Internship, Software Engineering and Quantitative Development

Programmes offered: Final-year internship, penultimate-year internship

Location: London, Paris, Wrocław, Zurich, Dubai

Programme duration: 3–6 months or 12-month industrial placement, starting in 2027

Who qualifies: Penultimate or final-year students completing a bachelor’s or master’s degree

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager operating across liquid asset classes and markets worldwide. Our approach to investing is scientific: we bring together data, research, technology and trading expertise to develop and run systematic strategies.

Technology is central to how QRT works. Over the years, we have built a global research and execution platform spanning geographies, asset classes and trading horizons, from ultra-low-latency systems to large-scale research, analytics and risk infrastructure. We invest heavily in engineering, automation and scalable systems because better technology allows us to test ideas faster, operate more reliably and tackle harder problems.

Our internships are designed to give students meaningful experience of that work. You’ll join a team, contribute to real projects and learn from engineers, researchers and traders working on live problems. The environment is technical, collaborative and demanding, with plenty of scope to ask questions, test ideas and take ownership. Strong performance during the internship may lead to consideration for a full-time graduate role.

Your future role at QRT

As a Technology Intern, you’ll help build the systems, platforms and tools behind QRT’s research, trading and investment activities. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers, quantitative developers, researchers and traders, contributing to production technology and solving problems where performance, reliability and good engineering judgement matter.

Depending on your interests and strengths, you may join one of two Technology disciplines.

Software Engineer (London, Wrocław, Zurich)

Software Engineers build the technology that underpins QRT’s trading and investment activities. This includes the platforms and infrastructure that connect us to global markets, brokers and data providers, as well as the systems used for order generation, execution, analytics, risk management and P&L reporting.

The engineering problems vary considerably in scale and shape. At one end, we build ultra-low-latency execution technology where small improvements can matter. At the other, we develop global, cross-asset platforms that need to process large volumes of data reliably and make complex information accessible to users across the firm.

As an intern, you’ll work with experienced engineers, quantitative developers and researchers on a defined technical problem. You’ll be expected to understand the problem properly, make sensible engineering choices and build something useful.

Examples of projects you may work on include:

• AI-Powered Static Analysis – Build a tool combining static analysis and large language models to identify double-deletion and memory-management issues in our public API.

• Exchange Simulator Advanced Order Support – Extend our Exchange Simulator to support market orders, time-in-force instructions and algorithmic orders, making strategy testing more representative of live trading.

• Risk Data Platform – Extend our risk data platform to provide the data required to support trading in a new trade type.

• Lightweight Trading UI – Create a lightweight trading interface with order entry, live market and position views, and clear visualisation of trading activity.

Quantitative Developer (London, Paris, Wrocław, Zurich, Dubai)

Quantitative Developers work at the intersection of research, trading and engineering. Sitting close to the trading desk, they work directly with researchers and traders to build the technology needed to explore ideas, analyse markets and run strategies in production.

The role combines strong software engineering with an understanding of how technology can make quantitative research and trading more effective. That might mean building high-performance execution systems, improving research infrastructure, developing machine learning platforms or creating tools that make complex data easier to work with.

You’ll work on live technical problems where performance, reliability and iteration speed all matter. It’s a collaborative role with direct exposure to quantitative research, financial markets and production trading systems.

Examples of projects you may work on include:

• Real-Time Trading Systems – Build high-performance C++ systems for real-time trading, contributing to low-latency infrastructure and execution technology where every microsecond can matter.

• Quantitative Research Platforms – Help develop the platforms used for quantitative research across QRT, including machine learning systems and data pipelines that allow researchers to test and scale ideas efficiently.

• Research and Trading Tools – Design tools that simplify workflows, improve access to data and make complex information easier to understand through effective visualisation. You’ll work directly with traders, researchers and risk teams to understand their problems and build practical solutions.

Your current skillset

• Eligibility: Penultimate or final-year students pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s in a STEM discipline, such as Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics or a related Engineering subject, on track for a 2:1 or above from a leading institution.

• Interest in technology: You enjoy solving technical problems and are curious about how systems work. You’re interested in building things, not just studying them.

• Software engineering experience: We value hands-on experience wherever you gained it — through personal projects, open-source contributions, hobbies, internships or academic work.

• Programming: Proficiency in C++, C# or Python.

• Tools: Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python or Bash, and tools and technologies including Git, SQL, GCC and Linux.

• Mindset: Curious, proactive and comfortable asking questions. You look for ways to make systems simpler, faster or more reliable and can turn those observations into practical improvements.

• Approach: Self-motivated, thoughtful and comfortable taking ownership of a problem.

Interviewing

• Application – Submit your application online. We review applications on a rolling basis, so applying early is recommended.

• Technical Assessment – Selected candidates will complete a coding challenge focused on core programming and problem-solving skills.

• Assessment Centre / Online Interviews – Shortlisted candidates will take part in interviews, either on-site at an assessment centre or via Microsoft Teams. We’ll explore your technical thinking, how you approach unfamiliar problems and how you work with others.

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.