Research Systems Software Engineer Intern, Summer 2025

Job Overview

We are looking for a Software Engineer Intern to join the Research Systems Unified Data Layer team. As a systematic asset manager, Arrowstreet must identify investable trading strategies and implement them quickly and with the highest quality. The rapid integration of novel data sources is a vital competitive advantage for the Research group and essential to the continued success of the firm, as well as the ability to run compute intensive distributed models to derive financial insights.

As a Software Engineer Intern, you will engage in Data/Cloud Engineering tasks, including writing, improving and testing Python code. You may also have exposure and learning opportunities within Scala and Rust programming languages. As part of this high-performing team, you would be interacting with AWS platform technologies (S3, EC2, Lambda, DynamoDB), using CICD pipelines orchestrated with GitLab, terraform, CloudFormation.

The ideal candidate will add value to the Unified Data Layer team by working with experienced engineers in the in-demand career areas of Data and Cloud Engineering, along with hands on industry experience using Python/AWS/GitLab.

Responsibilities may include:

• Implement a FastAPI middleware layer in support of UI app development

• Convert business logic currently in Python to Rust for performance boost

• Develop ArrowFlight interface for DLv3

• Automate DR processes

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 technology experience through academic projects.

• Proficient with Python and comfortable with SQL. Other languages such as Scala or Rust are a plus.

• Experience with container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, Helm 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.