Quant jobs / Voleon

Research Intern (London)

A research internship for PhD students on ML-based trading models at a systematic hedge fund. Interns work with the research staff across data, modelling and production code.

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 predictive models for automated trading
Prepare and clean large datasets
Prototype research ideas
Turn models into production software

What they ask for

Required

Current graduate student in a quantitative field
Finishing a PhD in Dec 2026 or during 2027
Statistical methods and machine learning
Publications at top venues
Programming experience
Work authorisation in the UK

Education: Current PhD student in a quantitative discipline
Experience: PhD students graduating Dec 2026 or in 2027

How to prepare

Have a polished ML project and papers to discuss
Revise statistics and learning theory
Build a small market-prediction project on public data
Practise clean, tested Python

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 Voleon and doesn’t handle applications.