About the Role
Join a 10-week summer programme (21st June to 27th August 2027) in Central London, gaining insight into life as a Machine Learning (ML) practitioner at a leading quantitative finance research firm. You will work on a meaningful research project, receive mentorship, and present your findings to senior management. Top performers may be considered for full-time roles.
Responsibilities
- Investigate foundational questions in quantitative finance.
- Uncover market insights.
- Push the boundaries of what's possible in ML research.
- Apply innovative and pragmatic mathematical and computational analysis to research projects.
- Present research ideas to senior management.
Requirements
- A post-graduate degree in Machine Learning or a related discipline, or commercial experience developing novel machine learning algorithms.
- Exceptional candidates with a proven record of success in online data science competitions (e.g., Kaggle) will be considered.
- Experience in one or more of deep learning, reinforcement learning, non-convex optimisation, Bayesian non-parametrics, NLP or approximate inference.
- Excellent reasoning skills and mathematical ability.
- Ability to develop own models when off-the-shelf methods are insufficient.
- Strong programming skills.
- Experience working with Python, scikit-learn, SciPy, NumPy, Pandas and Jupyter.
- An interest in finance and the motivation to rapidly learn more.
Skills
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Reinforcement Learning
- Non-convex Optimisation
- Bayesian Non-parametrics
- NLP
- Approximate Inference
- Python
- scikit-learn
- SciPy
- NumPy
- Pandas
- Jupyter
Location
- Central London
Work Type
- Full-time
- Internship
Experience Level
- Post-graduate degree or equivalent experience
- PhD level study preferred
Education Level
- Post-graduate degree in Machine Learning or related discipline
- PhD
Salary/Compensations
- Highly competitive compensation
Benefits
- Accommodation
- Weekly intern activities
- Lunch provided (via Just Eat for Business)
- Dedicated barista bar
- 30 days’ annual leave pro-rated
- Informal dress code
- Excellent work/life balance
About the Company
- G-Research tackles complex problems in quantitative finance by bringing scientific clarity to financial complexity.
- We unite world-class researchers and engineers in an environment that values deep exploration and methodical execution.
- We are building a world-class platform to amplify our teams’ most powerful ideas.
- G-Research is committed to cultivating and preserving an inclusive work environment.
- We are an ideas-driven business and we place great value on diversity of experience and opinions.
Equal Opportunity
- We want to ensure that applicants receive a recruitment experience that enables them to perform at their best. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know in the relevant section.
