OVERVIEW:
The D. E. Shaw group’s summer doctoral internship program exposes talented Ph.D. candidates to the projects and environment associated with full-time work in quantitative analysis and software development at the firm. Ph.D. interns interact with fellow interns and employees of similar academic backgrounds while discovering how the analytical skills gained from their graduate programs may relate to the work done here. Throughout the internship, Ph.D. candidates are encouraged to attend our academic speaker series and track academic progress in various areas that may be of interest.

What you’ll do day-to-day:

• Software development Ph.D. interns might build tools for analyzing financial instruments as well as design and deploy real-time, scalable applications for the firm’s highly automated trading activities.

Who we’re looking for:

• Successful candidates will have impressive records of academic achievement and be the top students in their respective math, statistics, physics, engineering, computer science, and other technical and quantitative Ph.D. programs.

Interested candidates can apply through our website: https://www.deshaw.com/recruit/jobs/Oncampus/Symplicity

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