Quantitative Researcher Intern, Summer 2027

Summary

Arrowstreet Capital is a Boston-based systematic investment firm that manages global equity portfolios for institutional investors around the world. They are looking for Quantitative Researcher Interns to join their Research group, where interns will work on high impact projects involving finance, data science, applied math, and computer programming.

Responsibilities

• Performing statistical analysis across large complex data sets from a variety of structured and unstructured sources
• Researching predictable patterns in asset returns, risks, trading costs and other data relevant to financial markets
• Performing portfolio construction research using our proprietary simulation capability
• Conduct research projects from initial stages through analysis, and present directly to the team and stakeholders

Skills

• Enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program from an educational institution in finance, mathematics, economics, or a closely related discipline emphasizing quantitative or financial analysis. Expected degree completion within a year of the internship
• Demonstrated academic success
• Understanding probability, statistics, linear regression, time-series analysis, linear algebra, calculus, optimization and portfolio theory
• Experience with a statistical computing environment such as Python, R, STATA, or MATLAB
• Experience analyzing large data sets
• Passion for financial markets
• Ability to communicate complex empirical research findings and conclusions clearly, including through effective use of data visualizations
• High energy and strong work ethic
• Experience leveraging large language models (LLMs) and coding agents to support research and programming workflows is a plus
• Knowledge of the application of statistics to economics (including econometrics or regression analysis)

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program from an educational institution in finance, mathematics, economics, or a closely related discipline emphasizing quantitative or financial analysis. Expected degree completion within a year of the internship
• Demonstrated academic success
• Understanding probability, statistics, linear regression, time-series analysis, linear algebra, calculus, optimization and portfolio theory
• Experience with a statistical computing environment such as Python, R, STATA, or MATLAB
• Experience analyzing large data sets
• Passion for financial markets
• Ability to communicate complex empirical research findings and conclusions clearly, including through effective use of data visualizations
• High energy and strong work ethic

Nice to Haves

• Experience leveraging large language models (LLMs) and coding agents to support research and programming workflows is a plus
• Knowledge of the application of statistics to economics (including econometrics or regression analysis)

Benefits

• Arrowstreet Capital operates a robust talent acquisition program
• Compensate and reward our employees competitively within our industry and in line with our merit-based culture
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, age, pregnancy, medical condition, disability, veteran or military status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law
• Arrowstreet Capital is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process due to a disability, contact us to discuss the nature of your request and contact information