Internship - Quantitative Trading
Virtu FinancialAbout the Role
Virtu's Quantitative Trading Internship offers students the opportunity to learn about the firm and the world's financial markets through a company-curated global training week, real world trading problems to solve and engaging social events.
As a Quantitative Trading Intern, you'll work alongside Virtu's senior traders on a variety of exciting and challenging projects that introduce you to all the intricacies of market making. The internship is designed to be very hands-on; interns will spend most of their time solving trading problems as they occur in the markets and working from a menu of projects with the team. Projects can come from a variety of different trading desks such as Foreign Exchange, Fixed Income, Options, ETF's, Energy and more.
- 10 week program, starting June 7th 2027 - August 13th, 2027 (with flexibility if needed)
- Ongoing training throughout the summer and a training week held in New York or Austin
- Real problems to solve throughout the program; interns will work from a list of projects and have several senior mentors throughout the program
- Locations: Austin, Chicago, New York
After applicants pass an initial resume screening, an online test will be emailed to you via HackerRank.
Responsibilities
- Work alongside Virtu's senior traders on a variety of exciting and challenging projects that introduce you to all the intricacies of market making
- Spend most of your time solving trading problems as they occur in the markets and working from a menu of projects with the team
- Work on projects from a variety of different trading desks such as Foreign Exchange, Fixed Income, Options, ETF's, Energy and more
- Work from a list of projects with several senior mentors throughout the program
Requirements
- Rising juniors, or students expected to be ready for full time employment between December 2027 - June 2028
- Excellent academic background (hard sciences preferred - physics, chemistry, engineering or math, statistics)
- Outstanding quantitative problem-solving skills and mathematical aptitude
- Some programming experience is required
- 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
What You'll Get
- $5,000–$5,800/wk base salary
- 10 week program, starting June 7th 2027 - August 13th 2027 (with flexibility if needed)
- Ongoing training throughout the summer and a training week held in New York or Austin
- Real problems to solve throughout the program; interns will work from a list of projects and have several senior mentors throughout the program
- Perks (varies by location): Onsite Gym & workout classes
- Perks (varies by location): Onsite Barista
- Perks (varies by location): weekly happy hours/social events
- Perks (varies by location): Breakfast & Lunch
- Perks (varies by location): Transportation