Summer 2024 Software Engineering Internship

PDT Partners is seeking talented engineering students for Software Engineering focused internships. The program offers students the opportunity to contribute to the company's technology-critical, algorithmic trading business while enhancing their technical skills. Students will work closely with experienced senior developers and mentors who provide guidance and support throughout the projects. The program also includes social events and activities to foster camaraderie among the team. PDT Partners is known for its fun and collaborative environment, commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and philanthropic efforts. The internship involves working on technically-challenging projects related to financial data handling, real-time events, and batch processing.

• Work closely with senior developers on technically-challenging projects
• Design, develop, debug, and test software components for handling financial data, real-time events, and batch processing
• Implement client and server-side solutions for projects
• Solve problems that don't have well-defined solutions, using creativity and exploring new technologies
• Learn about financial markets, risk metrics, and portfolio management
• Gain knowledge in trading technologies like FIX messaging and order management systems
• Construct, maintain, and analyze large-scale data sets

• Currently pursuing Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or other highly-technical field of study
• Undergraduate Juniors up to Masters' students
• Strong technical skills
• Ability to work on technically-challenging projects
• Creativity in problem-solving
• Willingness to learn about financial markets, risk metrics, and portfolio management
• Familiarity with trading technologies like FIX messaging and order management systems
• Experience in constructing, maintaining, and analyzing large-scale data sets

• Technically challenging projects
• Opportunity to work on client and server-side implementation
• Creative problem-solving required
• Opportunity to learn about financial markets, risk metrics, and portfolio management
• Exposure to trading technologies like FIX messaging and order management systems
• Construction, maintenance, and analysis of large-scale data sets
• Opportunity to learn and apply new idioms, techniques, and algorithms
• Focus on program correctness, maintainability, and efficiency
• Opportunity to learn about OOP, distributed computing, multi-threaded programming, and scientific programming
• World-class, professional environment
• Fast-paced learning environment
• Strong emphasis on problem-solving
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Commitment to improvement and constructive feedback
• Excellent academic background from a rigorous and challenging computer science program
• Salary range between $130,000 and $165,000 (excluding potential bonuses)