Virtu Financial

Virtu Financial

Internship - Software Engineer

Austin, TX; New York · Intern · Internship

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 hours ago
JavaScriptPythonJavaC++Electrical Engineering

About the role

  • 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. is serviced by Virtu.
  • Our team is a dedicated group of traders, quants and developers that are inspired by the unique and exciting challenges we solve every day.

Responsibilities

  • These engineers are responsible for the design, development and optimization of our proprietary, low-latency trading systems as well as our propriety trading algorithms.
  • This team also creates powerful trading tools, which facilitate all trading stages of our high-performance system which is deployed in financial marketplaces around the world.
  • This is a rare opportunity for students to 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.

Requirements

  • Highly motivated and tenacious individual, with a proven ability to take initiative and work independently and within a team

Nice to have

  • Experience with JavaScript a plus
  • Some lower level programming experience a plus but not required

Compensation

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

Benefits

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

Company info

  • authentic, genuine person who is capable of working collective goals.
  • After applicants pass an initial resume screening, an online programming test will be emailed to you via HackerRank.
  • Upon review, we will reach out to arrange next steps.
  • We are looking forward to meeting you!
  • Virtu is an industry-leading financial technology firm that operates both proprietary trading and client-facing businesses in the global financial marketplace.
  • Our culture combines the creativity of a fast paced start up, with the stability of a disciplined financial services firm.
  • We are a flat organization and encourage our people to innovate and lean on their teammates for support and collaboration.

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