Early Careers Internship Program Investments –Data Engineer or Quant Developer (80-100%)
Originalsprache: Englisch
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Das bringst du mit
Education: Advanced student (Master/PhD) or recent graduate in Computer Science, Physics, Data Science, Mathematics, Quantitative Finance, or a related field. Software Engineering & Data Pipelines: Strong Python proficiency with the ability to write clean, modular, and production-ready code. Experience with automation, cron-jobs/orchestration, and Git version control. Database & Cloud Architecture: Solid expertise in SQL and hands-on experience setting up/managing cloud data warehouses (specifically Snowflake or Azure/AWS architectures). Frontend & Visualization: First experience building clean, interactive web applications/dashboards for data analytics (e.g., Python Streamlit, Plotly Dash, Shiny). Mindset: A high degree of autonomy. You enjoy taking a business requirement and figuring out the technical architecture to solve it independently. Finance Interest: Strong interest in commodity markets, financial indices, and derivative/futures markets. (Prior knowledge of portfolio construction or risk factors is a big plus, but not mandatory).
Deine Aufgaben
Build the Data Infrastructure: Design and implement a fully automated pipeline to ingest daily index position files, alongside futures price feeds from premium financial vendors (e.g., Bloomberg, Datastream) into our Snowflake database. Ensure Institutional Stability (DataOps): Create a bulletproof daily process, including automated monitoring tools, error handling, holiday calendars, and data-integrity checks to ensure no file is missed or corrupted. Implement Portfolio Analytics: Translate financial concepts into Python code, implementing various portfolio construction methodologies, factor models, risk/return look-through metrics, and contribution analysis. Develop a High-End Digital Dashboard: Build an interactive, crisp digital dashboard (e.g., using Streamlit, or similar) allowing to 'slice and dice' index data, look-through allocations, factor exposures, and risk metrics across multiple layers.
Das wird geboten
End-to-End Ownership: The rare opportunity to architect a system from scratch, put it into production, and see your work directly impact daily fund management decisions. Elite Financial Insights: Deep insights into institutional commodity markets, systematic vs. fundamental investing, and modern index methodologies directly from senior portfolio managers. Prime Zurich location: Modern collaboration spaces, and free on-site canteen offering freshly prepared lunches to keep you energized. Supportive and inclusive culture: Be part of a friendly, diverse team that values individuality and collaboration in an open-office setting. Tools for success: Access the latest technology and resources to excel in your role. Networking opportunities: join our NextGen community and meet other interns for lunch. Flat hierarchy and innovation: Collaborate at all levels and contribute to exciting projects in an agile, future-focused work environment. Paid internship: we offer standardized salary for all early career interns including free lunch.