2027 Summer Internship Program – Systematic Trading Technology Software Engineer, New York

Brevan Howard is a macro trading firm operating systematic and discretionary investment processes based on rigorous analysis of diverse financial and alternative data. The Systematic Trading Technology Software Engineering Intern will help build and support real-time trading systems, market data services, and tools for portfolio managers and traders across the software development lifecycle.

What you'll do:

• The Systematic Trading Technology team is part of the Brevan Howard Systematic business. We build and operate the live trading platform that every systematic portfolio manager uses to execute their strategies, and we deliver the market data those strategies trade on
• 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, and the latest AI tools and LLMs
• During the program, interns will contribute to the team’s work across both the trading platform and the market data stack, gaining exposure to the full software development lifecycle — from design and implementation through deployment and production support — while working closely with engineers, portfolio managers and business stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
• 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
• This internship is devised to provide candidates with an invaluable education on the workings of a macro hedge fund and the regulatory environment through a two-way process to determine if Brevan Howard and the intern are a compatible fit
• The goal of our summer internship program is to convert top performing interns to our 2028 Graduate Program
• Build and extend real-time services for order execution and trading workflow
• Work on market data capture, normalization and delivery to systematic strategies
• Develop tooling and interfaces used daily by portfolio managers and traders
• Contribute tests, instrumentation and monitoring for production trading systems

What they're looking for:

• A penultimate year undergraduate/junior or 1st year master's or PhD student at a recognized University — completed and awarded before July 2028
• Strong mathematical, quantitative, problem-solving capabilities, and technical skills in Excel, VBA, and R
• Programming experience in Java; familiarity with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Linux, Git and SQL is a plus
• An interest in building reliable, low-latency systems, and the curiosity to dig into how complex systems behave under real conditions
• An interest and passion for financial markets, trading, and financial products
• The ability to work independently and collaboratively as part of a team
• An entrepreneurial spirit
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English

Benefits:

• One-week in-depth training covering Financial Markets, Excel, Python, and the latest AI tools and LLMs
• Key talks
• A mentor program
• Social events
• Housing stipend
• Internship completion bonus