Compute Platform Software Engineer Intern, Summer 2025

Job Overview

As a systematic asset manager, Arrowstreet must identify investable trading strategies and implement them quickly and with the highest quality. Having a robust, scalable, and performant general compute platform and workflow system is thus of critical importance. You will be joining the compute platforms team, which is responsible for the development of various compute, workflow, and observability services and systems for the Research group.

The ideal candidate should be interested in building scalable applications and distributed systems on AWS Cloud-based infrastructure. The expectation of the role is to be hands-on – you will design, develop, test, build, deploy and support the functionality. The work includes developing applications and automation tools, Infrastructure-As-Code solutions, and CICD pipelines with unit and integrated tests that ensure high quality and efficient operations.

Responsibilities

As an intern, you will work on projects that extend the feature offerings of our advanced workflow orchestration platform, develop applications and tools to automate and scale the platform’s operations, and accelerate the adoption of various technologies and platforms across the entire company.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in an undergraduate program studying computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, mathematics, data science, or a related discipline. Expected degree completion within a year of the internship.

• Applied algorithmic and systems engineering experience through academic projects

• Experience using Python or another object-oriented language

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, AWS is a plus, but not required

• Demonstrated interest in a software engineering career path

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

• Strong communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills

• Motivated, curious and enthusiastic

Arrowstreet Capital is a Boston-based systematic investment firm that manages global equity portfolios for institutional investors around the world. 

Arrowstreet Capital is an equal opportunity employment firm.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, gender identity, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, medical condition, disability, veteran or military status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Arrowstreet Capital is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a disability, contact us to discuss the nature of your request and contact information.