Programme duration: From 3-6 months, starting in 2026.  

Who qualifies: Penultimate or final year students completing a Bachelor's, Master's, PhD. 

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology, and trading expertise has shaped our collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.  

Over the years, QRT has invested in a global research and execution platform which has been deployed to cover all geographies and asset classes. This platform covers a broad spectrum from high to low frequency trading systems. We thrive at the intersection of cutting-edge technology, smart automation, and scalable processes, enabling us to move fast, think big, and deliver at scale.   

We are committed to identifying and developing exceptional talent, and are inviting a new cohort of outstanding individuals to join us in the year ahead. Our internship offers a stimulating, intellectually rigorous, and high-performance environment, where collaboration is key to success. You will work alongside and be mentored by industry-leading professionals, gaining invaluable experience and positioning yourself for the opportunity to secure a full-time graduate role upon successful completion of the program. 

Your future role at QRT   

Throughout the recruitment process, we will work to align your skills, interests, and potential with the teams where you can make the greatest impact. 

As a Quantitative Research Intern, you could contribute to one of two complementary areas within one of QRT's systematic teams - spanning high, mid, and low-frequencies: 

Research 

Your core objective will be to develop high-quality predictive signals. You will leverage access to vast and diverse datasets to identify hidden statistical patterns and market opportunities. Collaborating with fellow researchers to exchange ideas and refine methodologies. You will be trained to lead the full research cycle - from idea generation to implementation.  

Trading  

You will contribute to the live deployment of QRT’s research by working on the systematic trading platform itself. This involves monitoring signal behaviour, tracking performance, and improving execution efficiency, while also helping to identify and manage potential risks. Working closely with senior Researchers and Traders, you will focus on refining and scaling systematic processes, applying your quantitative and programming skills to ensure strategies perform optimally in production. 

We’re looking for interns who are curious, creative, and collaborative. If you’re passionate about learning, excited to take on challenges, and ready to make a real impact, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow with us. 

Your present skillset   

• Pursuing an advanced degree in a quantitative field such as data science, statistics, mathematics, physics, or engineering   

• High level of technical knowledge in statistics, machine learning, NLP or AI techniques is a plus   

• Coding skills required in at least one leading programming language (Python and C++ or C#)  

• Experience in exploring large datasets across multiple time frames is a plus  

• Capacity to multi-task in a fast-paced environment while keeping strong attention to detail   

• Ability to work autonomously, in a collegial and collaborative setting, and with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and areas of expertise.  

• Excellent communication skills  

• Fluent in English, any other language is a plus  

Interviewing:   

• Apply online: applications are evaluated on a rolling basis by a member of our Talent Acquisition team. This is a great opportunity to stand out, as we read every application carefully and look for specific, thoughtful answers that reflect your genuine interests.  

• Technical assessment - Selected candidates will be invited to complete a coding challenge designed to evaluate core technical and problem-solving skills.   

• Interviews - Shortlisted applicants will proceed to interviews conducted either on-site or via Microsoft Teams. These will assess both your technical expertise and your alignment with our culture and values.   

We encourage you to take part in one of our Data Challenges, which offer a valuable opportunity to engage with the types of problems encountered in the Quantitative Research role while showcasing your analytical and technical skills. Strong performance may lead to direct follow-up from our team, making it an excellent way to gain early visibility in the recruitment process: Challenge data (ens.fr)  

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance 

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology, and trading expertise has shaped our collaborative mindset, which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.

Your future role within QRT

• Your core objective is to create high quality predictive signals
• By leveraging access to large and diversified datasets you will identify statistical patterns and opportunities
• Share and discuss research results, methodology, data sets and processes with other researchers
• Implement the signals and the relevant datasets within the global execution platform
• Monitor signal behaviour and model performance over time
• You would lead the full strategy research cycle from signal generation to implementation

Your present skillset

• Direct experience as a quant researcher or trader, or in data science/machine learning space.
• Students and fresh graduate applicants will be rejected, please apply our internship/graduate positions instead.
• Advanced degree in a quantitative field such as data science, statistics, mathematics, physics or engineering
• Strong knowledge in statistics, machine learning, NLP or AI techniques is a plus
• Capacity to multi-task in a fast paced environment while keeping strong attention to detail
• Coding skills required in at least one leading programing language (Python, R, Matlab and /or C++, C#)
• Experience in exploring large datasets across multiple time frames is a plus
• Intellectual curiosity to explore new data sets, solve complex problems, drive innovative processes and connect the dots between multiple fields
• Capacity to work with autonomy within a collegial and collaborative environment
• Strong capacity to communicate with technologists, data scientists and traders across the globe
• Proven track record in delivering successful systematic strategies

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance. 

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology and trading expertise has shaped QRT’s collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.

Your future role within QRT

We are seeking a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to join our Market Access team to design and develop cutting-edge, high-performance systems that power our trading capabilities. 

