Summer internship; Developer

Laniakea Summer 2026 Internship

Laniakea is a lean, high-growth hedge fund specializing in relative value (RV) volatility strategies across multiple asset classes. Our small, dynamic team is spread across London, Sydney, and the USA, and as a young startup, we value people who are excited to grow with the business, get hands‑on quickly, and operate effectively in fast‑moving, ambiguous environments.

As a Developer Intern, you’ll work on building production level tooling to support trading and risk work. This is a hands‑on role with real ownership. Interns are expected to write production‑quality code and reason deeply about performance, correctness, and system design.

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related fields.
• Strong academic performance with solid coursework such as Data Structures & Algorithms, Operating Systems, Computer Networks, etc.
• Strong understanding of programming fundamentals and core paradigms.

Proficiency in full‑stack development.

• Backend:
  Go, Python, C++, Rust, etc.
• Frontend:
  Typescript and React, or similar frameworks.

Comfortable with:

• Version control systems and collaborative development workflows.
• Debugging and reasoning about performance.
• Concurrency and multithreading fundamentals.
• Basic networking concepts (TCP/IP, HTTP, RPC).

Experience building non‑trivial projects (academic, professional, or personal).

Exposure to:

• Linux systems.
• Databases (Postgres, Mongo, Redis, etc.).
• Distributed systems and real‑time processing.
• Containerization.

Interest in finance, markets, and trading systems.

• Services for data ingestion, aggregation, and analysis.
• Performance‑sensitive systems involving concurrency and real‑time updates.
• Tools for monitoring, risk, and infrastructure.
• Designing and implementing clean APIs and data models.