2027 Capital Markets, Global Markets Quantitative Trading Summer Analyst
About The Position
RBC Capital Markets is a premier investment bank providing a focused set of products and services to corporations, institutional investors, and governments globally. With over 7,100 professionals in 70 offices across 15 countries, we assist clients in over 100 countries with capital raising, market access, risk mitigation, and asset acquisition/disposal. RBC Capital Markets is part of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), a leading financial services provider, one of the top 15 largest banks globally, and the fifth largest in North America by market capitalization. The Quantitative Trading Summer Analyst Program offers a unique opportunity to work within RBC’s quantitative trading teams, which are composed of mathematicians, software engineers, and data scientists who develop and manage automated trading strategies. The program aims to identify and develop STEM/Computer Science candidates into future leaders in algorithmic trading.
Requirements
- Anticipated graduation in Winter 2027 or Spring 2028 at an accredited four-year college or university or master’s program.
- Engaged in study of Math, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
- Strong programming skills, with experience in python and at least one compiled language (Java or C++).
- Ability to manage multiple competing priorities and thrive in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
- Be reliable. Product quality code, meet deadlines, follow through on commitments, anticipate and prevent problems.
- Be proactive. Apply even judgement and have the ambition to figure things out on your own.
- Be diligent. Respond strategically to operational issues to instill confidence in our processes.
- Be curious. Continually improve your skills. Take time to deliberately practice new skills and technologies that excite you.
Responsibilities
- Assist in developing trading strategies.
- Improve the speed of trading systems.
- Evaluate models and technologies.
- Paper trade in your team’s asset class by working with voice traders to better learn our markets.
- Gain experience for the products your team trades: FX, equities, interest rates, ETFs, etc.
- Become immersed in a comprehensive education program for interns and junior traders/researchers that will develop critical quantitative skills and decision-making capabilities.
Benefits
- Gain a strong sense of ownership and pride for your work—we write code for ourselves, not for customers or a third party.
- Understand what it would be like to have a career in quantitative trading, and work in a leading algo trading team.
- Learn about high-frequency markets, how to write high-performance code, and how mathematics and statistics get applied in a trading business.
- Learn how a professional electronic trading team manages the complexity of their stack and their market.
- Network with other teams to explore career possibilities across finance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
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