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Quantitative Research Intern (PhD) - Summer 2027

Chicago💼 Internship💰 $250,000–$250,000🗓 2026-07-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

10-week summer internship to explore research ideas and build custom analysis tools for options theory, market making, and trades analysis.

Role type

PhD Quantitative Research Intern

Builds

Custom analysis tools potentially deployed into production

Domain

Financial markets, quantitative trading

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Numerical analysis, critical thinking, complex problem solving, programming (Python, C, C++)

Preferred skills

Trading intuition, research skills

Responsibilities

Work on real projects with potential business impact, enhance understanding of options theory via classroom instruction, develop research skills with mentor feedback

Seniority

Intern

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