Technology Early Careers Programme

Marshall Wace North America; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personalized mentoring

Regular seminars with leaders

Social events

Job summary

Marshall Wace North America is offering a rotational graduate and early careers programme in New York for individuals excited to build a strong foundation in technology. This 18–24 month programme allows candidates to work across multiple technology teams and engage in real business challenges.

Successful participants will gain exposure to various technologies and development approaches, benefit from personalized mentoring, and have the opportunity to shape their own career progression. Ideal candidates are high-achieving STEM students eager to learn and grow within a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Excited to learn and build a strong foundation in technology.
• Experience in personal projects, internships, or hackathons.
• High-achieving STEM students are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work across technology teams in a rotational format.
• Participate in hands-on projects and real business challenges.
• Engage in mentoring and professional development opportunities.

Skills

Technical skills development

Programming experience

Critical thinking

Project management

Education

STEM degree

Job description

This 18–24 month rotational graduate and early careers programme is available in London, New York, Hong Kong and Singapore. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to work across multiple technology teams — up to six — in their chosen office. The breadth of this graduate programme will help you build a strong foundation while gaining exposure to different technologies, development approaches, and areas of the business.

Graduates

Whether you’re in your final year or have recently graduated, this programme is designed for people who are excited to keep learning and build a strong foundation in technology. We take your interests into account, matching them with areas where you can make the greatest impact.

While a Computer Science degree is not a requirement, we are looking for candidates who have actively developed their technical and programming skills — through internships, hackathons, or personal projects. Applications are welcome from high-achieving STEM students at prestigious universities at all levels, including undergraduates.

The programme includes personalised mentoring, regular seminars with senior leaders and key members of staff, social events, and opportunities to get involved in the firm’s charitable activities.

If you’re already in the early stages of your career and want more breadth, faster growth, or hands‑on exposure to financial technology, this programme is for you. We take your interests and existing experience into account, matching them with areas where you can make the greatest impact.

We are looking for candidates who have actively developed their technical and programming skills — through existing roles and, side projects, or open‑source contributions. The rotational structure means you’re not boxed into one team; you’ll move across the stack and grow quickly in ways you wouldn’t in a single role.

Like our graduates, you’ll benefit from personalised mentoring, regular seminars with senior leaders, social events, and opportunities to get involved in the firm’s charitable activities.

The rotations you undertake as part of our graduate and early careers technology programme will be unique to you, shaped by your skills, interests, and development goals. The different technology teams available as part of the programme can be explored here.

Example Projects

To give you a sense of the kind of work our technologists do, example projects include:

• Benchmarking and onboarding a high‑performance distributed database
• Building developer tooling to improve safety in stream processing systems
• Writing data pipelines that feed into systematic trading models
• Creating a platform to provide insights into, and improve, trade optimisation and performance
• Redesigning the core library used by the Technology team’s CI/CD platform

These projects reflect the breadth of experience available to graduates and those in the early stages of their careers, offering hands‑on exposure to real business challenges, modern technologies, and impactful engineering work.

Progression at Marshall Wace

The rotational format of our graduate and early careers technology programme gives you the opportunity to explore different roles within the Technology team before deciding where you are best placed to grow and contribute. This may include rotations across both Software Engineering and Site Reliability Engineering teams. By the end of the programme, you will have the opportunity to move into the team that best aligns with your interests, strengths, and longer‑term career development goals.

For graduates and those in the early stages of their careers, progression after completing the programme is not rigidly defined. There is no fixed ladder to climb. Growth can take many forms – from taking on more complex projects, to mentoring colleagues or new joiners, to exploring opportunities for international experience. Your career progression and professional development will be shaped by your strengths, ambitions, and impact, in partnership with your manager.

Technology is at our core

Technology is at our core. It is industry‑defining, best‑in‑class, and we are always striving to go further. As part of our technology graduate programme and early careers opportunities, you will have the chance to work with cutting‑edge technologies while learning from some of the strongest technical talent in the industry.

This programme is an opportunity for graduates and those in the early stages of their careers to accelerate their development and gain invaluable real‑world experience. You will be continually challenged to build new skills, tackle unfamiliar problems, and push yourself beyond your comfort zone.

There are no small cogs in big wheels here. Our teams are lean, responsibilities are meaningful, and opportunities are there for the taking. During the programme, you will work across a wide variety of projects and see them through from start to finish, gaining hands‑on experience and making a real impact from day one.

Ownership and Autonomy

At Marshall Wace, we believe in giving people at the start of their careers real ownership and autonomy over projects that add tangible value to the business. Through our graduate and early careers technology programme, you will be encouraged to approach challenges in your own way, question the status quo, and contribute meaningfully to our success. The trust we place in our early careers technologists empowers you to seize opportunities, grow quickly, and make a difference from day one. Join us and be part of a team that values your potential and invests in your future.

You will also, of course, be eligible for the benefits relevant to your office.

Academic achievement

Applications are welcome from high‑achieving STEM graduates at all levels, including those with up to three years of professional experience.

“Shoot for the moon” ambition

We want people who think differently and who push hard stop to solve the problems and execute positive outcomes.

We look for engineers who have experience working with at least one programming language, demonstrating a self‑driven interest in technology.

Lead the way

A mindset of innovation, brimming with ideas at every level, even in the everyday tasks.

Build value

Our engineers need to think critically about a range of strategic issues impacting the business.

An ability to rapidly move between projects, often working on different tasks at the same time.