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We're In The Business Of What Ought To Be

The business of doing, creating, and building the world the way we see fit. We seek out the transformational opportunity, making it better, more useful, more valuable. At PEAK6, we activate what is into what ought to be through world-class technology, operational excellence and purposeful design.

Headquartered in the Chicago Board of Trade Building, PEAK6 is not your typical investment firm. While trading got us our start and still powers our center, we quickly realized that our vision was to embrace and empower today’s consumer through technology, simplifying processes, improving performance and creating new wealth

Finance

PEAK6

You must be a junior student, able to relocate to Chicago, interested in trading, collaborative, a hard worker, a great communicator, a probabilistic decision maker, and a skilled problem solver to qualify for this internship.

You will own impactful projects, learn advanced option theory, take calculated risks, participate in poker sessions, receive mentorship, collaborate with senior partners, pitch trade ideas, gain exposure to various business lines, and network with influential women in FinTech.

Third Year

Banking & Finance

Chicago

<ul><li>PEAK6 has taken their passion for the markets and developed a unique trading experience designed to introduce women to the trading industry. Spearheaded by PEAK6 co-founder, Jenny Just, our Trading Internship is designed to encourage smart, ambitious, collaborative women to break the mold. We’ve heard all the myths about trading—too cutthroat, too intense, too risky—but that’s not the case at PEAK6. Investing in women is a winning trade, and there are not enough female traders in the field yet. We are changing that.</li><li>Our internship will introduce you to the basics of trading, help you see how empowering trading can be, and help you develop aid in your development of key skills that you’ll leverage in any industry. You will experience a fast paced, risk-seeking environment where you will trade based on instant news. Our immersive internship offers the opportunity to learn about being a trader by allowing you to experience it for yourself.</li></ul>

PEAK6 has taken their passion for the markets and developed a unique trading experience designed to introduce women to the trading industry. Spearheaded by PEAK6 co-founder, Jenny Just, our Trading Internship is designed to encourage smart, ambitious, collaborative women to break the mold. We’ve heard all the myths about trading—too cutthroat, too intense, too risky—but that’s not the case at PEAK6. Investing in women is a winning trade, and there are not enough female traders in the field yet. We are changing that.Our internship will introduce you to the basics of trading, help you see how empowering trading can be, and help you develop aid in your development of key skills that you’ll leverage in any industry. You will experience a fast paced, risk-seeking environment where you will trade based on instant news. Our immersive internship offers the opportunity to learn about being a trader by allowing you to experience it for yourself.

Trading Internship For Women+ - PEAK6

Trading Internship For Women+

You must have strong software development skills in Java/Python, ability to learn new technologies quickly, curiosity for FinTech, problem-solving abilities, effective communication, leadership, and interest in financial markets.

You will have end-to-end ownership of impactful projects, developing innovative tools in various languages and technologies, attending trading classes, engaging in poker games, learning from women in FinTech, collaborating with stakeholders, and experiencing a dynamic work environment.

Software Engineering

<ul><li>Spearheaded by co-founder, Jenny Just, we’ve taken our passion for technology and created a software development experience designed to introduce women+ to the FinTech industry. Our internship is meant to encourage smart, ambitious, tech-savvy women+ to break the mold! We’ve heard all the myths about FinTech—too cutthroat, too intense, too risky—but we know that’s not the case at PEAK6. We know women+ make outstanding developers and technologists, but there are not enough female developers in the FinTech field yet. We are changing that.</li></ul>

Spearheaded by co-founder, Jenny Just, we’ve taken our passion for technology and created a software development experience designed to introduce women+ to the FinTech industry. Our internship is meant to encourage smart, ambitious, tech-savvy women+ to break the mold! We’ve heard all the myths about FinTech—too cutthroat, too intense, too risky—but we know that’s not the case at PEAK6. We know women+ make outstanding developers and technologists, but there are not enough female developers in the FinTech field yet. We are changing that.

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