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BlackEdge Capital

Quantitative Developer Intern

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About this role

Join BlackEdge as a Quantitative Developer Intern in Chicago to learn options market making while building production trading system features. The role combines foundational education in option pricing and market dynamics with hands-on software development supporting the trading team.

What you'll do

  • Develop and deploy trading applications that enhance BlackEdge's treasury options market-making capabilities
  • Write production code to add new functionality to the trading system based on trader and quant requirements
  • Collaborate with quantitative researchers and traders to understand requirements and deliver solutions
  • Learn option pricing theory, market making dynamics, and trading system architecture
  • Participate in the full software development lifecycle from design through deployment and support
  • Support daily trading operations by improving system performance and reliability

What they're looking for

  • Low-level computer science fundamentals (networking, operating systems, compilers, or graphics)
  • Software design and architectural patterns
  • Problem-solving and debugging ability
  • Production code development
  • Cross-functional communication with traders and quantitative analysts
  • Financial markets knowledge or willingness to quickly develop it
  • C++ or similar systems programming language
  • Understanding of options and derivatives trading concepts
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BlackEdge Capital

BlackEdge Capital builds high-performance trading systems operating at nanosecond latency, combining C++ software with FPGA hardware and machine learning models. The company is hiring trading software engineers to own performance-critical system architecture and implementation alongside hardware and research teams.

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  • Describe a complex problem you solved and walk us through your approach to breaking it down.
  • Tell us about your experience with low-level computer science topics—which areas interest you most and why?
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