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Blockhouse · 2 weeks ago

Quantitative Developer Internship (Winter 2026)

positionNew York City Area
timeInternship
remoteHybrid
seniorityIntern
money$25/hr - $40/hr
workcardStart in 2026 Winter

Blockhouse is building an integrated systematic investment platform that designs, deploys, and operates fully automated trading strategies across liquid global markets. The Quantitative Developer Intern will focus on building and optimizing components for trading systems, working closely with senior developers on low-latency services and execution logic.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Financial ServicesFinTechPredictive Analytics

Responsibilities

Build and optimize performance-critical components in modern C++ (C++17+)
Develop and maintain event-driven execution systems and real-time services
Work with message buses to handle market data and order flow
Debug and profile low-latency systems using GDB and standard UNIX tooling
Implement and test trading simulations and backtesting components
Collaborate with quant researchers to translate strategy logic into production-ready systems
Improve system reliability, observability, and fault tolerance
Deploy and operate services in UNIX/Linux environments (AWS exposure a plus)

Qualification

Modern C++ (C++17+)UNIX/Linux environmentsGDB debuggingMessage busesSystems fundamentalsPythonNetworking conceptsDockerSimulationBacktesting

Required

Strong proficiency in modern C++ (C++17 or newer) — required
Solid experience working in UNIX/Linux environments
Hands-on experience with GDB for debugging complex systems
Familiarity with message buses / messaging systems (e.g., Kafka, ZeroMQ, custom pub/sub)
Strong systems fundamentals: memory management, concurrency, performance tradeoffs
Ability to write clean, modular, and well-tested code

Preferred

Exposure to trading systems, market data, or execution infrastructure
Experience with Python for tooling, testing, or research integration
Familiarity with networking concepts (TCP/IP, latency considerations)
Experience with Docker or cloud environments (AWS)
Prior work on simulation, backtesting, or event-driven architectures

Benefits

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Company

Blockhouse

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Blockhouse is a financial data platform that helps traders with predictive analytics and execution algorithms.
dateFounded in 2022
location
Brooklyn, New York, USA
people-size2-10 employees
web-link
https://blockhouse.app/

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$0.2M
2025-05-06Pre Seed· $0.2M

Leadership Team

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Aaditya Krishnamohan
Co-Founder and CEO
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Pranav Udeshi
Co-Founder
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