Quant jobs / PDT Partners

Summer 2027 Quantitative Research Intern – PhD/Postdoctoral

A ten-week summer research internship for PhD students and postdocs at PDT Partners. Interns work on statistical modelling, signal research and strategy optimisation with senior researchers.

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.

Run substantive projects on statistical modelling and new signals
Develop and tune trading strategies
Work with large-scale datasets on strong computing resources
Present ideas to senior researchers

What they ask for

Required

Current PhD or postdoc in maths, science, engineering or a related field
Strong mathematical and analytical foundation
Programming in Python, R, Matlab or C++
Interest in large datasets
Clear communication

Education: Current PhD student or postdoc in maths, science, engineering or related disciplines; eligible for full-time roles starting 2027 to 2029
Experience: PhD students and postdocs; no finance background needed
Languages and tools: Python
R
Matlab
C++

How to prepare

Prepare to explain your thesis methods and results
Practise statistics and ML modelling on a noisy dataset
Learn the basics of financial data and backtesting
Rehearse whiteboard problem solving

What to study

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