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Sector Data Scientist – 2027 Intern (US)

A 2027 sector-data internship supporting fundamental investment research. Data analysis helps investors test views about companies and industries.

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.

Compare multiple datasets against an investment hypothesis
Identify company metrics and changes in sector trends
Present findings and extend decision-support tools for investors

What they ask for

Required

Undergraduate quantitative or related studies
Python, SQL and Excel experience
Interest in investing
Explaining analyses to investment colleagues

Education: Undergraduate studies in computing, business, physics, economics, engineering or statistics
Experience: Student internship; no professional-experience threshold given
Languages and tools: Python
SQL
Excel
Markets: equities

How to prepare

Test a company-revenue hypothesis with public alternative data
Practise SQL joins and data checks on inconsistent datasets
Present an investment-research finding in three concise slides

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