2 months ago
London, United KingdomIntern
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary software solutions across the firm.
- Build exchange-data decoders, instrument order-book normalizers, and applications supporting communication about executed trades.
- Research complex problems and use statistical analytics on large datasets.
- Advocate for technical solutions and communicate ideas clearly to the team.
- Collaborate with software developers, quantitative traders, researchers, and business analysts.
Requirements
- Be pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related science discipline.
- Have an expected graduation date between December 2027 and August 2028.
- Have exposure to network programming, multithreaded applications, computational intelligence, algorithms, real-time programming, or GUI programming.
- Understand object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms.
- Demonstrate software development skills in C++, Python, Java, C#, or C.
- Show strong problem-solving, analytical reasoning, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Demonstrate eagerness to learn and apply new knowledge and technologies.
Benefits
- Ten-week internship with meaningful, challenging projects advised by software engineers.
- Fully furnished apartments near the London office.
- Mentorship from an experienced professional, including mentor outings.
- Educational, social, and team-building activities throughout the summer.
- An options course focused on how developer-built technology is used in real time.
- Organized social events to explore London and connect with other interns.
About DRW
DRW is a privately held proprietary trading firm that uses its own capital to trade and invest across global markets and asset classes, powered by technology and research. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Chicago, it develops trading systems for strategies ranging from seconds to years and manages its own risk rather than external client money. The firm operates internationally from multiple offices.