Project Management Intern (Platform & Infrastructure)

WHO WE ARE

We are PEAK6, a leading investment firm, using technology to find a better way of doing things. The company’s first tech-based solution was developed in 1997 to optimize options trading, and over the past two decades, the same formula has been used across a range of industries, asset classes, and business stages to consistently deliver superior results. Today, PEAK6 seeks transformational opportunities to provide capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs and forward-thinking businesses. PEAK6’s core brands include PEAK6 Capital Management, PEAK6 Strategic Capital, Apex Fintech Solutions, FOCUS, We Insure, Evil Geniuses, Poker Power, Zogo, and Bruce Markets.

ABOUT THIS ROLE

Start your career by joining a thriving, successful team enabling innovation within the financial services industry. Apex is seeking a Project Management Intern to join the Platform & Infrastructure organization. As a member of this team, you'll have a large impact on the firm by adding your project management experience to our organization and employees, in a rapidly growing environment. This specific role is focused on cloud cost management and interpreting conclusions via data analysis to drive collaboration between the platform & infra team and engineering/product, operations and finance.  

To be considered, you must be able to commit to a 10-week hybrid internship and work 40 hours per week during our summer program 

Have you been waiting on the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the fintech industry? Now's your chance. 

What you will do:

• Cloud cost management- focus on visibility, accountability on what service teams spend, both within the platform & infrastructure team as well as across engineering/product teams 

• Partnering with our engineering and Product teams to work on efficiencies on our Tech stack 

• Financial tracking- general, actual, budgeting, variance analysis, vendor licenses/agreements, Data center investment management (CapEx), software capitalization 

• COGS KPI work, understanding which cost are tied to which activities: custody of assets vs trading activities, understanding how to allocate spend connected to multiple activities and across Classic and Ascend. Develop strategic narratives for leadership 

• Collaborate with engineering to ensure our platform is built and tested to handle oncoming capacity, aligning inputs from commercial for net new growth and client experience for classic migration to plot expected growth against tested limits and determine Time to Live 

What you can expect:

• A highly collaborative environment where everyone is focused on outcomes that build momentum for Apex to reach its goals.

• A culture that values a test-centric approach to software development where 100% unit test coverage is the expectation.

• End-to-end ownership of what you deploy. From documentation to service-level objectives, your team is ultimately responsible for the health of your products.

• Contribute to and benefit from a culture of continuous learning.

• Access to mentors, generous policies regarding attending industry conferences and book reimbursement, regular lunch and learns.

• Quarterly 2-day hackathons.

• An environment committed to using the right tool to get the job done.

• Work that matters.

The skills you'll need to succeed: 

• Currently pursuing a BA, BS, MS, PhD degree in Management Informatics & Systems (MIS), Business, Computer Science, Engineering or related technology field

• Ability to learn new technologies (languages, tools, frameworks) quickly.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Financial services background is a plus.

Preferred skills:

• Project Management

• Data Analysis

• Either previous knowledge in financial markets or a strong interest in learn