Programme duration: From 4-6 months, starting in 2026. Most individuals join in April, May, or June of each year.    

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

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 in 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. 

• Interviews conducted on-site or through Teams allow us to evaluate your technical abilities and how well you align with our company culture.   

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 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 an exceptional Data Scientist. In this role, you will work between the Research and Trading desks, and the Engineering team to ensure the successful leveraging of data at the firm.

Your future role within QRT

This team is integral to the firm’s success. As such, your responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with the trading desk to design and implement their data pipelines
• Collaborating with data engineers to onboard relevant datasets for the desk within QRT
• Implementing data transformations to produce high added-value datasets used for investment decisions
• Prototyping and designing code to extract, clean, and aggregate data from a wide range of raw sources and formats
• Managing the end-to-end process of onboarding new datasets
• Proactively solving data related problems to minimise time to production
• Innovating and experimenting with novel data extraction methods to enhance the firm’s data onboarding toolkit

Your present skillset

• 3+ years of experience as a Data Scientist (or similar position); experience in a buy-side quantitative finance role is advantageous
• Postgraduate degree in a quantitative discipline such as Mathematics, Physics or Engineering.
• Advanced programming experience in Python, including proficiency with data handling libraries such as Pandas and NumPy
• Demonstrable interest in financial markets and the application of data in its analysis and understanding
• Experience working with both traditional and alternative financial datasets
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with all stakeholders, including researchers, traders, engineers, management, and external vendors
• Ability to work in a high-performance, high-velocity 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 programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.

IMC is continuing to grow its trading initiative in Aarhus, Denmark, to become a major player in the European Power and Gas markets. This expansion is built on a strong foundation of experienced external hires in Trading and internal talent in Technology. With a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture, the team offers a unique opportunity to contribute to shaping and scaling this new business.

The group combines deep expertise with broad trading experience and values innovation, ownership and cross-functional collaboration. As this business continues to grow, there will be increasing opportunities to take on broader responsibilities and contribute meaningfully to its success.

Core Responsibilities

• Monitor multiple European power markets (CWE, Eastern Europe, UK & Nordics) and the relevant supply and demand factors
• Be an active part of the trading team and participate in shift rotation (evenings and weekends) to catch market opportunities
• Execute trades based on quantitative signals and/or discretionary insights 
• Contribute to a shared proprietary trading book
• Ensure nominations and scheduling are carried out correctly
• Develop into a domain expert within the relevant markets and products 
• Drive innovation in trading strategies 
• Support training of new joiners on the desk

Skills and Experience

• Strong academic background, preferably in a quantitative field
• 2+ years of professional experience in trading intraday power in Europe, preferably at a proprietary trading desk
• Proven track record of P&L ownership 
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a healthy risk appetite, competitive nature, and fast decision-making capabilities
• Strong analytical and modelling skills, preferably in Python
• Fluency in English

Join us for our networking event!

Details:
May 7, 14:00 - 17:00
Location will be disclosed to the students that receive an invite

Curious about trading, technology and opportunities at IMC? Come visit our brand new Aarhus office for a tour, short introduction to what we do and a chance to meet the team. Stay for drinks, networking and free pizza!

Please note that we will only select 30 students for the event 

IMC is continuing to grow its trading initiative in Aarhus, Denmark, to become a major player in the European Power and Gas markets. This expansion is built on a strong foundation of experienced external hires in Trading and internal talent in Technology. With a collaborative and entrepreneurial culture, the team offers a unique opportunity to contribute to shaping and scaling this new business.

The group combines deep expertise with broad trading experience and values innovation, ownership and cross-functional collaboration. As this business continues to grow, there will be increasing opportunities to take on broader responsibilities and contribute meaningfully to its success.

Core Responsibilities

• Generate and validate high-quality alpha signals using statistical methods and machine learning, with strong focus on robustness and overfitting
• Combine market microstructure and energy fundamentals to build predictive trading signals
• Build and maintain reliable, production-ready models with clear testing and validation standards

Skills and Experience

• 2+ years of experience developing quantitative models, ML-driven signals, or trading strategies in financial futures markets, preferably within energy
• Strong foundation in probability and statistics, with substantial real-world experience applying machine learning or deep learning
• Strong programming skills (Python preferred), with experience writing production-quality code
• Experience working with large-scale time series data
• Practical mindset focused on deployable solutions and real-world trading performance

IMC is building a new Power and Gas Trading business in Aarhus, Denmark, the hub for power and gas trading in Europe. Backed by one of the world’s most successful trading firms, this new venture combines the energy and autonomy of a startup with the global reach, stability, and expertise of IMC’s 30+ years in trading.

We are building a strong, independent Aarhus-based team with local leadership, supported by IMC’s world-class technology, quantitative research, and trading infrastructure. To achieve our ambitious hiring goals, we are seeking strong Software Engineers to join the team and play a pivotal role in helping us grow this new business.

