Quantitative Trading Internship Opportunity
We are a global 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 our firm.
We are a flat organisation that encourages innovation and collaboration among our people. Our culture combines the creativity of a fast-paced startup with the stability of a disciplined financial services firm.
We have fun, work hard, and strive to be virtuous in all we do.
About the Role
As a Quantitative Trading Intern, you'll work alongside senior traders on a variety of exciting and challenging projects that introduce you to all the intricacies of market making.
You will gain knowledge of our trading strategies used in customer market-making business.
Interns in this track will apply their quantitative analysis and research skills to discover patterns that can potentially improve our trading algorithms.
Key Responsibilities
* Solve trading problems as they occur in the markets and work from a menu of projects with the team.
* Apply your quantitative analysis and research skills to discover patterns that can potentially improve our trading algorithms.
* Work closely with quants and software engineers to enhance and further develop the firm's trading strategies.
Requirements
We're looking for top performers who possess:
* Excellent academic background (all subjects welcome)
* Outstanding quantitative problem-solving skills and mathematical aptitude
* Some programming experience is required (Python, SQL, Java, or C++ are a plus)
* 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