Internship - Software Engineer
Virtu Financial3 months ago
Austin, TX, USA or New York, NY, USAIntern
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Complete a variety of challenging software development projects.
- Improve the scalability, performance, and efficiency of proprietary low-latency trading systems.
- Contribute to proprietary trading algorithms and trading tools supporting all stages of the high-performance trading system.
- Learn to design and architect trading systems for scale and support the large volumes of data flowing through Virtu’s systems.
- Participate in ongoing training, a company-curated global training week, mentoring, and team activities.
Requirements
- Rising junior students or students expected to be ready for full-time employment between December 2026 and June 2027.
- Excellent academic background in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong programming skills in Python and either Java or C++.
- Experience with JavaScript is a plus.
- Some lower-level programming experience is a plus but not required.
- Outstanding quantitative problem-solving skills and mathematical aptitude.
- Comfort working across frontend and backend projects and different programming languages.
- Ability to identify issues, create solutions, take initiative, and work independently and collaboratively.
- Applicants must complete an online programming test administered through HackerRank after initial resume screening.
Benefits
- 10-week internship program from June 7, 2027 through August 13, 2027, with flexibility if needed
- Locations in Austin and New York
- Ongoing training and a company-curated training week
- Onsite gym and workout classes, onsite barista, weekly happy hours and social events, breakfast and lunch, and transportation, varying by location
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About Virtu Financial
Virtu Financial is a publicly traded market maker and electronic trading firm that provides liquidity across equities, ETFs, and other asset classes, and offers execution services and analytics to institutional clients. Its revenues come from market making and commissions/fees on trading and data solutions. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, Virtu expanded its client execution and analytics capabilities with the acquisition of ITG in 2019 (traded on NASDAQ: VIRT).