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**2027 Frontend & User Experience Internship at Virtu** Virtu, a leading global financial technology firm, seeks a motivated intern for our 10-week Frontend & User Experience Internship. Based in New York, this paid role begins June 7th, 2027, and offers real-world projects, mentorship, and cultural events. Key responsibilities include: - Collaborating with traders and developers to design user-friendly interfaces for our real-time trading, visualization, analysis, and reporting tools. - Improving performance and scalability of our cutting-edge trading systems by working on challenging development projects. - Gaining firsthand experience in designing and architecting trading tools for scale and supporting high-volume data flow. Measurement criteria: - Rising juniors ready for full-time employment between Dec 2027 - Jun 2028. - Strong programming skills in JavaScript, React, and Node.js. - Experience with TypeScript, Java, C++, Python is beneficial. - Comfortable tackling diverse projects and flexible mindset. - Highly motivated, tenacious, and collaborative team player. - Proven academic excellence in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related fields. Upon resume screening, applicants will complete an online programming test via HackerRank. Interns can expect a competitive salary of $5,000-$5,800 per week, exclusives of sign-on bonuses, housing, meals, benefits and other compensation. JOIN US and grow with our inclusive and supportive team!

Compensation: $5,000 – $5,800 USD
City: New York City
Country: United States

Full Job Description

Virtu is an industry-leading financial technology firm that operates both proprietary trading and client-facing businesses in the global financial marketplace. 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. 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. We have fun, work hard and strive to be virtuous in all we do.

FRONTEND DEVELOPER INTERNSHIP

Virtu's internship program offers students an extraordinary opportunity to learn about the firm and the worlds financial markets. We have built a thoughtful and challenging curriculum that introduces students to all aspects of Virtu's business through a company-curated global training week, real world development projects to complete, and engaging social events to get to know our team and culture.

Location: 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
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: Onsite Barista, weekly happy hours, social events, daily lunch, stocked pantry

Our User Interface (UI) development team is a highly talented group of versatile software engineers who are collaborating with traders and developers to gather requirements, understand needs, and implement real-time trading, visualization, analysis and reporting tools. Ideal candidates will have a passion and talent for designing great, intuitive user interfaces as well as expansive experience around web technologies and Javascript frameworks.

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 trading tools for scale and performance, 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
Strong programming skills in JavaScript, React, and Node
Experience with TypeScript, Java, C++, Python is a plus
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.

THE PROCESS

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!

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

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.

Full Job Description

FRONTEND DEVELOPER INTERNSHIP

Location: 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
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: Onsite Barista, weekly happy hours, social events, daily lunch, stocked pantry

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
Strong programming skills in JavaScript, React, and Node
Experience with TypeScript, Java, C++, Python is a plus
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.

THE PROCESS

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

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