What are the responsibilities and job description for the Internship - Trading Applications Software Engineer (Front-end) position at virtu?
UI DEVELOPER INTERNSHIP
- Location: New York
- Dates: 10 week program, starting June 8th, 2026 - August 14th, 2026 (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 on the UI team, you will complete a variety of challenging development projects. You'll work alongside our senior full-stack team to improve scalability, performance and efficiency of our cutting edge trading interfaces and real-time data analytics, with a focus on front-end development and user experience. This is a rare opportunity for students to learn first hand how to design and architect a trading GUI 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 2026 - June 2027
- Excellent academic background in STEM or related field
- Strong programming skills in web client languages (JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, CSS)
- Familiarity with web client frameworks (React, Angular, Node), remote API design and architecture (REST, WebSockets)
- Experience with Python, Java or C a plus
- Outstanding quantitative problem‐solving skills and mathematical aptitude
- Being comfortable with a wide variety of projects (frontend/backend, different programming languages)
- A physicalizer; a person who identifies issues and creates solutions without rigid direction or fanfare
- Highly motivated and tenacious individual, with a proven ability to take initiative and work independently and within a team
- Team player: authentic, genuine person who is capable of working collective goals.
Virtu Financial is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, welcoming you for who you are and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Salary : $5,000 - $5,300