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Blockhouse · 2 weeks ago

Quantitative Developer Internship (Winter 2026)

New York, NY

Internship

Hybrid

Intern

$25/hr - $40/hr

Start in 2026 Winter

Blockhouse is building an integrated systematic investment platform that designs, deploys, and operates fully automated trading strategies across global markets. The Quantitative Developer Intern will focus on building and optimizing components for trading systems, working closely with senior quant developers on various performance-critical tasks.

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++UNIX/Linux environmentsGDB debuggingMessage busesSystems fundamentalsPythonDockerCloud environmentsNetworking conceptsSimulationBacktesting

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

Equity

PnL

Flexible arrangements

Company

Blockhouse

Blockhouse is a financial data platform that helps traders with predictive analytics and execution algorithms.

Founded in 2022

Brooklyn, New York, USA

2-10 employees

https://blockhouse.app/

Funding

Current Stage

Early Stage

Total Funding

$0.2M

2025-05-06Pre Seed· $0.2M

Leadership Team

Aaditya Krishnamohan

Co-Founder and CEO

Pranav Udeshi

Co-Founder

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