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Internship Backend Python Jobs in New York, NY (NOW HIRING)

Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

$62.25 - $82.75/hr

... internships and teaching assistantships don't count * Familiarity with agent development and RAG * Fluency in at least one mainstream backend language (Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, etc.) and ...

Software Engineer 1

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$55.50 - $75/hr

Familiarity with both frontend and backend development * Ability to work effectively with ... Coursework, internships, personal projects, or academic experience with one or more programming ...

Familiarity with both frontend and backend development * Ability to work effectively with ... Coursework, internships, personal projects, or academic experience with one or more programming ...

AI Engineer

New York, NY · On-site

$115K - $130K/yr

Strong Python skills What we value * Initiative and willingness to learn quickly on the job * Bias ... Experience with APIs, backend services, or workflow automation * Familiarity with FastAPI, Flask ...

... internship/coursework for Software Engineer I). * Working knowledge of at least one backend language (Go, TypeScript, Python) and familiarity with modern frontend frameworks (React or similar)

Varying languages, including Java and Go for backend and Typescript for frontend * Open-source ... Experience coding in programming languages, such as Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, or similar ...

Senior Software Engineer

Manhattan, NY · On-site

$134K - $177K/yr

Required : • 5+ years of software development experience outside of education and internships • Experience with backend and frontend languages. Our stack includes Python, Golang, TypeScript, so ...

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As of Aug 11, 2026, the average yearly pay for internship backend python in New York, NY is $162,172.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $159,200.00 and $183,200.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.
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Infographic showing various Internship Backend Python job openings in New York, NY as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 2% Internship, 90% Full Time, 2% Part Time, and 6% Contract. Highlights an 80% Physical, 6% Hybrid, and 14% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $162,172 per year, or $78 per hour.

2027 Internship - Frontend Engineer (UI)

Virtu Financial

New York, NY • On-site

$5.0K - $5.8K/wk

Full-time, Internship

Posted 11 days ago


Job description

Virtu is an industry-leading financial technology firm that operates both proprietary trading and client-facing businesses in the global financial marketplace. Our cutting edge, proprietary technology is core to everything we do. We trade in over 35 countries, across 235 financial exchanges and over 25% of retail order flow in the US. is serviced by Virtu.
Our team is a dedicated group of traders, quants and developers that are inspired by the unique and exciting challenges we solve every day. Our culture combines the creativity of a fast paced start up, with the stability of a disciplined financial services firm. We are a flat organization and encourage our people to innovate and lean on their teammates for support and collaboration. We have fun, work hard and strive to be virtuous in all we do.
FRONTEND DEVELOPER INTERNSHIP
Virtu's internship program offers students an extraordinary opportunity to learn about the firm and the world's financial markets. We have built a thoughtful and challenging curriculum that introduces students to all aspects of Virtu's business through a company-curated global training week, real world development projects to complete, and engaging social events to get to know our team and culture.
  • Location: New York
  • Dates: 10 week program, starting June 7th, 2027 - August 13th, 2027 (with flexibility if needed)
  • Training: Ongoing training throughout the summer and a training week held in New York
  • Projects: Real problems to solve throughout the program. Interns will work from a list of projects and have several senior mentors throughout the summer program.
  • Perks: Onsite Barista, weekly happy hours, social events, daily lunch, stocked pantry

Our User Interface (UI) development team is a highly talented group of versatile software engineers who are collaborating with traders and developers to gather requirements, understand needs, and implement real-time trading, visualization, analysis and reporting tools. Ideal candidates will have a passion and talent for designing great, intuitive user interfaces as well as expansive experience around web technologies and Javascript frameworks.
As an intern, you will complete a variety of challenging development projects. You'll work alongside our senior team to improve scalability, performance and efficiency of our cutting edge trading systems. This is a rare opportunity for students to learn first hand how to design and architect trading tools for scale and performance, and to support the massive amounts of data that flow through Virtu's trading systems daily.
REQUIREMENTS
  • Rising juniors, or students expected to be ready for full time employment between December 2027 - June 2028.
  • Excellent academic background in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field
  • Strong programming skills in JavaScript, React, and Node
  • Experience with TypeScript, Java, C++, Python is a plus
  • Being comfortable with a wide variety of projects (frontend/backend, different programming languages)
  • A physicalizer; 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 who is capable of working collective goals.

THE PROCESS
After applicants pass an initial resume screening, an online programming test will be emailed to you via HackerRank. Upon review, we will reach out to arrange next steps. We are looking forward to meeting you!
Salary Range: $5,000 - $5,800 weekly (salary range is exclusive of sign on bonuses, housing, meals, benefits or any other forms of compensation)
Virtu Financial is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, welcoming you for who you are and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.