Campus Software Engineer (Intern)

Summary

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research and empowers exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science. They are seeking a Campus Software Engineer Intern to work with their technology team on their distributed trading system and gain experience in software development.

Responsibilities

• You will be working side by side with our experienced software engineers and will receive ongoing coaching from a dedicated mentor throughout the summer
• Over the course of the summer, you will take on projects working on production code and gain experience with our full-cycle process for development, testing, and release using Agile methodologies
• You will apply your programming and analysis skills to contribute to our real-time large-scale, high-performance trading platform and related infrastructure
• Other duties as assigned or needed

Skills

• Hands-on experience and a high level of proficiency in one or more of the following: C++ development on Linux platform, Python development on Linux platform
• Strong understanding of data structures and threading models
• Ability to work with a team in a fast-paced environment, deploying new software daily
• Passion for solving complex problems and learning to build optimal solutions from scratch, instead of simply assembling things from existing libraries
• Interest in using knowledge from several areas -- such as hardware, networking, OS design -- to produce extremely high-performance software
• Reliable and predictable availability
• Past internship or job experience in a software development role is a plus
• Advanced coursework in algorithms, network programming, operating systems, compilers
• Experience with AI tools like Claude Code in a real work environment

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Hands-on experience and a high level of proficiency in one or more of the following: C++ development on Linux platform, Python development on Linux platform
• Strong understanding of data structures and threading models
• Ability to work with a team in a fast-paced environment, deploying new software daily
• Passion for solving complex problems and learning to build optimal solutions from scratch, instead of simply assembling things from existing libraries
• Interest in using knowledge from several areas -- such as hardware, networking, OS design -- to produce extremely high-performance software
• Reliable and predictable availability

Nice to Haves

• Past internship or job experience in a software development role is a plus
• Advanced coursework in algorithms, network programming, operating systems, compilers
• Experience with AI tools like Claude Code in a real work environment

Benefits

• INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS are encouraged to apply. We accept students eligible for CPT/OPT and we sponsor work visas for full-time positions