Campus | Web Dev / UI Software Engineer (Intern / Placement)

Job Description

*NOTE - We accept students needing placements or otherwise extended internships. We also allow internships to take place during a non-summer term (for example - the winter, spring, or fall months) if preferable.

ABOUT THE ROLE – WebDev / UI Software Engineer, London (Intern / 6 Month Placement)

Our WebDev software engineering internship is an intensive experience at Jump Trading.

During your internship, you will use advanced Javascript, Python, and modern Web frameworks to build Web-based applications that interact with several components of our real-time trading platform.

Throughout your internship you will take on projects targeted for production, which go through our full-cycle process for development, testing, and release using Agile methodologies.

You will be working side by side with our experienced software engineers and you’ll receive ongoing feedback and coaching from a dedicated mentor throughout the summer.

Our internship program is the primary way we identify top young software engineers for our core development team, and it’s a proven path for earning full-time opportunities at Jump Trading.

What you’ll need:

Hands-on experience and a high level of proficiency in one or more of the following:

• Web development using Python and Javascript
• Python development on Linux platform
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and threading models
• Ability to work with a team in a fast-paced environment, deploying new software daily
• Passion for solving complex problems and learning to build optimal solutions from scratch, instead of simply assembling things from existing libraries

* No finance or economics study or work experience required