Software Engineering Intern

PEAK6

internship

Posted on: 9/18/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • Illinois, New York

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💰 $16 - $28 per hour

Entry Level

ApacheAWSCloudGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaKafkaMicroservicesPrometheus

About the role

Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software
Learn from and apply design techniques and coding standards coached by our Senior Engineers
Build resilient, self-scaling, self-healing services for high-volume, high-availability trade clearing
Support the production systems you build, including build, deployment (CI/CD), and monitoring (Grafana, Prometheus, PagerDuty)
Write high-quality, well-tested code and maintain high code-quality standards via code reviews
End-to-end ownership of deployed services, including documentation and service-level objectives
Collaborate on transforming products into cloud-native (GCP/AWS), event-driven (Apache Kafka), microservices-based clearing platform
Participate in team learning activities, hackathons, and mentor interactions

Currently pursuing a BA, BS, MS, PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technology field
0 - 2+ years of experience as a software developer or similar job roles
Ability to learn new technologies (languages, tools, frameworks) quickly
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Financial services background is a plus
Have a real passion for software engineering, as demonstrated by previous internships, work experience, projects, or publications (preferred)
Familiarity with application of common design patterns (preferred)
Interested in backend or full stack software development (preferred)
Either previous knowledge in financial markets or a strong interest in learning (preferred)
Experience or interest in cloud (GCP & AWS), event-driven (Apache Kafka), microservices frameworks, CI/CD, and monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus, PagerDuty)
Test-centric approach; expectation of high unit test coverage