Summer 2027 Systems Engineering Intern

Eligibility

Current Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD students pursuing degrees in rigorous, highly technical fields (e.g., Computer Science, Computer Engineering) who are eligible for full-time roles starting in 2028.

Program Details

Program Length: 10 Weeks (Early June – Mid August)

Application Process

Please apply directly through this posting. Applications are reviewed, and candidates will progress to the first-round technical assessment on a rolling basis. You can anticipate receiving feedback on your application within 3 weeks.

About PDT Partners

PDT Partners is a quantitative investment manager seeking talented students for internships focused on Infrastructure Engineering (Systems, Network, DevOps, Cloud, etc.). Interns should be able to contribute to a company that values creativity, energy, and collaborative problem solving.

Throughout the 10-week program, students work closely with supportive senior engineers on individual projects, receive hands-on personalized mentorship, and contribute to PDT’s culture through both intern-specific and company-wide social events.

Why Join Us?

PDT Partners has a 30+ year track record and a reputation for excellence. The goal is to be the best quantitative investment manager in the world—measured by the quality of products, not their size. PDT’s very high employee-retention rate reflects this. The team is intellectually extraordinary, with a close-knit, down-to-earth, and diverse community.

Internship Projects

Members of our platform engineering teams are responsible for the design, implementation, and operational support of scalable and performant systems that are critical to our success. As a systems engineering intern, you will work closely with expert engineers on technically challenging projects to help research, implementation, and software engineering teams take ideas from inception to production.

Depending on the specific project, you may:

• Face problems that do not have well-defined solutions—creativity will be essential to come up with the best possible answers, including ones that explore new technologies.
• Learn about the infrastructure needed to support a quantitative trading business.
• Gain experience with multicast market data distribution.
• Analyze the latency impact of network buffering.
• Automate the provisioning of cloud infrastructure, including compute, services, and storage.
• Develop GitOps-driven configuration management for consistent global deployments at scale.
• Add core components to our cloud-based Kubernetes infrastructure.

Ideal Background (Knowledge and/or Interest)

• Using software and automation to solve problems.
• Distributed computing, including hybrid cloud architectures.
• Operating Systems, including low-level performance tuning and analysis.
• Global hybrid networking, including automated configuration and packet analysis.
• Petascale storage systems.

Relevant Skills and Experiences

Below is a list of skills and experiences we think are relevant. Even if you don’t think you’re a perfect match, you are encouraged to apply because PDT is committed to developing its people.

• Excellent academic background from a rigorous computer science or engineering program graduating in Fall 2027 or later.
• Fast-learner, intellectually curious, problem-solving approach.
• Proactive with a sense of urgency.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Interest in working in a world-class, professional environment.
• Committed to improvement and eager to apply constructive feedback.

Compensation

The salary for this role is $180,000. This amount is not inclusive of any potential bonus amounts.

Additional Information

PDT does not currently offer a quantitative research internship program. However, PDT hires for full-time quantitative research roles on a rolling basis. Click here to learn more and apply.