Campus Systems Engineer Intern: Real-Time Trading Ops

Jump Trading; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Jump Trading Group is offering an intensive 10-week Technology Operations internship that exposes you to the real-time trading environment. You will work directly with experienced systems and network engineers to gain broad technical knowledge across the trading platform and technology stack.

Interns collaborate with traders, operations, exchanges, and developers, gaining practical DevOps engineering skills and a pathway to full-time opportunities at Jump.

Qualifications

• Pursuing/holding a computer science or engineering related degree.
• Strong Linux/UNIX skills including shell scripting.
• Proficient in Python and networking fundamentals.
• Detail-oriented with ability to operate under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Work with traders, operations, exchanges and developers to optimize the trading environment and resolve system issues.
• Proactively monitor the health and performance of the trading platform.
• Analyze and troubleshoot complex system, software, and networking issues; design and optimize network infrastructure for low latency trading apps.
• Build automation to manage production trading environments.
• Coordinate changes with risk management and trading teams and manage incidents.
• Assist in documenting processes and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned or needed.

Skills

CS/Engineering major

Linux/UNIX

Python

Networking fundamentals

Education

CS/Engineering/Info Systems major

Job description

Jump Trading Group is offering an intensive 10-week Technology Operations internship that exposes you to the real-time trading environment. You will work directly with experienced systems and network engineers to gain broad technical knowledge across the trading platform and technology stack.

Interns collaborate with traders, operations, exchanges, and developers, gaining practical DevOps engineering skills and a pathway to full-time opportunities at Jump.