2026 Summer Internship - Quantitative Risk Technology

Quant Blueprint LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Quant Blueprint LLC in Chicago is seeking a candidate to engage in quantitative research and trading strategies. Responsibilities include assisting with trade execution, participation in strategy meetings, and leading development projects for trading technologies.

The role offers training in option valuation and financial engineering, ensuring rapid skill development. This position provides an excellent opportunity to collaborate with leadership in a dynamic trading environment.

Qualifications

• Participate in quantitative research and apply quantitative strategies in market-making operations.
• Assist with order execution, trade checking, and trade reconciliations.
• Engage in data analysis on large data sets to support trading strategies.

Responsibilities

• Participate in strategy meetings and collaborate with the team on position management.
• Lead and participate in quantitative development projects enhancing trading technologies.
• Engage in continuous training covering option valuation, game theory, and financial engineering.

Job description

• Research – Participate in quantitative research and the application of quantitative strategies while learning concepts behind our core market-making operations
• Daily trading activities – Assist with order execution, trade checking, and trade reconciliations
• Desk strategy – Participate in strategy meetings and collaborate with your team on their position management
• Development projects – Lead and participate in specific quantitative development projects that enhance trader facing technologies
• Data Analysis – Perform analyses on large data sets and pull insights to support our trading strategies
• Training – Engage in continuous, hands-on training that includes education on option valuation, game theory, hedging, portfolio analysis, and simulated trading games to quickly learn the aspects of option pricing and financial engineering, both on a theoretical level and in application with Belvedere's various strategies
• Collaborate with leadership – This position gives direct access to Position Managers and software development Team Leads to complete their broad training