Finance Data Science Intern - Build Signals & Datasets

Schonfeld; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Schonfeld offers a data science internship in New York. You’ll join the data science team to build proprietary datasets, run analyses, and generate features that feed into investment strategies.

You’ll work with engineering and portfolio teams to optimize data ingestion, explore financial datasets, backtest ideas, and develop domain expertise across asset classes over a 10-week program with mentorship and guidance to accelerate your career.

Qualifications

• Degree in a quantitative field such as computer science, data science or financial engineering.
• Knowledge of Python, SQL, or other programming languages.
• Proficiency with statistical and machine learning packages for quantitative analysis.
• Experience researching and analyzing financial datasets.
• Attention to detail and strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ingest and optimize data pipelines with engineering teams.
• Collaborate to extract insights and generate features for alpha generation.
• Backtest ideas and validate hypotheses through data-driven analysis.
• Develop domain expertise across asset classes and datasets.

Skills

Python/SQL

ML/Statistics

Financial Data

Attention to Detail

Communication

Education

Quantitative Degree

Tools

Spark

Kafka

Docker

Airflow

Job description

Schonfeld offers a data science internship in New York. You’ll join the data science team to build proprietary datasets, run analyses, and generate features that feed into investment strategies.

You’ll work with engineering and portfolio teams to optimize data ingestion, explore financial datasets, backtest ideas, and develop domain expertise across asset classes over a 10-week program with mentorship and guidance to accelerate your career.