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Software Developer Intern

DRW
🇳🇱AmsterdamStudentFull-timePosted July 13, 2026

About the Role

As a Software Developer Intern, you will build advanced trading and risk applications leveraging cutting-edge technology. You will develop computationally intensive software under the guidance of senior technologists with the goal of deployment during your ten weeks. You will design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary software solutions across the firm, including decoders for exchange data, normalisers for instrument books, and applications for compliance communication. You will identify innovative solutions to complex problems, conduct research using statistical analytics on large data sets, and collaborate with software developers, quantitative traders, researchers, and business analysts in cross-functional teams.

Requirements

  • Are pursuing a bachelor's, master's, or PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, mathematics or any related science discipline and have an expected graduation date between December 2027 and August 2028
  • Have exposure to network programming (TCP/IP), multi‐threaded applications, computational intelligence, algorithms, real‐time programming or GUI programming
  • Have strong understanding of object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms
  • An eagerness to learn and apply what you have learned, and to know the impact of your code
  • Have strong problem-solving and analytical reasoning skills
  • Have strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Exhibit excellent software development skills in C++, Python, Java, C#, or C and a deep curiosity to learn and absorb new technologies quickly

What You'll Get

  • Meaningful projects: a challenging project advised by a software engineer
  • Community: educational, social and team-building activities throughout the summer
  • Housing: fully furnished apartments located close to the office
  • Mentorship: an experienced mentor in your field, with mentor outings
  • Education: an options course framed from a developer's standpoint