AI Quantitative Research Internship

Macro Hive
Greater London
6 months ago
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Overview:

Macro Hive is a leading independent provider of global macro and financial market research. Our team of experienced researchers leverage quantitative techniques and cutting-edge technologies to develop innovative and data-driven solutions to complex financial problems, helping our clients make informed investment decisions and stay ahead of the competition.


We are seeking talented, motivated interns with solid technical skills to work with us in our Quantitative Research team focusing on applications of AI to finance. This will include researching alpha signals and building state-of-the-art machine learning models across various asset classes.


You should be in your final year of studies in a quantitative field from a Russel group university or equivalent. Proficiency with Python programming is essential, alongside expertise in applications of machine learning (ML), deep learning (DL), or natural language processing (NLP) – we use all the latest technologies including LLMs and the wider GenAI tech stack.


Responsibilities:

·        Research:working alongside researchers on end-to-end research projects, including on data analysis, alpha generation, trading models, and applications of LLMs/GenAI to finance.

·        Development:building and enhancing tools for the quant and data workflow.

·        Data:sourcing new alternative data sets for the quant and data workflow.

This will include:

·        Conducting research and analysis on financial data sets using advanced modelling and machine learning techniques.

·        Helping implement and improve existing models and algorithms.

·        Helping prepare and deliver research reports to clients.

·        Staying up to date with the latest developments in AI, time series analysis, and quant finance.


Qualifications:

Required:

·        Education:BSc/MSc/PhD in a technical degree, including but not limited to Mathematics, Quantitative Finance, Physics, Computer Science, or Engineering.

·        Machine Learning:Experience working with machine learning techniques (Decision Trees, Random Forests, XGBoost, etc.) for supervised regression and classification tasks. Knowledge of unsupervised learning, NLP (transformers, LLMs etc.), deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch etc.), and architectures for sequential data (RNN, LSTM etc.) is a plus.

·        Statistical Analysis: you should have a good foundation in statistics and be comfortable with things like time series analysis, hypothesis testing and regression analysis etc.

·        Python:You should be proficient in Python programming using the ML/scientific stack: NumPy, Pandas, scikit-learn etc.

·        Problem Solving:Ability to clearly convey data-driven ideas for complex problems and translate them to clean, robust, and efficient code.

Desirable:

  • Experience with object-oriented Python.
  • Experience with web-scraping.
  • Experience with cloud services (Azure preferred).
  • Experience with DevOps tools (Git, Docker etc.)
  • Experience working with financial data or trading models.

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