Software Developer Intern

Summary

The job is for a Software Developer Intern at DRW in Amsterdam. The intern will build advanced trading and risk applications, collaborate with other teams, conduct research, and design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary software solutions. The internship includes meaningful projects, community events, housing, mentorship, education, and options course.

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
• 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
• Exhibit excellent software development skills in C++, Python, Java, C#, or C and a deep curiosity to learn and absorb new technologies quickly

Responsibilities

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

Benefits

• Meaningful projects: You’ll receive a challenging project to complete during your time here
• 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