As a senior engineer, you will: 

• Architect and Develop: Design, develop, and maintain high-performance C++ applications for trading systems, ensuring scalability, robustness, and low-latency performance. 
• Collaborate: Work closely with FPGA engineers, DevOps professionals, and other software engineers to deliver integrated solutions that meet the needs of our trading environment. 
• Code Excellence: Participate in code reviews, debugging, and rigorous optimization to ensure the delivery of high-quality, maintainable code. 
• Drive Architecture: Lead and contribute to architectural discussions, ensuring the evolution of our software systems aligns with business and technological goals. 
• Optimize Systems: Partner with system administrators and network engineers to fine-tune deployment environments for maximum efficiency and performance. 
• Mentor and Innovate: Mentor team members in best practices and contribute to the continuous improvement of our software development processes. 

Your Present Skillset 

• Expertise in C++ Development: Proven experience in modern C++ (C++11/14/17/20) and multithreaded, high-performance applications on Linux. 
• System Architecture: Demonstrated experience in system-level architecture design for trading or other performance-critical environments. 
• Optimization Techniques: Extensive experience with low-latency optimizations, profiling, and performance tuning. 
• Leadership: Previous experience as a people manager or technical lead, demonstrate examples of leading engineers on different projects
• Communication and Collaboration Skills: Strong ability to drive collaboration and work with cross-disciplinary teams, including FPGA engineers and network specialists. 
• Debugging and Tooling: Familiarity with advanced debugging tools and performance analysis techniques. 
• Financial Knowledge: Understanding of financial products and trading systems is preferred. 

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology, and trading expertise has shaped our collaborative mindset, which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.

Your future role within QRT

The successful candidate will join the global infrastructure team at QRT. You will be responsible for architecting, engineering and subsequent delivery oversight across all aspects of the QRT network estate but with particular focus on our colocation infrastructure. The trading infrastructure is a combination of wide area connectivity and ultra-low latency trading infrastructures. 

The team will deliver network solutions which enable full lifecycle management (architect, design, build, operate, retire) for our network components across core network switching, firewalls, load balancers, instrumentation/telemetry, network CMDB, and automation. It is crucial that any candidates must be able to demonstrate delivery of complex networks, at scale, which have been delivered through a software and automation-driven mindset. 

You will have deep knowledge of high-performance networking, including detailed knowledge of the product capabilities and roadmaps from the likes of Cisco, Arista and Fortinet. You will have direct experience of delivering and managing network solutions supporting corporate infrastructure and exchange specific ultra-low latency infrastructure with associated automation, telemetry and instrumentation frameworks. 

Your present skillset

• As a senior network engineer, you will partner closely with the project management teams and work in a highly collaborative manner within the network team and the wider organisation 
• You will be member of an existing engineering team where you have direct responsibility and accountability for a complex and high-performance network infrastructures 
• You will be able to demonstrate expert knowledge of delivering complex network architectures delivered via software driven and agile methodology 
• You will have deep knowledge of delivering networks supporting high-performance and low latency computing architectures 
• You will have deep knowledge of the network vendor ecosystem and be able to demonstrate building engineering relationships at senior layers with vendor product and engineering teams 
• You will stay informed on industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure the network infrastructure remains cutting-edge 
• You will have knowledge of wide area network engineering focused on traffic prioritisation and steering.  It would be good to have experience of Segment Routing. 

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology and trading expertise has shaped QRT’s collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.

We are looking for a developer with 1+ years of experience in a quant trading environment to work directly with traders and quant researchers.

Your future role within QRT

• Key member to the success of high-frequency and low latency algo trading on APAC markets
• Enrich and implement alpha and trading algorithms
• Implement specific market rules for the main Asian markets
• Collaborate with the traders and quant researchers on providing efficient research platform and tools

Your present skillset

• Computer Science degree or equivalent
• Strong C++ 20/23 development experience on a Linux environment
• Interest in solving technical problems, along with ability to implement robust resilient and flexible solutions
• Familiar with HPC in Cloud environment, good level of Python
• Good communication skills in a dynamic and international environment

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology and trading expertise has shaped QRT’s collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.

Your future role within QRT

• Your core objective is to manage the full recruitment cycle for our intern and graduate positions, taking responsibility for the end-to-end candidate experience
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with top universities and relevant student groups
• Plan and lead campus events for students including giving company presentations, attending career events, hosting in-house days and managing interview days
• You will use your creativity and critical eye to constantly evaluate how we can improve and expand our activities and branding to make sure we reach the right talent
• As a super-user of our recruitment platform, you will efficiently manage the full recruitment cycle and guide candidates throughout the process, leaving all applicants with a positive experience
• You will work together with our Campus Team to deliver a global internship/graduate recruitment programme, increasing the presence of QRT at campus and industry events

Your present skillset

• 3-7 years’ experience recruiting within the technology/investment management/fintech sector - in-house campus recruitment experience is preferred
• Experience working with social media and recruitment platforms, specifically Greenhouse and LinkedIn
• Significant experience using candidate and market data to drive decision-making in the hiring process
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English (required) and Mandarin (required) to liaise with stakeholders, with the ability to engage and influence at all levels
• Highly organized and detail oriented with the ability to manage competing priorities and follow through to successful completion of tasks
• Collaborative, critical thinking, analytical and creative problem-solving mindset
• Ability to work in a high-performance, high-velocity, evolving environment

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programmes to enable employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance.