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Each project, advised by a software engineer, promotes a comprehensive learning experience and provides you with meaningful work experience.\nCommunity: Throughout the summer, we host a variety of educational, social and team-building activities to foster friendship and camaraderie.\nMentorship: 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.\nDRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. 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