Virtu Financial is a global leader in market-making and electronic trading, leveraging cutting-edge technology and analytics to operate efficiently across financial markets worldwide. Our Software Engineering team develops and optimizes proprietary low-latency trading systems, algorithms, and trading tools that power our high-performance systems.
Our summer internship program offers students an extraordinary opportunity to learn about the firm, financial markets, and advanced trading technologies through hands-on projects, global training, and mentorship from senior engineers.
Internship Program Highlights
- Training: Global training week in Singapore, ongoing mentorship, and technical sessions throughout the summer.
- Projects: Real-world development projects to improve trading systems, scalability, and performance.
- Culture & Perks: Daily breakfast, lunch allowance, transport allowance, onsite gym & workout classes, massage sessions, and social events to connect with the team.
- Mentorship: Guidance from senior engineers on development projects and trading system architecture.
Your Responsibilities
- Participate in challenging development projects alongside senior engineers.
- Improve the scalability, performance, and efficiency of Virtu’s proprietary trading systems.
- Contribute to the design and architecture of systems that handle massive data flows in real-time.
- Work on both front-end and back-end projects, and across multiple programming languages as needed.
- Collaborate with a team of talented software engineers to optimize trading algorithms and tools.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Rising juniors, or students ready for full-time employment between December 2026 – June 2027.
- Strong academic background in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- Proficiency in Python, and either Java or C++.
- Experience with JavaScript is a plus.
- Exposure to lower-level programming is a bonus, but not required.
- Outstanding quantitative problem-solving skills and strong mathematical aptitude.
- Ability to handle a variety of projects and learn multiple technologies quickly.
- Highly motivated, tenacious, and able to take initiative both independently and in a team environment.
