Quantitative Investment Intern: Data, ML & Modeling

northwesternmutual; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 22,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwestern Mutual is seeking a Quantitative Analyst Intern for the Public Investments Department. The role focuses on building data models, dashboards, and predictive tools to support fixed income investments and risk management.

Interns work with Portfolio Managers, Traders, and Credit Analysts to deliver data-driven insights, participate in professional development, and contribute to investment process improvements during the summer of 2027.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as Quantitative Finance, CS, Finance or Math.
• Strong development skills in SQL, Python, Streamlit and dbt.
• Excellent data manipulation and visualization abilities.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain data models with dbt and SQL; ensure data quality.
• Develop interactive dashboards using Tableau and Streamlit for investment teams.
• Design ML models and tune parameters; explore signals for investment applications.
• Apply quantitative methods: portfolio optimization, Monte Carlo, risk, backtesting.
• Collaborate with PMs, Traders, and Analysts to deliver data-driven insights.

Skills

SQL

Python

Streamlit

dbt

Data visualization

Version control/CI-CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field

Tools

Tableau

Snowflake

Bloomberg

Aladdin

Git

Job description

Northwestern Mutual is seeking a Quantitative Analyst Intern for the Public Investments Department. The role focuses on building data models, dashboards, and predictive tools to support fixed income investments and risk management.

Interns work with Portfolio Managers, Traders, and Credit Analysts to deliver data-driven insights, participate in professional development, and contribute to investment process improvements during the summer of 2027.