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Quantitative Development & Strategy Intern, Summer 2027

A 10-week summer internship on the quant team of an options market maker, writing code for trading strategies. Interns work with researchers, traders and engineers.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Write production code for pricing and execution logic
Add market signals to trading systems
Improve parts of the existing codebase
Present results to the team

What they ask for

Required

Studying a technical degree
Strong Python
Object-oriented programming
Linear algebra
Introductory statistics
Graduating by August 2028
GPA of 3.5 or above

Preferred

Generic or parallel programming
Numerical methods or optimisation
Machine learning or HPC
Exposure to trading

Education: Currently pursuing a bachelor's, master's or PhD in a technical field; graduating by August 2028
Experience: Students; no finance experience required
Languages and tools: Python
Markets: options, multi-asset

How to prepare

Write tested object-oriented Python projects
Refresh linear algebra and statistics
Implement a basic option pricer
Practise coding and maths puzzles under time limits

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