3 – 6 Month Off Cycle Internship

Brevan Howard; Greater London; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentor program

Networking events

AI talks

Job summary

Brevan Howard is offering an internship for penultimate-year or PhD students to apply quantitative and ML skills in a fast-paced, real-world setting.

You'll build data pipelines, develop models and trading signals, and integrate AI into analytical systems while contributing to the firm's analytics library used by Quants and PMs.

The program features talks, mentor support, social events, and a potential path to Brevan Howard's 2028 Graduate Program.

Qualifications

• Penultimate-year or PhD candidate at a recognized university.
• Strong mathematical and quantitative capabilities with technical skills.
• Interest in financial markets, trading, and financial products.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Entrepreneurial spirit and drive to learn.

Responsibilities

• Build pipelines to extract and analyze data for PMs.
• Develop models and trading signals for decision-making.
• Integrate AI into analytical systems using LLMs and agent workflows.
• Contribute to the core analytics library used by Quants and PMs.
• Internship aims to convert top performers to the 2028 Graduate Program.

Skills

Mathematics

Quantitative Skills

Problem-solving

English Proficiency

Teamwork

Entrepreneurial Spirit

Education

Penultimate year or PhD student

Tools

Excel

VBA

R

AI

ML

Job description

The Opportunity

If you enjoy applying your quantitative and ML skills to real-world problems, coding production-quality analysis and tools, and working in a fast-paced environment with immediate and tangible feedback, our Internship Program is ideal for you.

asset prices, macroeconomic indicators, news, sell-side research, and trading signals.

Transforming this data into actionable insights is central to how we win, and we’re looking to find the next generation of portfolio managers and quants through our internship program—people who are eager to push the frontier of research and engineering in global macro investing.

Overview & Responsibilities

• Build pipelines to extract and analyze data, develop models and trading signals, and support decision-making of Portfolio Managers.
• Integrate AI into analytical systems as well as building new AI-powered tools using the latest LLMs and agent workflows.
• Contribute to our core analytics library, which is leveraged by Quants and PMs across the firm for research, trading and risk management.
• Interns will benefit from key talks, a mentor program, social events and interactions with some of the most respected and talented individuals in their field.
• This internship is devised to provide candidates with an invaluable education on the workings of a multi-strategy hedge fund and the regulatory environment through a two-way process to determine if Brevan Howard and the intern are a compatible fit.
• The goal of our internship program is to convert top performing interns to our 2028 Graduate Program.

The Opportunity

If you enjoy applying your quantitative and ML skills to real-world problems, coding production-quality analysis and tools, and working in a fast-paced environment with immediate and tangible feedback, our Internship Program is ideal for you.

At Brevan Howard, we build systematic and discretionary investment processes that rely on rigorous analysis of a vast universe of data,

such as asset prices, macroeconomic indicators, news, sell-side research, and trading signals.

Transforming this data into actionable insights is central to how we win, and we’re looking to find the next generation of portfolio managers and quants through our internship program—people who are eager to push the frontier of research and engineering in global macro investing.

This role may be based in Abu Dhabi, Geneva, or London.

Overview & Responsibilities

• Build pipelines to extract and analyze data, develop models and trading signals, and support decision-making of Portfolio Managers.
• Integrate AI into analytical systems as well as building new AI-powered tools using the latest LLMs and agent workflows.
• Contribute to our core analytics library, which is leveraged by Quants and PMs across the firm for research, trading and risk management.
• Interns will benefit from key talks, a mentor program, social events and interactions with some of the most respected and talented individuals in their field.
• This internship is devised to provide candidates with an invaluable education on the workings of a multi-strategy hedge fund and the regulatory environment through a two-way process to determine if Brevan Howard and the intern are a compatible fit.
• The goal of our internship program is to convert top performing interns to our 2028 Graduate Program.

Qualifications & Requirements

• A penultimate year student or PhD student at a recognized University — completed and awarded before July 2028.
• Strong mathematical, quantitative, problem-solving capabilities, and technical skills (Excel, VBA, R, AI, and ML techniques).
• An interest and passion for financial markets, trading, and financial products.
• The ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team.
• An entrepreneurial spirit.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Why take this opportunity

This is a unique opportunity to gain insight into one of the world’s leading firms operating at the forefront of macro trading. At Brevan Howard, we believe the future of investing lies at the intersection of deep domain expertise and cutting-edge technology. As our industry is being reshaped by AI and automation, you’ll see first‑hand how LLMs, retrieval, and agent‑like systems are being used in the front‑office environment at one of the world’s premier macro hedge funds – where correctness, robustness and speed matter.

Top‑performing interns are considered for our Graduate Program the following year and longer‑term paths include roles as analyst, quant, and portfolio manager.

Please note that you may only submit one application to the Internship Program globally. We encourage you to apply to the role and region that best align with your skills, experience, and interests.