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Execution Trading Intern

🏢 WorldQuant • 📍 London, England • 🕒 Today

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Location Base

London, England

Tier-1 UK Economic Zone

Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

Execution Trading Intern

WorldQuant develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across a broad range of asset classes and global markets. We seek to produce high-quality predictive signals (alphas) through our proprietary research platform to employ financial strategies focused on market inefficiencies. Our teams work collaboratively to drive the production of alphas and financial strategies – the foundation of a balanced, global investment platform.

Technologists at WorldQuant research, design, code, test and deploy projects while working collaboratively with researchers and portfolio managers. Our environment is relaxed yet intellectually driven. We seek people who think in code and are motivated by being around like-minded people.

WorldQuant is built on a culture that pairs academic sensibility with accountability for results. Employees are encouraged to think openly about problems, balancing intellectualism and practicality. Excellent ideas come from anyone, anywhere. Employees are encouraged to challenge conventional thinking and possess an attitude of continuous improvement.

Our goal is to hire the best and the brightest. We value intellectual horsepower first and foremost, and people who demonstrate an outstanding talent. There is no roadmap to future success, so we need people who can help us build it.

The Role: WorldQuant is seeking an exceptional individual to join the firm as an Execution Trading Intern for a 3 months period. You will work on a real world project that the organization deems critical to accomplish its goals. Learn how to translate the skills you’ve honed in the classroom to the real world. Our highly accomplished senior staff will provide candidates with mentoring and guidance to help them succeed.

Learn about execution across equities, FX, Futures and other asset classes
Assist the execution team with automated execution flows and pursue improvements to reduce the cost of implementing WorldQuant’s models
Gain an understanding of underlying market structure
Aid in the analysis of large data-sets to guide further automation and refinement of execution processes
Interface and learn from experienced investment professionals

What You’ll Bring:

B.Sc./M.Sc./Ph.D from a leading university in a Quantitative, Computer Science or related discipline
Experience in scripting languages, statistical analysis languages, databases, and Linux a strong plus
Interest in learning about the financial markets and a role at a quantitative asset manager
Familiarity with electronic equities, FX and futures a strong plus
Ability to work full-time for at least 3 months.

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