Performance Engineer Intern - Summer 2027
Core
Intern role applying quantitative techniques and practical experimentation to optimize exchange technology, liquidity strategies, and ultra-low-latency trading systems.
Role type
Intern, quantitative performance engineer
Builds
AI agents, ETL pipelines, and algorithms for ultra-low-latency trading strategies
Domain
Financial markets, electronic trading, network systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Python, quantitative research, statistical modeling, network technology, reverse-engineering, stress-testing
Preferred skills
machine learning, network technology
Responsibilities
Perform quantitative research with large datasets to understand exchange technology; Design novel strategies to optimize liquidity taking and quoting strategies; Develop AI agents, ETL pipelines and algorithms to optimize ultra-low-latency trading strategies; Reverse-engineer and stress-test network and systems programming technologies; Collaborate with Traders and Hardware and Software Engineers
Seniority
Intern