Quant jobs / Tower Research Capital

Quantitative Trader/Researcher Intern – Summer 2027

A summer internship on a high-frequency trading team, researching and deploying algorithms. Interns work on microstructure signals and simulators.

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 HFT algorithms
Explore microstructure patterns
Build analysis tools
Calibrate exchange simulators

What they ask for

Required

Bachelor's, master's or PhD student
C++ or Python
Linux/Unix
Problem solving
Interest in markets

Preferred

Industry experience
Olympiads or teaching
ML and data modelling

Education: Student in computer science, maths, physics, electrical engineering or related.
Experience: Students
Languages and tools: C++
Python

How to prepare

Analyse tick data for patterns
Build a simulator
Study market microstructure
Practise probability

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.