Summer 2027 Software Engineering Intern

About this role

<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Eligibility:&nbsp;</strong>Current Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD students pursuing degrees in rigorous, highly technical fields (e.g., Computer Science, Computer Engineering) who are eligible for full-time roles starting in 2028 or 2029.<br><br></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Program Length:</strong> 10 Weeks (Early June – Mid August)<br><br></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Application Process: </strong>Please apply directly through this posting. Applications are reviewed and candidates will progress on a rolling basis. You can anticipate receiving feedback on your application within 3 weeks.&nbsp;<br><br></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">PDT Partners – a quantitative investment manager - is seeking talented engineering students for Software Engineering focused internships. We are looking for interns who can add to a company that values creativity, energy, and collaborative problem solving.<br><br></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Throughout our 10-week program, students work closely with supportive senior developers on individual projects, receive hands-on personalized mentorship, and contribute to PDT's culture through both intern and company wide social events. <br><br></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Why join us?</strong> <br></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">PDT Partners has a 30+ year track record and a reputation for excellence. Our goal is to be the best quantitative investment manager in the world—measured by the quality of our products, not their size. Our people come from diverse disciplines, are intellectually extraordinary and our community is close-knit, down-to-earth and collaborative.<br><br></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Internship Projects</strong> <br></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Software Engineers at PDT are responsible for building and maintaining the technology the enables all parts of the trading life cycle. As a software engineering intern, you will work closely with expert developers on technically challenging projects to design, develop, debug, and test our software components for large handling of financial data, real-time events, and batch processing.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <br><br></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Depending on the specific project, you may:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Face problems that don't have well-defined solutions - creativity will be essential to come up with the best possible answers, including ones that explore new technologies</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Learn about financial markets and quantitative trading</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Build an understanding of various trading technologies and make contributions to them</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Develop tooling used for infrastructure management</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Contribute to the infrastructure and maintenance of large-scale data sets&nbsp; </span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The internship offers opportunities to correctly apply new idioms, techniques, and algorithms in select areas, which may include:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Program correctness - resource management, exception safety, reentrancy/thread safety</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Maintainability - portability, good coding practices, adherence to coding standards, unit testing, documentation&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Efficiency - optimal data structures/algorithms, understanding of high-/low- level implications and trade-offs in design choices, parallelization</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong style="font-size: 12pt;">Below is a list of skills and experiences we think are relevant. Even if you don’t think you’re a perfect match, we still encourage you to apply because we are committed to developing our people.</strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Excellent academic background from a rigorous computer science or engineering program graduating in Fall 2027 or later&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong programming skills with a deep understanding of data structures and algorithms</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Fast-learner, intellectually curious, problem-solving approach&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Proactive with sense of urgency&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Strong verbal and written communication skills&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Interest in working in a world-class, professional environment&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Committed to improvement and keen to apply constructive feedback&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The salary for this role is $180,000. <u>This amount is not inclusive of any potential bonus amounts.</u> </span><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">PRIVACY STATEMENT: For information on ways PDT may collect, use, and process your personal information, please see PDT’s privacy notices. </span><br><br><span style="font-size: 12pt;">NOTE: PDT does not currently offer a quantitative research internship program. However, we hire for full-time quantitative research roles on a rolling basis.&nbsp;<a href="https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/pdtpartners/jobs/82459">Click here to learn more and apply.</a></span></p>