Campus Python Software Engineer (Intern)
Jump Trading2 months ago
Shanghai, ChinaIntern
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain ETL pipelines for vendor, tick/bar, and trading data using Python and data infrastructure.
- Build business-specific trading platforms and infrastructure supporting new markets and strategic initiatives.
- Perform post-trade statistical analysis, build anomaly detection systems, and evaluate infrastructure impacts on trading outcomes.
- Develop post-trade systems for clearing, reconciliation, fee computation, position management, and PnL.
- Parse broker files, enrich trades with reference data, and compute fees across global markets and asset classes.
- Debug production incidents, trace data through pipelines, and own root-cause fixes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- Proficiency in Python with hands-on experience building and maintaining production systems.
- Comfort working on Linux, including command-line use, debugging, and bare-metal environments.
- Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and system design.
- Solid debugging skills and the ability to navigate unfamiliar codebases quickly.
- Clean production-quality coding practices, rigorous data analysis, proactive ownership, and effective cross-team collaboration.
Benefits
- Internship opportunity with Jump Trading’s APAC Python team.
- Candidates should be interested in working in an APAC office full time after graduation.
- No finance or economics experience is required because the domain will be taught.
About Jump Trading
Jump Trading is a privately held quantitative and high-frequency trading firm that designs low-latency systems and models to trade global markets across asset classes, including equities, futures, options, and cryptocurrencies. It trades its own capital rather than selling software or services, and operates from Chicago with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia; the firm was founded in 1999. Affiliates include Jump Crypto for digital assets and the venture arm Jump Capital.