, Ability Network (which supports disabled employees), MixCity (gender equality network), Women in Global Markets, Women in Global Banking, Women in IT, Diversity Equity & Inclusion in Technology, Early Careers Network, Multicultural Network and Parents & Carers Network.
Equal Opportunities
BNP Paribas is committed to providing a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status.
Adjustments
We don’t want anyone to be disadvantaged in our recruitment processes, so if you have a disability or health condition which may mean that you’d benefit from some adjustments or additional support, please let us know as early in the process as possible.
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