Software Developer Intern

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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 Amsterdam.

How you will make an impact…

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• Design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary software solutions across the firm. Examples include creating:
  
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  • Decoders to receive raw pack data from various exchanges and translate it into a more accessible form.
    
  • Normalisers 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
  

What you bring to the team…

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• Are pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, mathematics or any related science discipline and have an expected graduation date between December 2027 and August 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, Java, C#, or C and a deep curiosity to learn and absorb new technologies quickly
  

What to expect during the internship…

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• Meaningful projects: You’ll receive a challenging project to complete during your time here. Each project, advised by a software engineer, promotes a comprehensive learning experience and provides you with meaningful work experience.
  
• Community: Throughout the summer, we host a variety of educational, social and team‑building activities to foster friendship and camaraderie.
  
• Housing: DRW provides fully furnished apartments located close to the office – making your morning commute as easy as possible.
  
• Mentorship: You’ll build a professional relationship with an experienced mentor in your field. Mentors and mentees meet to discuss goals, challenges, and professional development and explore the city together at our mentor outings.
  
• Education: As technology continues to drive the trading industry forward, both in terms of new products and transaction methods, the future will present us with unique opportunities and challenges. To prepare you for how technology will continue to impact trading’s future landscape, you will complete an options course framed from a developer’s standpoint to help you visualise how your technology solutions will be used in real time. As the trading industry continually evolves, both in terms of new products and transaction methods, the future will present us with unique opportunities and challenges.
  

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. xgiwjmb 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.

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