Graduate Trainee - Technology, Data & AI Transformation

The future of credit analysis starts with you

Start Date: October 2026
Location: Frankfurt am Main/Berlin, Germany

Duration: 12 months
Join Scope’s 12-month Graduate Programme.

Our Graduate Programme offers a unique opportunity to build a career within Europe’s leading credit rating agency. Our 12-month Graduate Programme offers a career development opportunity at the intersection of the rating process, data, software engineering and applied AI. Develop broad technical skills, gain deep insight into how ratings are produced, and build a career supporting Scope's data & AI transformation and technology-enabled rating processes. Profit from practical, step-by-step training through on-the-job instruction across Platform Engineering, Data & AI Transformation, and Quantitative Analytics & Modelling (QAM) teams.

Choose growth, choose Scope!

The European rating agency: Be part of a purpose-driven, multicultural company committed to “upgrading the rating industry”.

Small cohort, big impact: Be part of a group of ambitious graduates taking on responsibilities early, work closely with senior technology professionals.

Structured development: Take part in internal and external workshops, technical seminars, and interactive training to sharpen skills.

Start your career: Successful graduates continue their professional development within the organisation and take the next step in their careers across Platform Engineering, Data & AI Transformation or QAM.

A culture that drives growth: Thrive in a collaborative, international environment which nurtures curiosity and ambition.

Immersing graduates in the credit-rating process

• Rotation through teams: Hands-on experience across two engineering teams following a defined rotation path
  • Track 1: Platform Engineering & Quantitative analytics and modeling.
  • Track 2: Data and AI team & Platform Engineering.
• Learn the ratings process and pain points: Understand how Scope produces ratings, the agency's database architecture, tech stack and coding environment, and how data models, analytical models and workflows are organized.
• Data Products & Data Quality: Gain hands-on exposure to data foundations, governance, scalable data products, semantic layers, ETL pipelines, vector databases and knowledge graphs at an appropriate junior level — supporting data-inventory and data-quality checks, ingestion pipelines from raw to production-ready, dashboards and validation routines.
• Automation & Platform Engineering: Support automation of recurring analytical and operational tasks, contribute to key MDM modules, help build and improve data infrastructure, and document workflows between business users, data teams and platform engineering.
• Financial Statistical Models: Learn how statistical models of credit risk really work, from Monte Carlo simulation to cashflow waterfalls, and how to turn them into clean, tested, production-grade Python code.
• AI literacy & responsible use: Complete relevant training on foundational knowledge in AI and generative AI, data ethics, software engineering fundamentals, and the full AI project lifecycle.
• Tools & use cases: Test AI and non-AI assisted tools and models for traceability, usability and output quality. Support feedback collection from analytical teams on existing and new use cases.
• Capstone project: Deliver one practical project — small enough to complete within the program, but relevant enough to demonstrate business impact — presented to Data & AI Transformation, Platform Engineering, QAM and relevant business stakeholders.

Professional & personal qualifications

• Master’s degree (completed or near completion in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics)
• Experience with Python, SQL. Exposure to cloud, AI/ML or data engineering is a strong plus
• Strong analytical thinking, technical curiosity, and the ability to translate business needs into practical technology solutions
• Eagerness to learn and thrive in a stimulating, high-performance environment
• A proactive attitude and collaborative mindset, with a genuine willingness to contribute to team goals and learn from colleagues
• Excellent English skills (our working language) another European language is an asset
• Previous work or internship experience in related fields is a plus

Compensation: 50.400€

Interested?

If this sounds like a journey for you, we look forward to learning more from your convincing application. Please note: For non-EU applicants, a valid work and residence permit is a prerequisite for this job position. Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor relocation from outside of the EU at this time.

What we want to see

• Current English CV (Mandatory)
• Motivational Letter (Mandatory)
• Copy of your university degrees and certificates
• Criminal record certificate (can be provided at a later date)

About Scope

Scope Ratings GmbH is part of the Scope Group with headquarters in Berlin and offices in Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Oslo and Paris. As the leading European credit rating agency, the company specialises in the analysis and ratings of financial institutions, corporates, structured finance, project finance and public finance. Scope Ratings’ credit risk analysis is opinion-driven, forward-looking and non-mechanistic, an approach that adds to a greater diversity of opinion for institutional investors. Scope Ratings is a credit rating agency registered in accordance with the EU rating regulation and operating in the European Union with ECAI status.

At Scope Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with respect and fairness. We embrace people from all backgrounds, regardless of culture, ethnicity and gender. We ensure that our application processes are free from discrimination. By valuing each individual's unique background and perspectives, we strive to create an environment where all employees can thrive and contribute their best. Our dedication to equality and inclusivity reflects our belief that diversity drives innovation and success.

Standort

Scope SE & Co. KGaA, Frankfurt