What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2026 Summer Internship Program - Artificial Intelligence & Quant, New York position at Brevan Howard?
Job Details
The Firm
Brevan Howard Asset Management is one of the leading absolute return/hedge fund managers, overseeing assets on behalf of institutional investors from around the world, including pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, government agencies, private banks, and fund of funds.
Brevan Howard was founded in 2002 and launched its flagship global macro strategy in April 2003. The firm currently manages over $34bn and engages predominantly in discretionary directional and relative value trading in fixed income, FX markets, and equities. BH Digital, a division within Brevan Howard that manages crypto and digital asset strategies was launched in 2022.
The firm currently employs over 1,000 personnel worldwide, including over 400 investment professionals. This global presence gives Brevan Howard the ability to identify and source attractive investment opportunities, as well as investment management talent wherever they may be. Brevan Howard has won several industry awards for excellence in risk management, operational robustness, and investment performance.
The firm's main hubs are in London, Jersey, Geneva, New York, Austin, Hong Kong, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Bengaluru.
Overview & Responsibilities
Our 10-week Summer Internship Program seeks to hire ambitious, enthusiastic candidates with strong mathematical and quantitative backgrounds, coding skills, a demonstrable passion for markets, and an interest in working across all facets of quantitative analysis. Interns will work with our Quant teams building front-office tools, analysing data, contributing to the core analytics library, and integrating AI into analytical systems.
Our Internship Program starts with one-week in-depth training to prepare interns for the desk. This covers a range of topics relating to Financial Markets including Macroeconomics, FX, Digital Assets, Interest Rate Derivatives, Equity Rates, Bonds, Credit and Fixed Income, Trading Strategies, Risk Management, Excel and Python.
Additionally, interns will benefit from key talks, a mentor program, social events and interactions with some of the most respected and talented individuals in their field.
During the program, working in a fast-paced environment, interns will work with Quants and PMs to contribute to the central analysis platform. Projects can include developing the core analytics library (Fixed Income, FX, Credit, Equity etc), integrating AI into trading tools, and working with PMs to develop trading strategies, signals and back testing.
This internship is devised to provide candidates with an invaluable education on the workings of a macro hedge fund from a quantitative and technological perspective, and to determine if Brevan Howard and the intern are a compatible fit.
The goal of our summer internship programme is to convert top performing interns to our 2027 Graduate Program.
Qualifications & Requirements
Compensation for NY based applicants is a base salary in the range of $10,000 and $12,500 monthly. This role may also be eligible for a sign on bonus, housing stipend and benefits.
Brevan Howard Asset Management is one of the leading absolute return/hedge fund managers, overseeing assets on behalf of institutional investors from around the world, including pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, government agencies, private banks, and fund of funds.
Brevan Howard was founded in 2002 and launched its flagship global macro strategy in April 2003. The firm currently manages over $34bn and engages predominantly in discretionary directional and relative value trading in fixed income, FX markets, and equities. BH Digital, a division within Brevan Howard that manages crypto and digital asset strategies was launched in 2022.
The firm currently employs over 1,000 personnel worldwide, including over 400 investment professionals. This global presence gives Brevan Howard the ability to identify and source attractive investment opportunities, as well as investment management talent wherever they may be. Brevan Howard has won several industry awards for excellence in risk management, operational robustness, and investment performance.
The firm's main hubs are in London, Jersey, Geneva, New York, Austin, Hong Kong, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Bengaluru.
Overview & Responsibilities
Our 10-week Summer Internship Program seeks to hire ambitious, enthusiastic candidates with strong mathematical and quantitative backgrounds, coding skills, a demonstrable passion for markets, and an interest in working across all facets of quantitative analysis. Interns will work with our Quant teams building front-office tools, analysing data, contributing to the core analytics library, and integrating AI into analytical systems.
Our Internship Program starts with one-week in-depth training to prepare interns for the desk. This covers a range of topics relating to Financial Markets including Macroeconomics, FX, Digital Assets, Interest Rate Derivatives, Equity Rates, Bonds, Credit and Fixed Income, Trading Strategies, Risk Management, Excel and Python.
Additionally, interns will benefit from key talks, a mentor program, social events and interactions with some of the most respected and talented individuals in their field.
During the program, working in a fast-paced environment, interns will work with Quants and PMs to contribute to the central analysis platform. Projects can include developing the core analytics library (Fixed Income, FX, Credit, Equity etc), integrating AI into trading tools, and working with PMs to develop trading strategies, signals and back testing.
This internship is devised to provide candidates with an invaluable education on the workings of a macro hedge fund from a quantitative and technological perspective, and to determine if Brevan Howard and the intern are a compatible fit.
The goal of our summer internship programme is to convert top performing interns to our 2027 Graduate Program.
Qualifications & Requirements
- A penultimate year undergraduate / junior or 1st year master's student at a leading university and on course for a minimum of a 2:1 / 3.6 GPA - completed and awarded before July 2027
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, Quantitative or STEM related field
- Strong mathematic, quantitative and problem-solving capabilities
- Programming experience in Python and strong general technical skills
- A demonstrated interest in AI and the ability to explain fundamental concepts
- A demonstrated interest and passion for financial markets
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Can prioritize, manage and deliver on multiple projects to investment teams accordingly
- Outstanding organizational skills and strong attention to detail
- Exemplary professionalism with internal and external clients
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English
Compensation for NY based applicants is a base salary in the range of $10,000 and $12,500 monthly. This role may also be eligible for a sign on bonus, housing stipend and benefits.
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Salary : $10,000 - $12,500