Senior Equity Volatility Trader

Opportunity

PDT Partners – a quantitative investment manager – is seeking talented students for internships focused on Infrastructure Engineering (systems, network, Dev Ops, infosec, cloud, etc.). Our custom‑designed program enables students to contribute to our technology‑critical, algorithmic trading business while honing their technical skills.

Students will work closely with highly accessible and supportive senior engineers for every project. Mentors are deeply technical hands‑on engineers who provide guidance during the project, and they are available for design sessions, discussions, and learning throughout the program.

• Faced problems that don't have well‑defined solutions – creativity is essential to come up with the best possible answers, including ones that explore new technologies.
• Learned about the infrastructure needed to support a quantitative trading business.
• Gained experience with multicast market data distribution.
• Analyzed the latency impact of network buffering.
• Applied machine learning to log data sets in order to determine behavioral anomalies.
• Automated the provisioning of cloud infrastructure, including compute, services, and storage.
• Developed Git Ops‑driven configuration management for consistent global deployments at scale.
• Added core components to our cloud‑based Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Analyzed alternatives for audio and video conferencing.
• Infrastructure automation with Python, Power Shell, etc.

• 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
• Information security
• SaaS solution integration

• Interest in working in a world‑class, professional environment
• Smart, fast‑learner, intellectually curious, problem‑solving approach
• Can‑do attitude, with sense of urgency
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Committed to improvement and keen to apply constructive feedback
• Excellent academic background from a rigorous and challenging computer science program

The salary range for this role is between $165,000 and $180,000. This range is not inclusive of any potential bonus amounts. Factors that may impact the agreed‑upon salary within the range for a particular candidate include years of experience, level of education obtained, skill set, and other external factors.