Quant Developer / Quant Research Intern - 2026/2027

About this role

Anthelion Capital seeks quantitative interns to develop core infrastructure for their systematic investment platform, working on data ingestion, factor modeling, backtesting engines, and research-to-production tooling. No finance background required—the role prioritizes strong programming and quantitative fundamentals matched to real platform components.

What you'll do

• Build market and reference data ingestion pipelines with point-in-time correctness and as-of-date validation
• Develop and validate factor or risk models on the emerging platform with emphasis on robustness and out-of-sample performance
• Create tooling to promote signals from research to production through configuration-driven workflows
• Contribute to backtesting/simulation engines, feature/signal stores, or portfolio optimization components
• Work directly with the quant team on production-grade infrastructure within the investment lifecycle platform

What they're looking for

• Python programming
• Statistics and machine learning fundamentals
• Data engineering and pipeline design
• Backtesting and quantitative validation
• C++, Rust, or systems-level programming (preferred)
• Cloud platforms such as Azure (preferred)
• Orchestration tools like Dagster or Prefect (preferred)

Benefits

• 12-week paid onsite internship in Midtown Manhattan
• Competitive weekly stipend of $1,800–$2,000 depending on coursework
• Direct mentorship from quant team on real production systems
• Strong interns considered as primary pipeline for full-time conversion