# Software Engineering Internship (Summer 2027)

[Two Sigma](https://www.jorb.ai/firms/two-sigma.md) · New York · United States · [Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering](https://www.jorb.ai/jobs/cloud-infrastructure-engineering.md)

Two Sigma is hiring a Software Engineering Internship (Summer 2027) in New York. Posted 2026-09-09; applications close 2026-11-08.

**Apply**: https://careers.twosigma.com/careers/JobDetail/New-York-New-York-United-States-Software-Engineering-Internship-Summer-2027/14016

Posted 1d ago.

## Role details

## Software Engineering Internship (Summer 2027)

**Location:** NY, New York, United States

**Business:** Investment Management

**Function:** Engineering

**Experience Level:** Internship

Two Sigma is a leading quantitative investment management and trading firm. The company applies a scientific approach to investing, combining cutting-edge technology, artificial intelligence, data science, and quantitative research with rigorous human inquiry to capitalize on market opportunities and deliver alpha for investors.

Our team of engineers, quantitative researchers, and data scientists tests hypotheses and develops creative solutions to some of the world’s most complex economic problems.

## About the Role

Technology drives our business—and software engineers play a pivotal role. Software engineers at Two Sigma focus on analysis, experimentation, design, and elegant implementation. You will build scalable tools the organization needs to explore data’s possibilities and act on findings—mining the past and attempting to predict the future.

As a Two Sigma engineer, you will champion a rigorous, collaborative, scientific approach to meet business needs. You will join a forward-looking organization to build software that scales with the company.

## Internship Program

The summer internship program lasts 10 weeks and takes place at our Soho-based New York City office. You will partner with an assigned mentor and work on a single project that culminates in a final presentation.

You will be able to attend all Two Sigma events, from brown bag lunches to our ongoing series of guest speakers. We host intern-specific social events to help you get to know other Two Sigma employees and explore all that surrounding New York City has to offer.

As a student, you will be hired into a general Software Engineering role and matched to a specific team 2–3 months before you start.

## Responsibilities

  
- Build underlying infrastructure used across engineering teams, including distributed storage and public and private cloud environments.
  
- Ensure the reliability of mission-critical products and systems vital to Two Sigma, such as the main trading system.
  
- Use open source and proprietary tools to build environments that test and deploy quantitative strategies (models).
  
- Build and maintain low-latency, high-performance infrastructure and systems responsible for executing trades.
  
- Build and scale infrastructure used to ingest data from 10,000+ sources daily.
  
- Partner with Corporate teams to develop tools, systems, and products that increase productivity and efficiency across the organization.

## Qualifications

  
- Coursework toward a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in a technical or quantitative field.
  
- Experience with Java, C, C++, Python, Ruby, Perl, or other languages targeting the JVM.
  
- Experience in large-scale systems.
  
- Exceptional programming skills.
  
- Strong analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
  
- Passion for building quality software.
  
- Financial experience is not required.

## Benefits

  
- **Perks:** Onsite gyms with laundry service, wellness activities, casual dress, snacks, game rooms
  
- **Hybrid Work Policy:** Flexible in-office days with a budget for a home office setup

## Compensation

The weekly base pay for this role will be between $3,800/week (Bachelor’s), $3,900/week (Master’s), and $4,200/week (PhD), based on the academic degree conferred. This role may also be eligible for other forms of compensation and/or benefits.

## Equal Opportunity

Two Sigma is an equal opportunity workplace. 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 committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

## Applying to this role

This Software Engineering Internship (Summer 2027) role at Two Sigma runs through the firm's own careers portal and expects a CV and cover letter written specifically for the posting, not a portable submission carried across firms. Jorb AI's application agent tailors a CV and cover letter from your background to this posting and tracks the role alongside the rest of your applications.

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Updated: 2026-09-10
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