Trading Automation and Operations Intern (Summer 2027)
About the role
You'll work on our trading floor enhancing fully systematic trading strategies and solving operational challenges that directly support our core market-making business. Over ten weeks, you'll build automation, investigate real production issues, and improve our trading strategies, systems, and workflows.
Responsibilities
- Develop a deep understanding of financial markets, market making, and the systems that support our trading business.
- Build tools, automated workflows, and data pipelines that traders rely on daily.
- Improve systems and workflows by identifying opportunities to simplify manual processes and reduce operational friction.
- Use AI-native workflows to investigate problems, analyze information, and develop solutions while applying your own judgment to evaluate results.
- Collaborate closely with traders, researchers, and engineers to understand problems from multiple perspectives and deliver practical solutions.
- Take ownership of a project from problem definition through implementation, with guidance and feedback from an experienced mentor.
Requirements
Working toward a bachelor’s, master’s or PhD in a STEM field
Junior or higher standing with a graduation date of Winter 2027 or Spring 2028
Proficiency with a programming language, preferably Python
Possess superior analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills
Excellent communicator and team player
Able to work in an accurate and structured way
Driven to constantly improve and optimize
Able to work under pressure and multi-task
Qualifications
Legal authorization to work in the U.S. is required; we will not sponsor individuals for employment authorization for this job opening
Benefits
Optiver-covered flights, living accommodations, and commuting stipends.
Extensive office perks, including breakfast, lunch, snacks, regular social events, clubs, sporting leagues, and more.
Pay
This position will also be eligible for the benefits listed above.
Base Salary Range $38,000—$38,000 USD