Campus Trading Team Software Engineer Intern
Jump Trading is a global trading firm where traders, engineers, and researchers develop trading strategies, models, infrastructure, and systems across asset classes and time horizons.
About Jump Trading
Jump Trading is a global trading firm focused on research-driven trading and the engineering of scalable models, tools, infrastructure, and execution systems. Its operations combine trading, technology, AI/ML, and quantitative research, and it also runs research and talent programs including conference travel grants and a fellowship program.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will build systems that power trading operations, develop high-performance data pipelines and processing systems, collaborate with quantitative researchers, optimize system performance, create shared research infrastructure, and bridge research prototypes with production-grade software.
Requirements
- Solid foundation in C++ and Python programming
- Understanding of data structures, algorithms, memory management, operating systems, compilers, computer architecture, and networking
- Interest in systems programming and software-hardware interaction
- Comfort working in a Linux environment
- Ability to write clean, efficient, and maintainable code
- Ability to translate research requirements into robust software solutions
- Good communication skills with users and stakeholders
- Reliable and predictable availability
Responsibilities
- Build and improve high-performance data pipelines and processing systems
- Collaborate with quantitative researchers to develop research workflow tools
- Optimize system performance through profiling, debugging, and architectural improvements
- Build shared tools and infrastructure for research efficiency
- Bridge research prototypes and production-grade systems
