About the role#
This 10-week internship provides experience working with frontline technology teams responsible for managing, monitoring, and improving the real-time trading environment. You will work alongside systems and network engineers to gain technical and operational knowledge across the trading platform and technology stack.
What you'll do#
- Proactively monitor the overall health and performance of the trading platform.
- Analyze and troubleshoot complex system, software, and networking infrastructure issues.
- Design, implement, and optimize network infrastructure for proprietary low-latency trading applications.
- Build automation to manage and improve the production trading environment.
- Manage and assess the operational risk of change control into the production environment.
- Define and document processes and procedures while coordinating with risk management and trading teams.
What you'll need#
- Current major in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
- Experience working with Linux/UNIX operating systems, including advanced commands and shell scripts.
- Practical working knowledge of Python.
- Understanding of networking concepts such as routing, multicast, and ethernet.
- Ability to operate and communicate clearly under pressure.
- A detail-oriented approach to operations and a collaborative mindset.
Location & details#
- Location: Chicago, Illinois.
- Term: Summer 2026.
- Modality: On-site.
- Employment type: Full-time.
- Compensation: Paid internship.
