Software Development Engineer in Test Intern
About The Position
About IEX: IEX (IEX Group, Inc.) is an exchange operator and technology company dedicated to innovating for performance in capital markets. Founded in 2012, IEX launched a new kind of securities exchange in 2016 that combines a transparent business model and unique architecture designed to protect investors. Today, IEX applies its proprietary technology and experience to drive performance across asset classes, serve all investors, and advocate for transparent and competitive markets. As a Software Development Engineer in Test Intern with the QA Technology team, you'll work with individuals across the organization to help advance IEX's technology development, exchange product, and regulatory initiatives. This is a cross-functional opportunity where you'll be able to leverage your technical and problem-solving skills to help IEX set new standards and raise the bar for performance, fairness, and transparency. As an intern, you'll build and improve tooling to help test the entire IEX exchange platform, learning everything you can about order types, queue priority, and equities execution in general. No prior finance experience is necessary - just an appetite to dive deep into programming and learn as you go! About You: Self-starter Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills Innovative solution finder Ability to troubleshoot issues Organized and detail-oriented Collaborative team player Comfortable engaging, communicating, and working across business lines Effective written communicator Committed to building fairer and more transparent markets
Requirements
- Proficient in Java (JavaScript, Node.js, SQL, a plus.)
- Tech savvy and comfortable with scripting, building, deploying, and configuring software in a Linux environment
- Familiarity with software development lifecycle
- Ability to be confronted with something new and learn as much as you can, as quickly as possible
- Familiarity with financial markets is helpful, but not required
- Culture fit (Think Big, Do Good/ Win Together/ Be Gritty/ Invent & Reinvent)
Nice To Haves
- Interest in market structure and electronic trading
Responsibilities
- Learn how we interact with the IEX Exchange using our existing platform
- Develop dashboards and tooling to help enhance the platform – this will be a full-stack project …or find a better set of enhancements based off your view of the platform, we’re always open to new ideas!
- Work closely with the Core Development, Data Engineering, Market Ops, SRE, Business Development, and Regulatory teams to gather requirements and see how they use our platform. If there’s anything we can build to make their jobs easier – let’s do it!
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
51-100 employees
