Core Developer - Summer Intern

Solve impactful problems. At Seven Research, our close-knit team unites brilliant minds passionate about pushing technological and scientific boundaries in the global markets. We provide state-of-the-art resources and cultivate intellectual freedom, enabling our people to develop groundbreaking solutions to the most complex challenges of our field. Our collaborative approach celebrates excellence from everyone, regardless of tenure.

Your Role

Core Developers are at the heart of our technological ecosystem, working to continuously optimize our research and technological infrastructure. In this role, you will build key components to accelerate our trading operations, design scalable systems and tools that support high-performance computing, and ensure that our systems provide the speed and robustness necessary to maintain our edge. You will be challenged to produce elegant and efficient code every day. You will also conduct in-depth research and testing relating to performance optimization, networking architecture, and hardware selection. If you are excited by the prospect of solving these sorts of problems in a collaborative, research-driven environment, we would love to get to know you.

What We’re Looking For

We seek talented engineers who approach problems with a holistic, innovative mindset. No financial knowledge is expected. You should have excellent programming and analytical skills and be excited to apply these talents within our state-of-the art research and trading infrastructure. You should be motivated to take ownership over core projects and always ready to identify and resolve inefficiencies. You should be continuously guided by the question: how can this work better?

The ideal candidate will possess most of the following:

• PhD, master’s, or bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field
• Strong background in data structures and algorithms, object-oriented programming, and mastery of C++
• Experience with latency-sensitive development and low-level system architecture
• Advanced knowledge of high-performance computing, distributed system design, and network optimization
• Strong problem-solving skills and research acumen
• Strong communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts

Job Compensation Range

The base salary range for this role is prorated based on the full-time salary range of $200,000 - $300,000. This does not include other forms of compensation and benefits that are part of Seven Research’s comprehensive package. We will provide additional detail about compensation and benefits during our hiring process.

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Accommodations

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