- Company Name
- Qube Research & Technologies
- Job Title
- 2026 - Internship, Quantitative Research/Trading
- Job Description
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**Job Title**
2026 Internship – Quantitative Research/Trading
**Role Summary**
Mid‑ or final‑year undergraduate or graduate students will join a 4‑6 month internship program focused on building and deploying systematic trading strategies. Interns will work on both research and live trading teams, covering high, mid, and low‑frequency signal development, data analysis, and platform optimisation.
**Expectations**
- Conduct end‑to‑end research cycles: idea generation, model development, back‑testing, and implementation.
- Deploy research outputs to a real‑time systematic trading platform, monitor performance, and optimise execution.
- Collaborate with researchers and traders across cross‑functional teams.
- Deliver clear documentation and present findings to senior staff.
**Key Responsibilities**
- Collect, clean, and analyse large, multi‑time‑frame datasets to uncover predictive patterns.
- Design, code, and validate predictive models using statistical, machine‑learning, and NLP/AI techniques.
- Back‑test models against historical data and iterate to improve Sharpe, turnover, and risk metrics.
- Integrate successfully validated models into the live trading system; monitor real‑time signal behaviour and execution quality.
- Identify and mitigate sources of error, latency, or slippage; propose execution‑improvement technical solutions.
- Produce concise technical reports, dashboards, and presentations summarising research insights and trading results.
**Required Skills**
- Strong quantitative background: mathematics, statistics, data science, physics, engineering or equivalent.
- Proficient in Python; experience in C++ or C# is highly valued.
- Comfort with large‑scale data processing and version control (Git).
- Familiarity with SQL, pandas, NumPy, scikit‑learn, and/or deep‑learning frameworks.
- Understanding of time‑series analysis, predictive modelling, and model validation.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritise, and maintain accuracy in fast‑paced environments.
- Excellent written and verbal communication in English; additional language skills welcome.
**Required Education & Certifications**
- Current enrollment in a Bachelor’s or Master’s program, penultimate or final year, in a quantitative discipline.
- No mandatory certifications required; stat/coding coursework and relevant project experience preferred.