Software Engineer Intern

Skills

About the Role

As an intern, you will complete a variety of challenging development projects. You will work alongside our senior team to improve the scalability, performance and efficiency of our cutting edge, low-latency trading systems. You will learn first hand how to design and architect a trading system for scale and to support the massive amounts of data that flow through Virtu's trading systems daily. You will work from a list of real problems to solve and have several senior mentors supporting you throughout the summer program. You will also take part in a company-curated global training week and engaging social events to get to know the team and culture.

Requirements

• Rising juniors, or students expected to be ready for full time employment between December 2027 - June 2028
• Excellent academic background in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field
• Strong programming skills in Python and either Java or C++
• Experience with JavaScript a plus
• Some lower level programming experience a plus but not required
• Outstanding quantitative problem-solving skills and mathematical aptitude
• Being comfortable with a wide variety of projects (frontend/backend, different programming languages)
• A person who identifies issues and creates solutions without rigid direction
• Highly motivated and tenacious individual, with a proven ability to take initiative and work independently and within a team
• Team player capable of working toward collective goals

Responsibilities

• Complete a variety of challenging development projects
• Work alongside the senior team to improve scalability, performance and efficiency of low-latency trading systems
• Design and architect trading systems for scale
• Support the massive amounts of data that flow through the trading systems daily
• Work on real-world problems from a curated list of projects with senior mentors

Benefits

• Onsite Gym & workout classes
• Onsite Barista
• Weekly happy hours/social events
• Breakfast & Lunch
• Transportation