Software Engineer Intern - (Summer 2026)

We are seeking passionate software engineers who can tackle hard problems in a high-stakes environment. You should be a highly motivated individual who can push a project through to completion, as well as demonstrate excellence in designing clean, robust software.

The Voleon Group is a quantitative hedge fund headquartered in Berkeley, CA. We apply statistical machine learning to get an edge in highly competitive, fast-moving financial markets. We employ world-class engineering and research talent to solve financial prediction problems.

At Voleon, software engineers design and build complex, high-performance systems such as:

• Real-time trading systems
• Large-scale distributed data processing
• Research infrastructure to develop the next generation of machine learning models
• and much more

You will have the opportunity to work closely with machine learning researchers, trading staff, and engineers. You will gain exposure to the full “finance stack," learning about a broad range of areas including machine learning, the mechanics of institutional trading, market execution dynamics, and more.

We are open to accepting interns who can start in either summer, fall, or winter of 2026.

Responsibilities

• Designing complex systems.
• Take on a lot of responsibility very quickly. You will “own” your work (passionately).

Requirements

• Availability to work a full-time internship during the summer, fall, or winter of 2026
• Expected to graduate in 2027
• Hands-on experience writing code: You have built something significant. You understand how to write modular, maintainable, well-organized, and thoughtfully structured code.
• Mastery of Computer Science fundamentals.
• Modern software practices: You are comfortable using Linux, git, and mainstream databases.
• You are familiar with cloud infrastructure.
• You are incredibly good at at least one thing.
• You are eager to work in diverse teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• You have built significant open source software

$13,333 - $13,333 a month

The base salary for this position is $13,333 a month in the location(s) of this posting.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgement. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.