Internship - Migration from Custom RPC to gRPC with Automation (Quarkus/Spring Boot)

A career at Lombard Odier means working for a renowned global wealth and asset manager, with a strong focus on sustainable investing. An innovative bank of choice for private and institutional clients, our independently owned Firm is one of the best-capitalised banking groups in the world, managing close to CHF 300 billion and operating from over 25 offices across 4 continents.
 

With a history spanning over 225 years, Lombard Odier is an investment house providing a comprehensive offering of discretionary and advisory portfolio management, wealth services and custody. We also offer asset management services and investment strategies through Lombard Odier Investment Managers and provide advanced banking technology to other financial institutions.
 

“Rethink Everything” is our philosophy – it is at the heart of everything we do. We have grown stronger through more than 40 financial crises by rethinking the world around us to provide a fresh investment perspective for our clients.

Internship - Migration from Custom RPC to gRPC with Automation (Quarkus/Spring Boot)

We are looking for a proactive intern to help modernize our application communication protocols. The intern will be responsible for migrating a custom RPC protocol (based on HTTP and Java serialization) to the industry-standard gRPC protocol. The role includes implementing automated migration recipes using OpenRewrite and, optionally, exploring generative AI prompts to propose alternative migration strategies.

Your Role

• Analyze the current custom RPC protocol and identify migration steps to gRPC.
• Develop and test automated code transformation recipes with OpenRewrite.
• Refactor Quarkus/Spring Boot codebases to use gRPC for inter-service communication.
• Document the migration process and best practices.
• Optionally, research and experiment with generative AI to suggest or automate migration alternatives.
• Present findings and recommendations to the Application Frameworks team.
• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Solid understanding of Java and Spring Boot.
• Interest in distributed systems, RPC, and modern communication protocols.
• Experience with or willingness to learn gRPC and OpenRewrite.
• Analytical, autonomous, and eager to learn.
• Fluent in English and French;
• Resident in Switzerland or willing to relocate to Switzerland.
• Present findings and recommendations to the Application Frameworks team.
• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Solid understanding of Java and Spring Boot.
• Interest in distributed systems, RPC, and modern communication protocols.
• Experience with or willingness to learn gRPC and OpenRewrite.
• Analytical, autonomous, and eager to learn.
• Fluent in English and French;
• Resident in Switzerland or willing to relocate to Switzerland.

Your Profile

Our Maison’s DNA is defined by five core values. Excellence drives us to be the best at what we do, while Innovation fuels our progress. Respect underpins every interaction, and Integrity shapes our actions. Together, we are One Team, united in serving our clients with unwavering dedication.

As a responsible and supportive employer, we promote a diverse and inclusive work environment for our employees and candidates. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are woven into the fabric of our Maison’s DNA, and we strive to ensure that our employees can fulfill both their personal and professional aspirations by encouraging internal mobility and individual upskilling programs. We firmly believe that building Diverse Teams contributes to our successes and to deliver on this, we actively embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in our business strategy.

It is an exciting time to join our Teams. All applications will be handled in the strictest confidence.