Careers at Pdtpartners

Eligibility: Current Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD students pursuing degrees in rigorous, highly technical fields (e.g., Computer Science, Computer Engineering) who are eligible for full-time roles starting in 2028 or 2029. Program Length: 10 Weeks (Early June – Mid August) Application Process: Please apply directly through this posting. Applications are reviewed and candidates will progress on a rolling basis. You can anticipate receiving feedback on your application within 3 weeks. PDT Partners – a quantitative investment manager - is seeking talented engineering students for Software Engineering focused internships. We are looking for interns who can add to a company that values creativity, energy, and collaborative problem solving. Throughout our 10-week program, students work closely with supportive senior developers on individual projects, receive hands-on personalized mentorship, and contribute to PDT's culture through both intern and company wide social events. Why join us? PDT Partners has a 30+ year track record and a reputation for excellence. Our goal is to be the best quantitative investment manager in the world—measured by the quality of our products, not their size. Our people come from diverse disciplines, are intellectually extraordinary and our community is close-knit, down-to-earth and collaborative. Internship Projects Software Engineers at PDT are responsible for building and maintaining the technology the enables all parts of the trading life cycle. As a software engineering intern, you will work closely with expert developers on technically challenging projects to design, develop, debug, and test our software components for large handling of financial data, real-time events, and batch processing. Depending on the specific project, you may: Face problems that don't have well-defined solutions - creativity will be essential to come up with the best possible answers, including ones that explore new technologies Learn about financial markets and quantitative trading Build an understanding of various trading technologies and make contributions to them Develop tooling used for infrastructure management Contribute to the infrastructure and maintenance of large-scale data sets The internship offers opportunities to correctly apply new idioms, techniques, and algorithms in select areas, which may include: Program correctness - resource management, exception safety, reentrancy/thread safety Maintainability - portability, good coding practices, adherence to coding standards, unit testing, documentation Efficiency - optimal data structures/algorithms, understanding of high-/low- level implications and trade-offs in design choices, parallelization Below is a list of skills and experiences we think are relevant. Even if you don’t think you’re a perfect match, we still encourage you to apply because we are committed to developing our people. Excellent academic background from a rigorous computer science or engineering program graduating in Fall 2027 or later Strong programming skills with a deep understanding of data structures and algorithms Fast-learner, intellectually curious, problem-solving approach Proactive with sense of urgency Strong verbal and written communication skills Interest in working in a world-class, professional environment Committed to improvement and keen to apply constructive feedback The salary for this role is $180,000. This amount is not inclusive of any potential bonus amounts. PRIVACY STATEMENT: For information on ways PDT may collect, use, and process your personal information, please see PDT’s privacy notices.

At PDT, technology is a core driver of our business. Engineers tackle complex technical and quantitative challenges that advance our research methodology and investment approach. We hire exceptionally talented engineers and give them room to grow in a dynamic, supportive environment. The people who thrive here value breadth, continuous learning, and long-term investment in their craft. They find energy in growth that comes from rotating through different teams across the organization. This kind of mobility is central to how we work, allowing engineers to build deep, varied skills and make meaningful impact over time. Our hiring reflects this collaborative culture. We assess every candidate against one talent bar firmwide, then match engineers to the teams that best set them up for success. As a Software Engineer at PDT, you'll build and maintain the technology that powers our quantitative trading business from the data that drives our models to the systems that execute every trade, and everything in between. This is a hybrid position and will require the person to work from our London office at minimum 3 days a week To learn more about the teams hiring, please see a brief description below. We encourage you to apply to learn more about the different opportunities at PDT. Application Platform Builds and maintains the common infrastructure, including distributed locking, centralized logging, metrics, and container orchestration, to drive automation, reliability, and performance at scale. Cloud Infrastructure Engineers, architects, and operates PDT’s cloud and research environments, ensuring reliable and scalable infrastructure across the firm. Data Onboards and manages all external datasets consumed across PDT, building and maintaining the infrastructure to reliably download, parse, and validate data at scale. Develops firm-wide frameworks and serve as a technical resource for researchers. Post Trade Engineers and maintains the systems that track trades, positions, and PnL, and reconcile the firm's view against brokers and fund administrators at scale. Builds and evolves the reporting infrastructure and internal tooling that accounting, compliance and operational teams depend on. Software Infrastructure Owns and evolves PDT's core software stack, including packaging, builds, versioning, and CI/CD, while continuously identifying and closing gaps across the developer ecosystem. Trading Control Engineers the real-time and historical systems that monitor trading activity, including PnL, alerting, and risk, and builds the tools that enable teams to diagnose issues fast and intervene with confidence. Trading Infrastructure Develops and operates the real-time market data and trading platforms that connect PDT to brokers and venues globally, including order management, exchange connectivity, and execution infrastructure. Why join us? PDT Partners has a stellar 30+ year track record and a reputation for excellence. Our goal is to be the best quantitative investment manager in the world measured by the quality of our products, not their size. PDT’s very high employee-retention rate speaks for itself. Our people are intellectually extraordinary, and our community is close-knit, down-to-earth, and diverse. We want engineers who thrive where creativity and energy drive the solutions. At PDT, you’ll tackle hard problems collaboratively, with the focus, agility, and independence to assess a challenge and act. Your work directly shapes our success. For the right talent, the growth potential is enormous. Below is a list of skills and experiences we think are relevant. Even if you don’t think you’re a perfect match, we still encourage you to apply because we are committed to developing our people. 3+ years of professional software development experience Bachelor’s or M aster’s degree in an Engineering or Applied Sciences field from a rigorous academic program or equivalent professional experience Experience designing scalable and highly reliable software systems Significant experience programming in an object-oriented programming language Experience in and enthusiasm for scoping requirements and collaborating with colleague-clients Knowledge of, or interest in, trading and finance is beneficial, but not required. PRIVACY STATEMENT: For information on ways PDT may collect, use, and process your personal information, please see PDT’s privacy notices .