Software Engineering Intern

Job Description

About the Job: Software Engineering Intern at Two Sigma

Two Sigma is a pioneering financial sciences company that expertly blends data analysis, invention, and rigorous inquiry to tackle complex challenges across investment management, securities, private equity, and venture capital. Our diverse team of scientists, technologists, and academics drives innovation, developing creative solutions to some of the world’s most intricate economic problems.

Technology serves as our core competitive advantage, with software engineers playing an absolutely pivotal role. At Two Sigma, engineers are engaged in deep analysis, experimentation, design, and elegant implementation. They are responsible for building the scalable tools necessary to explore the vast possibilities of data, transforming findings into actions, and striving to predict future trends by understanding the past.

As a Two Sigma engineer, you will champion a rigorous, collaborative, and scientific approach to meet critical business needs. You’ll contribute to a forward-looking and future-reaching organization, creating software that is designed to scale with the company’s continuous growth.

We actively seek engineers with a profound passion for data and individuals who are driven to build for today while inventing for tomorrow. We highly value curiosity and insight, always balanced with pragmatism and practicality. We recognize and appreciate both the incremental small steps and the overarching broad vision.

Software Engineering Internship Program Overview

We are actively looking for a diverse set of software engineering interns to join our team. You’ll be immersed in an environment alongside ambitious high achievers, including a Unix Lifetime Achievement winner, Putnam medalists, ACM Programming competition finalists, and International Mathematics Olympiad medalists, all united by common goals and a love for learning.

• Program Duration: This is a 10-week summer internship program.
• Location: The internship takes place at our Soho-based New York City office.
• Mentorship & Project: You will be partnered with an assigned mentor and focus on a single, impactful project throughout your internship, culminating in a final presentation.
• Company Culture: Interns have full access to all Two Sigma events, including brown bag lunches and our ongoing guest speaker series. We also host intern-specific social events to help you connect with other employees and experience New York City.
• Role & Team Matching: Students are hired into a general Software Engineering role and will be matched to a specific team 2-3 months before your start date.

You Will Take On The Following Responsibilities:

• Building core infrastructure that supports virtually every other engineering team at Two Sigma, including distributed storage and our public and private cloud environments.
• Ensuring the reliability of “mission-critical” products and systems, such as our main trading system, which are vital to Two Sigma’s operations.
• Utilizing a blend of open source and proprietary tools to construct the environments used for testing and deploying our quantitative strategies (models).
• Building and maintaining low-latency, high-performance infrastructure and systems essential for the efficient execution of trades.
• Building and scaling infrastructure specifically designed to ingest data from over 10,000 sources daily.
• Partnering with our Corporate teams to develop tools, systems, and products that enhance productivity and efficiency across the entire organization.

You Should Possess The Following Qualifications:

• Active coursework towards a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in a technical or quantitative field.
• Demonstrated experience with programming languages such as Java, C, C++, Python, Ruby, Perl, or other languages that target the JVM.
• Experience with large-scale systems.
• Exceptional programming skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• A genuine passion for building quality software.
• We are seeking critical thinkers who are passionate about technology. While we operate in the data-rich domain of finance, prior financial experience is not a requirement.

You Will Enjoy The Following Benefits:

• Perks: Access to onsite gyms with laundry service, wellness activities, casual dress code, complimentary snacks, and game rooms.
• Hybrid Work Policy: Enjoy flexible in-office days coupled with a budget for your home office setup.

Compensation:

The weekly base pay for this internship role will be:

• $3,800/Week (Bachelors)
• $3,900/Week (Masters)
• $4,200/Week (PhD)

This compensation is based on the academic degree conferred. This role may also be eligible for other forms of compensation and/or benefits.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Two Sigma is dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. If you believe you need an accommodation, please visit our website for additional information.