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Quantitative Trader/Researcher Graduate Programme 2027

A six-month graduate programme for 2027 graduates joining a trading team. Mentors guide work on algorithms and strategies.

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.

Design and deploy high or mid frequency algorithms
Research existing strategies with a mentor
Analyse market data for ideas
Build analytics tools

What they ask for

Required

Master's and/or PhD in a quantitative field
Strong Python and C++
Problem solving
Multitasking
Communication

Education: Master's and/or PhD in maths, statistics, physics, engineering, computer science, data science or financial engineering.
Experience: 2027 graduates
Languages and tools: Python
C++

How to prepare

Build a signal research project
Practise Python and C++
Review statistics and ML
Study market data

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 Tower Research Capital and doesn’t handle applications.