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# LINK 2027: Software Development Intensive Program at Five Rings LLC - Careers

- **Company:** Five Rings LLC - Careers
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Posted:** 2026-08-18
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/fiveringsllc/jobs/5394515008

## Job description

## About Five Rings

Five Rings is a proprietary trading firm founded with a vision of combining strategy, innovation and technology to succeed in today’s global markets. With offices in New York, Boca Raton, London and Amsterdam, Five Rings trades in various domestic and international markets, both established and esoteric. Our team constantly seeks new opportunities, analyzes their risks and rewards, and creates strategies and tools to capitalize on them.

We have an open culture and encourage the flow of knowledge and ideas between all areas of the firm.

LINK 2027: Software Development Intensive Program

This program will focus on current sophomores (those in their second year of university).

Where: New York City, NY - Five Rings HQ When: LINK is offered in three one-week sessions:

- LINK[0]: January 4-8, 2027
- LINK[1]: January 11-15, 2027
- LINK[2]: August 9-13, 2027

Five Rings will host an immersive, 5-day workshop exploring how trading systems technologies are designed and built. Leveraging our state-of-the-art C++ and Python development environment on Linux and mentored by our full-time software developers, participants will cover a wide range of topics, from network protocol stacks and distributed systems to C++23 and the fundamentals of automated trading system programming. Current sophomores are invited to apply to join us in New York City at our office in Brookfield Place for this week-long intensive experience.

Candidates apply once to LINK; session placement is determined during the offer process based on your availability and university's academic calendar.

Selected candidates will receive:

- a $2,000 stipend
- travel coverage to and from New York
- housing accommodations
- breakfast/lunch in addition to social activities with the Five Rings team

Five Rings is a team-first meritocracy built on constant innovation, where motivated and highly analytical individuals can thrive. We encourage interested students to apply and look forward to speaking with you soon!

## About Five Rings LLC - Careers

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Five Rings is a proprietary trading firm that combines strategy, innovation, and technology to identify and capitalize on opportunities across global markets.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped – no outside investors or clients)
- **Headquarters**: New York, NY, United States (with offices in London, Amsterdam, and Boca Raton)
- **Founded**: Not publicly available
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Proprietary trading (financial services)
- Target customers: None – the firm trades exclusively for its own account; no external clients
- Mission/purpose: “Find them first and profit from them quickly” – constantly seeking new opportunities, analyzing risks/rewards, and creating strategies and tools to capitalize on them

## Products & Services
- **Proprietary Trading Strategies**: In-house developed algorithms and models executed across established and esoteric markets (domestic and international).
- **Trading Systems Technology**: Custom low-latency trading infrastructure built on C++, Python, and Linux, designed for rapid iteration (insight to implementation often within days or weeks).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not disclosed (privately held, no external investors)
- **Key Metric**: 229 employees (LinkedIn, as of mid-2026)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors or partners; the firm is entirely self-funded.
- **Growth Signals**: Operates in 7 countries (US, UK, Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, India, Brazil); 4 offices; active recruiting for multiple roles (Quantitative Trader, Software Developer, Trading Operations Engineer, etc.); sponsors a summer Trading Systems Development Intensive Program for sophomores [fiverings.com](https://fiverings.com/) | [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/fiverings)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Team-first meritocracy**: Flat structure, open culture, and collaboration among quants, developers, and traders.
- **Strong mentorship**: Experienced traders and developers provide extensive hands-on and classroom training.
- **Speed of execution**: Strategies move from insight to implementation within days or weeks, not months.
- **Compensation**: Competitive packages that reflect the firm’s belief that talent drives success (LinkedIn reports high compensation ratings – 4.3/5.0 for compensation).

## Strategic Focus
- Continue expanding into multiple markets (domestic and international, established and esoteric).
- Invest heavily in technology and quantitative research to maintain an edge in speed and analytics.
- Recruit top analytical talent from universities and competitors (top sources: MIT, University of Pennsylvania, Jane Street, Meta).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Casual atmosphere, flat hierarchy, and a focus on collaboration and mentoring. Described as an “open and fun culture” where ideas flow freely [fiverings.com/team](https://fiverings.com/team/).
- **Work environment**: Full-time, in-office presence expected (trading floor setting). Offices in New York, London, Amsterdam.
- **Perks**: Great benefits, educational priorities (classroom training on top of hands-on work), summer internship program with social events, and a recent “National Intern Day” celebration with an ice cream cart. Employee reviews give culture 3.9/5.0 and career opportunities 3.2/5.0 [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/fiverings).
- **Engineering focus**: Software developers work on cutting-edge trading systems using C++23, Python, distributed systems, and low-latency networking. The firm runs a dedicated “Trading Systems Development Intensive” program for sophomores [Greenhouse job board](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/fiveringsllc/jobs/4988120008).

## Sources
1. [fiverings.com](https://fiverings.com/)
2. [fiverings.com/team](https://fiverings.com/team/)
3. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/fiverings)
4. [Greenhouse careers page](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/fiveringsllc)

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