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Quantitative Research Intern, Summer 2027

A 10-week summer research internship on the quant team of an options market maker, using statistics and machine learning to build strategies. Finance experience is not required.

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.

Build trading strategies with statistical and ML methods
Develop optimisation algorithms for portfolio construction
Model market behaviour from data
Explore new research topics with mentors

What they ask for

Required

Studying statistics, CS, engineering, maths or similar
Strong statistics and machine learning
Experience building mathematical models
Intermediate Python
Graduating by August 2028
GPA of 3.5 or above

Education: Pursuing a bachelor's, master's or PhD in a quantitative subject; graduating by August 2028
Experience: Students; finance experience not required
Languages and tools: Python
Markets: options, multi-asset

How to prepare

Complete a small ML project with proper validation
Revise statistics and regularisation
Learn constrained portfolio optimisation
Practise timed maths and coding problems

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Akuna Capital and doesn’t handle applications.