About us
At ExxonMobil, our vision is to lead in energy innovations that advance modern living and a net-zero future. As one of the world’s largest publicly traded energy and chemical companies, we are powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by the pride in what we do and what we stand for.
The success of our Upstream, Product Solutions and Low Carbon Solutions businesses is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.
We invite you to bring your ideas to ExxonMobil to help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs. Learn more aboutour What and our Whyand how we canworktogether.
ExxonMobil Global Trading is where we trade oil, natural gas, and energy products safely and responsibly around the world. We leverage our expertise in analytics, logistics, origination, and knowledge of energy markets to maximize the value of our global assets and deliver industry-leading results. This is an exciting time to join our growing trading team and be an integral part of ExxonMobil!
What role you will play in our team
We are now recruiting for our 2025 Summer Placement. We are looking for people who can think analytically, enjoy innovating and want to apply their skills to solve real challenges in a trading environment. You will spend 8 weeks with our Trading Data & Analytics team in our Global Trading organization, commencing in July 2025.
Trading Data & Analytics empowers our Trading teams with better decision-making tools through rapid prototyping and expert support in data engineering, software development, and data science. This team’s general responsibility is working day-to-day with traders, analysts, origination and business-development teams across global business lines to support trading, commercial, and project activities and studies. As part of our Summer Placement, you will be mentored by Senior Front-Office Developers and work very closely with our trading teams on our trade floor.
If you are interested in discovering the ExxonMobil Global Energy Trading in the UK and meet the people working there, you can find out more by clicking on the following link.
Global Trading jobinar
What you will do
You will apply your skills to accomplish the following:
- Develop a basic understanding of the energy commodity market
- Learn how an Agile software development team works
- Code data pipelines and solve big data problems
- Work on our implementation of GenAI to automate workflows
- Create user interfaces using the latest libraries and frameworks
Whilst on placement with ExxonMobil you will have support and guidance from managers, supervisors and recent graduates to enable you to apply your degree knowledge and fulfil your potential. You will gain confidence and experience as an individual, learning new skills in a real trading environment.
About you
To be eligible for this role, you must:
- Have at least a 2:1 degree or PhD in any STEM subject or similar discipline
- Be proficient in a programming language such as Python, C# or SQL
- Have good working knowledge of developer processes and tools e.g. version control, CI/CD
- Be seeking to gain work experience on an 8 week paid Summer Placement, commencing in July 2025
- Be able to demonstrate:
- Excellent analytical, numerical and problem-solving skills
- A strong attention to detail
- An interest in commodity and financial markets
- The ability to communicate, collaborate and work effectively with in an international team environment
- Leadership capabilities
What are the next steps?
If you are interested, you can apply now.
The closing date for this opportunity is Sunday 16th March 2025, at which point we will begin our two-stage assessment process.
If your application meets or exceeds our minimum criteria following the closing date, you will be invited to part in a behavioural assessment.
Successful candidates will subsequently be invited to participate in a Zoom interview including a technical competency.
If your application is not successful at any stage, we will let you know as soon as we can.
ExxonMobil recognises that recruiting and developing the right people is key to our success and so we look for applicants who demonstrate the right skills, attitudes, capability and potential. Our processes are designed to be robust, engaging and consistent.
Behavioral Skills
(B) Analytical
(B) Communicates Effectively
(B) Adapts
(B) Applies Learning
(B) Collaborates
(B) Innovates
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