Quantitative Developer Intern

Summary

The job involves working as a Quantitative Developer Intern at DRW, a technology-driven trading firm. The intern will design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary software solutions for complex algorithmic trading systems and collaborate with researchers on idea generation and development. They will have access to cutting-edge technology and be given immediate responsibility.

Requirements

• 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 2025 and June 2026
• Excellent software development skills in Python
• Strong problem-solving and statistics skills
• Skills in asynchronous and multi-threaded software; handling, maintaining and processing large data sets; and network programming
• A strong understanding of object-oriented design, data structures and algorithms

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and deploy proprietary software solutions for complex algorithmic trading systems
• Optimize large scale data processing and modelling
• Collaborate with researchers to translate research-based trading strategies into production software
• Build software to manage risk and execution of our trading system
• Automate human-decision based trading strategies and implement algorithmic trades from trading ideas
• Manage day-to-day technology requirements of our proprietary trading systems and evaluate new technologies to improve on the current stack

Benefits

• 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
• 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