About the role#
As a Technology Intern, you will join a team to work on real projects alongside engineers, researchers, and traders. This 10-week summer program is designed to give you meaningful experience in a technical and collaborative environment. You will contribute to production technology and solve problems where performance, reliability, and engineering judgement matter. Strong performance may lead to consideration for a full-time graduate role.
What you'll do#
- Build systems, platforms, and tools that support research, trading, and investment activities.
- Contribute to projects such as AI-powered static analysis, exchange simulator development, risk data platforms, or trading interfaces.
- Develop ultra-low-latency hardware to process market data and execute orders.
- Design, test, and integrate FPGA systems.
- Protect systems, data, and infrastructure by identifying weaknesses and building ways to prevent, detect, and respond to threats.
- Develop agents to support cyber-security investigations.
- Investigate Linux internals and tune systems to measure and optimize hardware performance.
What you'll need#
- You are a penultimate or final-year student pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or Computer Engineering.
- You are on track for a 2:1 or above from a leading institution.
- You possess hands-on software engineering experience from personal projects, open-source work, hobbies, internships, or academic assignments.
- You are proficient in C++, C#, Python, or Systems Verilog.
- You are familiar with scripting languages like Python or Bash, as well as tools including Git, SQL, GCC, and Linux.
- You have a genuine interest in Software Engineering, Security, Infrastructure, or FPGAs.
- You are curious, proactive, and comfortable taking ownership of a problem.
Location & details#
- This is a full-time, paid, 10-week summer internship for 2027.
- The role is based on-site in New York, New York or Chicago, Illinois.
- Sponsorship is not provided for this role.
About Qube Research & Technologies
Qube Research and Technologies is a quantitative and systematic investment manager. It works with asset classes across global markets. The firm was founded in 2018 and maintains 12 offices in Europe, the Middle East, and the Asia Pacific region. It employs between 1,001 and 5,000 people.
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