Softwareentwickler / Developer (w/m/d)

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 organised social events to truly discover what it is like to live and work in London.

• Design, develop, test, and deploy proprietary software solutions across the firm.
• 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.
• 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.

You should be 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.

You should have exposure to network programming (TCP/IP), multi-threaded applications, computational intelligence, algorithms, real-time programming, or GUI programming.

You should have a strong understanding of object-oriented design, data structures, and algorithms, and exhibit excellent software development skills in C++, Python, Java, C#, or C, along with a deep curiosity to learn and absorb new technologies quickly.

What to expect during the internship:

• 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.

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. 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.

DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation, and a willingness to challenge consensus.