Software Developer Intern
About The Position
Our formula for success is to hire exceptional people, encourage their ideas and reward their results. As a Software Developer Intern, you will build advanced trading and risk applications leveraging cutting-edge technology. DRW enables our Software Developer Interns to develop computationally intensive software under the guidance of senior technologists with the goal of deployment during your ten weeks. While your days will have you immersed in complex projects directly driving DRW’s progress, your evenings will be spent exploring the city with organized social events to truly discover what it is like to live and work in Chicago.
Requirements
- Are pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Machine Learning, or any related science discipline and have an expected graduation date between December 2027 and June 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, or Java and a deep curiosity to learn and absorb new technologies quickly
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary software development solutions across the firm. Examples include creating: Decoders to receive raw packet data from various exchanges and translate it into a more accessible form, Normalizers which take decoded data and build a book for each instrument traded on that exchange, Applications to facilitate communication around executed trades to our compliance team
- Identify innovative solutions to complex problems and advocate for their implementation to your team by communicating your ideas in a clear and concise manner
- Conduct robust research using a data driven approach to employ statistical analytics on large data sets
- Collaborate with other software developers, quantitative traders, and researchers as well as business analysts in cross-functional team environments
Benefits
- Fully furnished apartments located close to the office
- Group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance
- 401k (with discretionary employer match)
- Short and long-term disability
- Life and AD&D insurance
- Health savings accounts
- Flexible spending accounts
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
