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\recipient{Software Development Expressions of Interest}{Optiver, Sydney}
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\opening{Dear Sir or Madam,}
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I am very excited to apply for a Software Development internship at Optiver.
I think it would be great to be able to work and learn about the challenges faced by a multinational trading firm.

I am finishing my Bachelor of Science in 2020 at the University of Melbourne, majoring in Electrical Systems.
There, I am also completing a Concurrent Diploma of Computing.
I intend to continue with my education with a Masters of Engineering in 2021.
In these, I have been exposed to a wide range of problems which have presented me with the opportunities to develop my technical, interpersonal and communication skills which I hope should help with a placement at Optiver.

I have experience programming in C and Java solving problems at systems and user levels.
I have also some experience with programming hardware in Verilog and VHDL.
I have also played with various open server and enterprise level technologies in my own time, particularly virtualisation and containerisation.
I have found my academic and personal experiences useful in employment, where I develop embedded systems.
I hope to be able to further my understanding of performance constrained computing through an internship with Optiver.

I believe that a position with Optiver would offer some fantastic opportunities I would be unable to experience anywhere else.
The constraints faced from algorithmic trading fascinate me, particularly due to the emphasis placed on, and potential gain from, marginal improvements in performance.

I look forward to hearing from you.

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