2027 Internship - Software Engineer

Developer Internship

Virtu is an industry-leading financial technology firm that operates both proprietary trading and client-facing businesses across the global financial marketplace. Our cutting-edge proprietary technology is core to everything we do. We trade in over 35 countries across 235 financial exchanges and over 25% of retail order flow in the US.

Our team is a dedicated group of traders, quants, and developers inspired by the unique challenges we solve every day. We combine the creativity of a fast-paced startup with the stability of a disciplined financial services firm. We are a flat organization that encourages innovation and collaboration across teams. We work hard, have fun, and strive to be virtuous in all we do.

Internship Program Overview

Virtu’s internship program offers students an opportunity to learn about the firm and the world’s financial markets. The program includes a company-curated global training week, real-world development projects, and social events to help you connect with our team and culture.

• Location: Austin, New York
• Dates: 10-week program, June 7, 2027 – August 13, 2027 (flexibility if needed)
• Training: Ongoing training throughout the summer and a training week held in New York or Austin
• Projects: Real problems to solve throughout the program. Interns will work from a list of projects and have several senior mentors throughout the summer
• Perks (varies by location): Onsite gym & workout classes, onsite barista, weekly happy hours/social events, breakfast & lunch, transportation

About the Development Team

Our development team is a group of versatile software engineers responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing our proprietary, low-latency trading systems, as well as our proprietary trading algorithms. The team also builds powerful trading tools that support all stages of our high-performance system deployed across financial marketplaces worldwide.

Role Description

As an intern, you will complete a variety of challenging development projects. You’ll work alongside our senior team to improve scalability, performance, and efficiency of our cutting-edge trading systems. This is a rare opportunity to learn 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.

Requirements

• Rising juniors, or students expected to be ready for full-time employment between December 2027 and June 2028
• 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 a wide variety of projects (front-end/back-end and different programming languages)
• “Physicalizer” mindset: identifies issues and creates solutions without rigid direction or fanfare
• Highly motivated and tenacious, with the ability to take initiative and work independently and within a team
• Team player: authentic and capable of working toward collective goals

The Process

After applicants pass an initial resume screening, an online programming test will be emailed to you via HackerRank. After review, we will reach out to arrange next steps.

Salary Range: $5,000 – $5,800 weekly (salary range is exclusive of sign-on bonuses, housing, meals, benefits, or any other forms of compensation).