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Build, as part of a team, a full technology stack that supports power and gas trading, including exchange connectivity, trading systems, trading strategies, data analysis, and pricing. We are looking for strong developers that specialised in back-end, algorithms, trading systems, execution systems or other relevant domains
• Maintain and improve the tech stack in collaboration with trading
• Train new joiners

Your Skills and Experience:

• Strong academic background, preferably in computer science or a quantitative field
• 2+ years of professional experience as a software engineer
• Experience European power and gas trading industry is a plus
• Strong programming skills in Java. Experience with other relevant programming languages such as Python or C++ is considered a plus
• Excitement for working in a start-up environment and a variety of systems/platforms/tools
• The ability able to work on greenfield projects under minimal supervision and to take full ownership of the applications you build
• A high degree of flexibility and adaptability: willing and able to deal with uncertainty and ambiguity in a rapidly evolving environment
• Fluency in English

About the Role

IMC is building a new Power and Gas Trading business in Aarhus, Denmark, the hub for power and gas trading in Europe. Backed by one of the world’s most successful trading firms, this new venture combines the energy and autonomy of a startup with the global reach, stability, and expertise of IMC’s 30+ years in trading.

We are building a strong, independent Aarhus-based team with local leadership, supported by IMC’s world-class technology, quantitative research, and trading infrastructure. To achieve our ambitious hiring goals, we are seeking an experienced Recruiter to join the team and play a pivotal role in helping us grow this new business.

Your Core Responsibilities: 

As a Recruiter at IMC in Aarhus, you will play a key role in scaling our fast-growing Power and Gas Trading business by identifying, attracting, and hiring top-tier talent across Trading, Quantitative Research, Technology and Operations. You will work closely with hiring managers and the broader HR team to drive a world-class candidate experience and contribute to building a premier team. Here’s what you will work on:

• Take full ownership of the end-to-end recruitment process for Trading, Quantitative Analyses, and Technology roles, as well as occasional Business Operations roles.
• Develop and execute creative sourcing strategies to engage passive talent in the Power and Gas Trading ecosystem (including managing agency relationships).
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements and shape the recruitment process to their needs.
• Participate in campus events when needed.
• Consult with and advise stakeholders on both strategic and tactical hiring needs, sharing insights on results and overall job market trends.
• Represent IMC’s culture and values throughout all candidate touchpoints.
• Maintain candidate pipelines, manage ATS administration and scheduling, and ensure a high-quality candidate experience.
• Bring creative ideas to the table and leverage the support and autonomy to make a real impact.

Your Skills and Experience: 

• Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar role.
• Experience in recruiting for a Power and/or Gas Trading company is a plus
• Excellent sourcing and candidate engagement skills, particularly in competitive markets.
• Strong organizational and communication abilities.
• Ability to thrive in an entrepreneurial, data-driven environment.
• Exposure to international hiring practices and remote team dynamics is a plus.
• Experience optimizing ATS workflows and reporting functionality is an advantage (we use Greenhouse).

IMC is launching a new power and gas trading business in Aarhus, Denmark – the European hub for energy trading. We are building a strong, independent, Aarhus-based team with local leadership, backed by more than 30 years of IMC’s global trading expertise.

As a Graduate Software Engineer in Aarhus, you’ll have the unique opportunity to help build a brand-new technology stack that supports all aspects of energy trading – from exchange connectivity and pricing to trading algorithms and real-time data analysis. You’ll grow rapidly through our global graduate program while contributing from day one to this exciting new venture.

Your IMC Journey

In your first year, you will join a five-week Global Trainee Program alongside graduates from our offices in Europe, the US, and Asia-Pacific. Led by experienced engineers and traders, this immersive program will introduce you to the world of trading, financial markets, and production-grade software development. You’ll dive deep into software craftsmanship, programming, and the systems that power our trading operations.

Back in our Aarhus office, you’ll join the Energy Trading team — a highly collaborative environment where you’ll help design real-time systems, process large volumes of data, and solve complex engineering challenges that directly impact the markets.

At IMC, innovation is at our core. We continuously invest in R&D and adapt quickly to evolving markets. We also invest in you — offering extensive training, mentorship, and global exposure to help you grow fast in a high-impact environment.

Your Core Responsibilities

• Design and build high-performance technology that supports energy trading
• Work on the full software development lifecycle, from idea to deployment
• Develop real-time pricing and trading systems, exchange connectivity, and analytics tools
• Collaborate closely with traders, researchers, and other engineers
• Be part of a new local team in Aarhus and shape its growth and culture

What You’ll Bring

• You are in your final year of a Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related degree, and graduating in 2026
• Strong programming skills in C++/Java
• Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• A genuine interest in financial markets (no prior knowledge required)
• Full professional fluency in English
• You’re excited by the opportunity to shape a new business and build innovative systems from the ground up

For more information on our technology interview process, please review our preparation guide here. 

Please note: 

IMC’s graduate traineeship includes international travel to the US. Due to current visa processing challenges, we are unable to proceed with applications from candidates who only hold citizenship from Russia, Belarus, Iran, or Ukraine.

If you are a dual passport holder of another nationality or a European citizen who wants to relocate back to Europe, you remain welcome to apply and should inform our campus recruitment team of your situation: CampusEU@imc.com.