2027 Internship - Frontend Engineer (UI)

Virtu Financial•New York, NY

1d•$5,000 - $5,800•Onsite

About The Position

Virtu’s 10-week frontend development internship gives students an opportunity to learn about the firm and global financial markets through training, real-world development projects, mentorship, and social events. The program is scheduled to run from June 7, 2027, through August 13, 2027, with flexibility if needed. It includes ongoing training and a training week in New York. Interns work on projects from a project list and receive guidance from several senior mentors. Interns join the User Interface development team, which collaborates with traders and developers to gather requirements and build real-time trading, visualization, analysis, and reporting tools. They complete challenging development projects alongside senior team members, helping improve the scalability, performance, and efficiency of Virtu’s trading systems. The role offers hands-on experience designing and architecting trading tools for scale and performance and supporting the large volumes of data processed by the firm’s systems.

Requirements

Be a rising junior or a student expected to be ready for full-time employment between December 2027 and June 2028.
Have an excellent academic background in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
Have strong programming skills in JavaScript, React, and Node.
Be comfortable working across a wide variety of projects, including frontend and backend work and different programming languages.
Identify issues and create solutions without rigid direction.
Be highly motivated and tenacious, with the ability to take initiative and work independently and as part of a team.
Be a genuine team player capable of working toward collective goals.

Nice To Haves

Experience with TypeScript, Java, C++, or Python.
A passion and talent for designing intuitive user interfaces and extensive experience with web technologies and JavaScript frameworks.

Responsibilities

Complete a variety of challenging development projects.
Collaborate with traders and developers to gather requirements, understand needs, and implement user-interface tools.
Work alongside senior team members to improve the scalability, performance, and efficiency of trading systems.
Design and architect trading tools for scale and performance and support the large volumes of data flowing through trading systems.