Virtu Financial
2027 Internship - Quantitative Trading
Austin, TX +4 · Internship · Posted Jul 21, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Chicago
New York
Austin, TX
New York - Education
- Student; rising juniors or those expected to be ready for full-time employment between December 2027 and June 2028.
About the job
A hands-on summer internship working with senior traders on market-making projects and problems involving algorithmic trading across financial markets.
What you'll do
- Solve trading problems as they arise in markets and work on projects from trading desks.
- Work alongside senior traders and learn the intricacies of market making.
- Contribute to projects involving trading strategies and market-making across desks such as Foreign Exchange, Fixed Income, Options, ETFs, and Energy.
What they ask for
- Rising junior, or expected to be ready for full-time employment between December 2027 and June 2028.
- Excellent academic background; programming experience is required.
- Outstanding quantitative problem-solving skills and mathematical aptitude.
- Motivated, tenacious, able to take initiative, and able to work independently and collaboratively.
Nice to have
- Hard-science studies, including physics, chemistry, engineering, math, or statistics.
- Python, SQL, Java, or C++.
Pay
$5,000 - $5,800 weekly (USD, salary range; exclusive of sign on bonuses, housing, meals, benefits or any other forms of compensation)
Tools
Python, SQL, Java, C++, HackerRank
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