2027 Summer Internship - Technical

Virtu Financial is an industry-leading financial technology firm that operates both proprietary trading and client-facing businesses in the global financial marketplace.

Our unique culture combines the creativity of a fast paced start up, with the stability of a disciplined financial services firm.

We have fun, work hard and strive to be virtuous in all we do.

Virtu Execution Services (VES) comprises of the firm's client-facing business encompassing, Brokerage, Analytics and Workflow technology.

The increased technical roles under VES include Algo Development, Technology Support, and Analytics.

Roles within VES technical teams offer the opportunity to:

• Become a multi-faceted Financial Services professional, joining a global team engaging with a wide range of vendors and institutional and retail clients
• Receive an in-depth education on global financial markets and apply knowledge to a spectrum of Virtu's products and services- combining technology with business needs
• Work alongside a select technical team to solve client queries and improve our products
• Contribute to day to day tasks, such as automating workflows, investigating execution based questions and researching/building key processes
• Location: London, United Kingdom (onsite) for openings in London & Dublin
• Dates: 10 week programme, starting 21 June 2027 - 27 August 2027

Virtu is looking for top performers with below qualifications:

• Entering final year of school, or students expected to be ready for full time employment between December 2027 - June 2028
• Excellent academic background (all subjects welcome)
• Outstanding quantitative problem‐solving skills and mathematical aptitude
• Some programming experience is required (Python, SQL, Java or C++ are a plus)
• A physicaliser; a person who identifies issues and creates solutions without rigid direction or fanfare
• Highly motivated and tenacious individual, with a proven ability to take initiative and work independently and within a team
• Team player: authentic, genuine person capable of working towards collective goals
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and can easily build new interpersonal relationships

YOU’RE JUST RIGHT FOR VIRTU IF YOU WANT