2025 Emerging Markets and Delta One Quantitative Research Summer Intern

The Role

We are excited to offer an opportunity for a diverse group of students to join the internship program at Schonfeld. You’ll spend ten weeks with the Emerging Markets and Delta One team in London where you will be immersed in the culture and atmosphere of Schonfeld, working alongside Portfolio Managers and Quantitative Researchers on meaningful projects.

What You’ll Do 

You will join Schonfeld’s Emerging Markets and Delta One team to develop our alpha research on investment strategies covering dividends, repo/funding, long/short, indices and ETFs. You will leverage the expertise of the team and the various data sets at our disposal to elaborate ideas, backtest them and present your work to a wider audience.

This is a unique opportunity to gain exposure to the Emerging Markets and Delta One business in a collaborative environment and learn from market-leading professionals. Over the 10-week internship program, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with team members from all levels to learn what it takes to be a successful Quantitative Researcher. Additionally, you’ll get the opportunity to network and socialize with peers and firmwide colleagues throughout the internship.

What You’ll Bring

What you need:

• A Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in a quantitative or technical field such as statistics, mathematics, physics, electronic engineering or computer science
• Strong quantitative background covering probability, statistics, data science, optimization
• Excellent Python skills
• Creative problem-solving skills and experience working with real-world datasets
• Ability to communicate research ideas clearly and succinctly both written and verbal
• Passion for financial markets and desire to make a difference in a challenging and competitive environment

We’d love if you had:

• Prior experience in the financial industry
• Product knowledge (Swaps, futures, TRFs, dividend swaps, forwards and synthetics)

Our Internship

The Schonfeld summer internship provides students with a unique opportunity to experience Schonfeld, our work, our people, and our culture. Interns will typically join a small team and will spend 10 weeks at Schonfeld from June – August.

Each summer intern will work on a tailored project that will provide them with real world experience.  We provide all interns with a dedicated mentor and manager to help them navigate the summer successfully. Interns will also participate in our learning program, the Sapphire: Summer Session, which aims to provide tangible skills training and education on various functions across the firm and in the workplace. Along with the hands-on guidance and support from managers and mentors, interns will participate in weekly networking events, engage with our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alliance, attend panel discussions, and have many opportunities to get to know Schonfeld’s core values in practice.

Who We Are  
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a global multi-strategy, multi-manager investment platform that harnesses the transformative power of people to perform in all market environments. Our dynamic culture inspires better outcomes for our team, our investors, and our partners. We aim to consistently deliver risk-adjusted returns, with people driving performance.

We specialize in four core strategies: Quantitative Trading, Fundamental Equity, Tactical Trading, and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income. We capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets, drawing from a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure, and risk analytics.

We invest through internal portfolio managers and external partner funds, pursuing alignment among investors, investment professionals, and the firm. Our footprint spans 7 countries and 19 offices.

Our Culture
Talent is our strategy. We believe our success is because of our people, so putting our talent above all else is our top priority. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative, and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning & educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact.

We foster a sense of belonging among all of our employees with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the forefront of this mission. Our employees value diversity across identity, thought, people and perspective which serves as the foundation of our culture. As a firm, we are committed to creating a hiring process that is fair, welcoming and supportive.