What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2025) position at Causeway Capital Management?
Company Overview: Causeway Capital Management LLC provides equity investment management services to corporations, pension plans, public retirement plans, sovereign wealth funds, Taft-Hartley pension plans, endowments and foundations, mutual funds, charities, private trusts, model and SMA programs, and other institutions. The independent, 100% employee and former employee-owned firm, based in Los Angeles, began operations in June 2001 and manages international, global, emerging market, and sustainable equity strategies. Causeway employs a unique blend of fundamental and quantitative investment strategies and offers its clients access to the firm’s proprietary risk analytics.
Position Overview: Reporting to the Director of Investment Technology, the Software Engineer - Intern will work alongside Software and Data Engineers to design, implement, and maintain modern APIs, Python libraries, and backend databases that support and further develop the technology infrastructure of the organization’s Quantitative and Fundamental investment groups. Responsibilities may include developing pipelines and libraries to retrieve data and perform computation, as well as creating cloud-deployed distributed infrastructure to scale the quantitative research platform, all to innovate the next level of analytics systems that effectively integrate with and enhance current research applications.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with fellow engineers to build, analyze, and improve Causeway’s proprietary investment management applications and data platforms.
- Execute project assignments, which may require the Software Engineer – Intern to:
- Develop Python applications and AI tools that enhance the productivity of Quantitative Analysts.
- Modernize data pipelines using best-of-bread open-source tools.
- Build portions of modern containerized apps using Python and SQL in a cloud environment.
- Delivery of quality code and data.
Qualifications:
- 2 years of progress toward a relevant undergraduate or graduate degree such as Software Engineering, Data Science or Information Systems, with a strong GPA.
- Demonstrated passion for growing a career in software engineering or data engineering.
- Relevant coursework in object-oriented design and relational modeling.
- Entry-to-Intermediate level programming skills in Python and SQL.
- Investments or Finance coursework or experience is a plus.
- Experience building software using generative AI tools is a plus.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team environment.
Full-Time Employee Benefits:
- Frequent performance feedback and semi-annual performance reviews.
- Medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and dependents are paid at 100%.
- 100% company-matched 401(k).
- Work remotely up to two days per week. Work remotely for 10 consecutive days twice per year (eligible after 1 year of employment).
- Child and dependent care assistance.
- Gym sponsorship.
- Firm-wide volunteer opportunities.
Causeway offers a moving/housing stipend as part of our summer internship compensation package, if applicable.
To submit your resume, please visit us at https://www.causewaycap.com/about-causeway/careers/
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to the fact or perception of their race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decisionmaking, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.