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Campus Systems Engineer (Intern)

Jump Trading · Chicago, IL

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Job details

Employment
Internship
Level
Internship
Posted
Oct 6, 2026
Last confirmed open
Oct 7, 2026
Job description

About this role

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Jump Trading is a technology and research-driven financial markets company that develops infrastructure and systems for global trading. The Campus Systems Engineer Intern will support technology operations by monitoring, troubleshooting, optimizing, and automating the real-time trading environment while working with systems, network, trading, risk management, and development teams.

Responsibilities

Systems Engineer interns will work with traders, operations, exchanges, and developers to optimize the trading environment and investigate and solve system issues Proactively monitor the overall health and performance of the trading platform Work closely with our world-class technology organization to: Analyze and troubleshoot complex system, software, and networking infrastructure issues Design, implement and optimize network infrastructure for proprietary low latency trading applications at various data centers throughout the world Build automation to manage and improve the production trading environment Work closely with risk management and trading teams to coordinate changes and manage incidents Manage and assess operational risk of change control into the production environment Define and document process and procedure Other duties as assigned or needed

Qualifications: Major in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field Experience working with Linux/UNIX OS including advanced commands and shell scripts Practical working knowledge of python Understanding of networking concepts such as routing, multicast, ethernet A rigorous, detail-oriented approach to operations Ability to operate and communicate clearly under pressure Desire to work in a collaborative, team environment with a positive can do attitude Reliable and predictable availability

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