2027 Internship - Software Engineer

Virtu Financial is recruiting for 2027 Internship - Software Engineer in Austin, TX; New York. This listing was last seen on the firm's own job board on August 22, 2026.

A listed market maker, so the business is public and the interview leans on real market structure.

What sets Virtu Financial apart: Publicly listed, so revenue and strategy mix are disclosed. Execution services alongside proprietary market making. Market structure and regulation questions appear in interviews.

Related preparation: Quantitative Developer (QD) Career Roadmap, Quant Infrastructure Engineer Roadmap, Quantitative Data Engineer Career Roadmap and Algorithmic Trading Developer Career Roadmap.

The role, as Virtu Financial describes it, published on July 21, 2026 and reproduced from their job board:

DEVELOPER INTERNSHIP

Location: Austin, New York

Dates: 10 week program, starting June 7th, 2027 - August 13th, 2027 (with 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 program.

Perks (varies by location): Onsite Gym & workout classes, Onsite Barista, weekly happy hours/social events, Breakfast & Lunch, Transportation

Our development team is a highly talented group of versatile software engineers. 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.

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 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

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