Quant Trading Intern: Hands-On Market-Making & Mentorship

SANITI - Student Association of Nelson-Marlborough Institute of Technology Inc; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 67,000 - 89,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remuneration package

Flights and accommodation provided

Daily breakfast and lunch

In-house barista

Regular social events

Training and personal development

Gym membership and massages

Job summary

Optiver offers a Quantitative Trading Internship spanning 8 weeks, mentored by industry experts to design, develop and enhance trading strategies. You’ll work on lectures, live-market data trading, and backtesting, gaining exposure to multiple trading desks and real market dynamics.

As a penultimate-year student, you’ll build deep quantitative and programming skills, with opportunities to join post-internship programs and grow within a leading global market maker.

Qualifications

• Penultimate year university student with strong quantitative skills.
• Eligible to work in Australia and New Zealand or have full working rights.
• Strong logical reasoning and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience in Python is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Complete our curated series of lectures and coursework on trading fundamentals, covering topics such as options pricing, financial markets, trading strategies and cutting-edge technology.
• Apply your recently acquired knowledge in a simulated trading environment, trading options using live market data for a realistic hands-on experience.
• Analyse real historical data to develop your own algorithmic trading strategy and backtest to see how it performed.
• Learn directly from our team of full-time educators and current traders, gaining exposure to our various trading desks and experience the financial markets first-hand.
• Test your potential and accelerate your growth in a fascinating and high-performing environment.

Skills

Python programming

Job description

Optiver offers a Quantitative Trading Internship spanning 8 weeks, mentored by industry experts to design, develop and enhance trading strategies. You’ll work on lectures, live-market data trading, and backtesting, gaining exposure to multiple trading desks and real market dynamics.

As a penultimate-year student, you’ll build deep quantitative and programming skills, with opportunities to join post-internship programs and grow within a leading global market maker.