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2027 Internship - Quantitative Trading

Virtu Financial
🇮🇪DublinStudentInternPosted July 1, 2026

About the Role

Join Virtu's internship programme and gain hands-on experience in quantitative trading. You'll work alongside senior traders on real trading and quantitative problems, helping to design and improve high-performance algorithmic trading strategies deployed on electronic venues worldwide. Through a thoughtful curriculum spanning 10 weeks, you'll transform large data sets into usable trading models, work across multiple trading desks (Foreign Exchange, Fixed Income, Options, ETFs, Energy, etc.), and collaborate closely with quantitative analysts and software engineers. The programme includes company-curated global training, real-world projects with senior mentors, and engaging social events to learn our culture.

Requirements

  • Excellent academic background (all subjects welcome)
  • Outstanding quantitative problem-solving skills and mathematical aptitude
  • Some programming experience is required (Python, SQL, Java or C++ are a plus)
  • 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.
  • Graduating year of 2028

What You'll Get

  • Company-curated global training week for interns
  • Ongoing training throughout the summer
  • Daily catered lunches
  • Fully stocked kitchen
  • On-site gym & workout classes
  • Games room
  • Social events
  • Laundry service
  • Engaging social events to get to know our team and culture