2026 Summer Internship – Data Engineer, LongShort Equities
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Job Summary
A Career in Long/Short Equities at Point72
Long/Short Equity is Point72s core investment strategy and its success depends upon our sector-based investing teams comprised of portfolio managers and research analysts. As an ever-increasing amount of data is applied to the fundamental equity strategies we are seeking a dedicated data engineer intern to help design and build solutions that enable investment professionals to extract insights from large complex Compliance-approved structured and unstructured data sets.
Over your 10-week internship in our London office you will gain exposure to a variety of activities which may include:
- Developing and supporting data processing pipelines including but not limited to ingestion transformation and end-customer delivery
- Working closely with investment professionals researchers and data scientists to design build launch and maintain robust end-to-end data pipelines and tools that help extract the most value out of our data assets
- Building out cloud-based infrastructure using distributed techniques for other data engineers data scientists and researchers
- Creating and supporting visualisation and exploration capabilities around our big data sets
What Excites You
- Transforming large unstructured data sets into valuable investment research inputs
- Applying quantitative methods to deliver key insights
- Learning and working with industry-leading cloud-computing technologies
- Working as part of a cross-functional team of technologists investment professionals and researchers in close partnership with Compliance
What Excites Us
- Great communicators who are approachable and responsive
- Excellent attention to detail organisation and task management
- An aptitude for solving complex problems
- Strong team players who collaborate with ease take accountability and contribute to a thriving firm culture
- People who take ownership are proactive and get the job done
Summer Internship Program at Point72
In addition to the learning and development youll receive in your day-to-day role with your team as a part of our summer internship program you will:
- Receive close mentorship from investing and technical professionals
- Attend sessions with senior leaders discussing their expertise and career paths
- Get hands-on access to the wealth of tools and resources that Point72 employees use every day
- Gain exposure to groups and functions with unique responsibilities and perspectives on our industry
- Develop technical writing and presentation skills
Whats required
- Pursuit of a bachelors or masters degree in a quantitative discipline (computer science maths engineering) with an expected graduation date of Spring 2027 or later
- Strong proficiency in SQL and Python (with an emphasis on Pandas PySpark etc.)
- Excel skills and visualisation skills are preferred
- Excellent attention to detail organisation and project management skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Commitment to the highest ethical standards
About Point72
Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. Building on more than 30 years of investing experience Point72 seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies. We aim to attract and retain the industrys brightest talent by cultivating an investor-led culture and committing to our peoples long-term growth. For more information visit Experience:
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Key Skills
- Apache Hive
- S3
- Hadoop
- Redshift
- Spark
- AWS
- Apache Pig
- NoSQL
- Big Data
- Data Warehouse
- Kafka
- Scala
About Company
We invest in Discretionary Long/Short, Macro, and Systematic strategies. We’re inventing the future of finance by revolutionizing how we develop our people and how we use data to shape our thinking. Join our team to innovate, experiment, and be the best at what you do.
