Quant Research Intern: High-Freq Trading & ML (C++, Python)

Tower Research Capital; Sydney; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Free meals

Networking events

Mentorship

Leadership exposure

Job summary

Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm hiring early-career engineers in Sydney to work on advanced trading infrastructure and data analysis. Participants will contribute to low-latency systems, FPGA-like acceleration concepts, and ML-enabled insights while learning from top engineers in a collaborative setting.

The program emphasizes problem-solving, teamwork, and the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment, with mentorship and networking opportunities

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s student in a relevant field.
• Proficiency in an object-oriented language (C++ and Python preferred).
• Working knowledge of Linux/Unix; strong problem solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and deploying mid- to high-frequency trading algorithms.
• Exploring trading ideas by analyzing market data and market microstructure for patterns.
• Creating tools to analyze data for patterns.
• Contributing to libraries of analytical computations to support market data analysis and trading.
• Developing, augmenting, and calibrating exchange simulators.

Skills

C++

Python

Object-oriented programming

Linux/Unix

Problem-solving

Communication

Interest in financial markets

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s student

Tools

Git

Machine learning

Job description

Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm hiring early-career engineers in Sydney to work on advanced trading infrastructure and data analysis. Participants will contribute to low-latency systems, FPGA-like acceleration concepts, and ML-enabled insights while learning from top engineers in a collaborative setting.

The program emphasizes problem-solving, teamwork, and the ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment, with mentorship and networking opportunities