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New York, NY

Internship

Onsite

$3,500/wk - $5,700/wk

Intern

Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm founded in 1998. The role involves designing and deploying high-frequency trading algorithms, enhancing trading strategies, and analyzing market data to identify patterns.

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Responsibilities

Designing, implementing, and deploying high-frequency trading algorithms
Working with a dedicated mentor to research and enhance existing trading strategies
Exploring trading ideas by analyzing market data and market microstructure for patterns
Creating tools to analyze data for patterns
Contributing to libraries of analytical computations to support market data analysis and trading
Developing, augmenting, and calibrating exchange simulators

Qualification

Required

Availability for 4-6 months or 10-week summer term
PhD student focusing on mathematics, statistics, physics, electrical engineering, computer science, economics, or related fields
A strong background in C++, R, Python, or an object-oriented programming language
Strong problem-solving abilities
A passion for new technologies and ideas
The ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
Strong communication skills
Interest in financial markets

Preferred

Past industry experience
Experience with machine learning

Benefits

Competitive compensation package
Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks daily
Exciting networking and social events (e.g. Broadway shows, escape rooms, cooking classes)
Opportunities to learn from senior management across the firm
Mentors from your alma mater and other top institutions

Tower Research Ventures, the venture arm of Tower Research Capital, does pre-seed and seed investments in NYC.

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