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About the Role

As a Software Developer Intern, you will build advanced trading and risk applications leveraging cutting-edge technology. DRW enables 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 organised social events to truly discover what it is like to live and work in London.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary software solutions across the firm.
Create decoders to receive raw pack data from various exchanges and translate it into a more accessible form.
Build normalisers which take decoded data and build a book for each instrument traded on that exchange.
Develop 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.

Requirements

Pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, mathematics, or any related science discipline with an expected graduation date between December 2027 and August 2028.
Exposure to network programming (TCP/IP), multi‐threaded applications, computational intelligence, algorithms, real‐time programming, or GUI programming.
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.
Strong problem-solving and analytical reasoning skills.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Excellent software development skills in C++, Python, Java, C#, or C.
Deep curiosity to learn and absorb new technologies quickly.

Skills

C++
Python
Java
C#
C
Network programming (TCP/IP)
Multi-threaded applications
Computational intelligence
Algorithms
Real-time programming
GUI programming
Object-oriented design
Data structures

Location

London

Work Type

Internship
Full-time

Experience Level

Internship

Education Level

Bachelor's degree
Master's degree
PhD

Benefits

Fully furnished apartments located close to the office
Housing
Mentorship
Options course framed from a developer’s standpoint

About the Company

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world.
We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk.
Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities, and Energy across all major global markets.
We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital, and cryptoassets.
We operate with respect, curiosity, and open minds.
The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters – it's how we do it.
DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation, and a willingness to challenge consensus.

Equal Opportunity

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