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Campus Data Engineer (Intern)

CompanyJump Trading
LocationChicago
Work ModeOn Site
PostedJuly 8, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
Develop and maintain infrastructure and pipelines to support firm-wide data use. Work on production code using Agile methodologies to build and maintain data solutions.
Internship Type
full time
Salary Range
$200,000 - $250,000
Company Size
2096
Visa Sponsorship
Yes
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
For more than 25 years, Jump Trading has been home to people who see trading as the most fascinating problem in the world and want to solve it from every angle. Headquartered in Chicago with 13 offices across 8 countries, we operate across asset classes, time zones, and horizons. If it trades, we want to trade it. We are traders, engineers, and researchers working side by side to build the systems that move global markets. Our culture is built on curiosity, precision, and relentless iteration. We care deeply about impact, collaboration, and solving problems few ever get to see. At Jump Trading, AI and machine learning are central to how we trade and build. We design and deploy advanced models, infrastructure, and tools to operate at scale in high-stakes, adversarial environments. From low-latency systems to cutting-edge research, we push the boundaries of what is possible. We are also committed to the next generation of talent. Our student programs, from internships to our fully funded PhD Fellowships, provide hands-on experience, mentorship, and opportunities to do meaningful work. We support students at leading conferences worldwide and invite them to work with our teams on real-world challenges.
About the Role

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

Core Development is a global team of technologists who architect, build and maintain our world-class trading platform. From optimizing our core trading engine to building custom hardware, we leverage software & hardware engineering, data science and research, to deliver the infrastructure and tools that drive our trading and business needs.

Our data engineering internship is an intensive 10-week experience with our team who is responsible for developing and maintaining the infrastructure and pipelines to support data for firm wide use.

What You’ll Do:

Our data engineering internship is an intensive 10-week experience with our team who is responsible for developing and maintaining the infrastructure and pipelines to support data for firm wide use. You will be working side by side with our experienced data engineers and you’ll receive ongoing feedback and coaching from a dedicated mentor throughout the summer. Our internship program is the primary way we identify top engineers and it’s a proven path for earning full-time opportunities at Jump. 

You will take on projects working on production code and gain experience with our full-cycle process for development, testing, and release using Agile methodologies. You will apply your programming and analysis skills to maintain and develop our firm wide data solutions. Other duties as assigned or needed. 

Skills You’ll Need:

Hands-on experience and a high level of proficiency in one or more of the following: 

  • Python development on Linux platform 
  • Strong understanding of data structures and threading models 
  • Ability to work with a team in a fast-paced environment, deploying new software daily 
  • Passion for solving complex problems and learning to build optimal solutions from scratch, instead of simply assembling things from existing libraries 
  • Interest in using knowledge from several areas -- such as data pipelining and database management -- to ensure firm wide data integrity 
  • Comfortability with Claude Code 
  • Reliable and predictable availability 

* No finance or economics study or work experience required 

Also helpful, but not required: 

  • Past internship or job experience in a data engineering role is a plus 
  • Advanced coursework in algorithms & data structures 
  • Exposure to data analytics tools such as Pandas 

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS are encouraged to apply. We accept students eligible for CPT/OPT and we sponsor work visas for full-time positions. 

The estimated base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $250,000 per year.

Key Skills
PythonLinuxData StructuresThreading ModelsData PipeliningDatabase ManagementClaude CodePandasAgile MethodologiesAlgorithms
Categories
Data & AnalyticsSoftwareTechnologyEngineeringFinance & Accounting