Intern, Front Office Macro Strategist
ExodusPoint
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Posted:
August 29, 2023
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Onsite
About the position
We are seeking a talented Intern with strong technical skills and a rigorous decision-making approach to join our team as a Front Office Macro Strat Intern. In this role, you will support the full life-cycle of our trading business, including conducting research, backtesting, and building infrastructure. You will work under the supervision of an experienced Portfolio Manager and have the opportunity for rapid career growth in our fast-paced and dynamic environment. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to our global multi-strategy investment approach and be part of an institutional investment management firm.
Responsibilities
- Assisting in the research of new trading ideas
- Supporting the development of trading infrastructures
- Supporting any other ad-hoc tasks
- Seeking candidates in their 3rd or 4th year of undergrad OR post-grad students
Requirements
- Seeking candidates in their 3rd or 4th year of undergrad OR post-grad students
- Rigorous decision-making skills
- Strong technical background
- Ability to conduct research and backtests
- Experience in building infrastructure to support trading activities
- Willingness to work under the supervision of an existing Portfolio Manager
- Fast-paced and dynamic environment
- Potential for rapid career growth
Benefits
- Fast paced and dynamic environment
- Potential for rapid career growth
- Opportunity for internships throughout the year
- Research of new trading ideas
- Development of trading infrastructures
- Support for ad-hoc tasks
- Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in a quantitative subject
- Mathematics, engineering, statistics, or finance background
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills
- Good understanding of probability distributions and statistics
- Python development experience
- Effective verbal and written communication
- Creative thinking and problem-solving skills
- Experience establishing scalable architectures/building lightweight GUIs using Python/Javascript would be advantageous