Software Developer Intern - Summer 2027 (DV Equities)
DV Trading7 hours ago
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain low-latency trading system components using C++.
- Build Python tools and scripts for data analysis, backtesting, and strategy research.
- Optimize and refactor existing code for performance and reliability.
- Collaborate with traders, quantitative researchers, and software developers to understand the trading technology stack.
- Participate in code reviews and team discussions while contributing ideas and learning engineering best practices.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Expected graduation date in 2027 or 2028.
- Strong proficiency in either C++ or Python, with exposure to the other language.
- Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.
- Familiarity with Linux/Unix environments and basic networking concepts.
- Interest in algorithmic trading and financial technology, along with strong collaboration, work ethic, attention to detail, and willingness to learn.
- Prior internship or project experience in low-latency systems, trading, or large-scale data processing is preferred but not required.
Benefits
- Summer 2027 internship with hands-on experience on real trading technology projects.
- Opportunities to work alongside experienced developers, traders, and quantitative researchers.
- Opportunity to learn both low-latency systems development and data/backtesting tooling.
About DV Trading
DV Trading is a privately held proprietary trading firm that makes markets and deploys its own capital across equities, futures, options, and commodities. Headquartered in Chicago and founded in 2006, it operates globally and spun out of a large brokerage in 2016. The firm provides liquidity to exchanges and offers hedging solutions to commodity producers and users; affiliates include broker-dealers and a cryptocurrency market-making business.