Applied Technology Summer Internship

The Role

We are excited to offer an opportunity for a diverse group of talented students to join the internship program at Schonfeld. You’ll spend ten weeks with either the Solutions Engineering team or the Applied Technology team within the Schonfeld Technology division where you will be immersed in the culture and atmosphere of Schonfeld, working alongside talented professionals on meaningful projects.

Both the Technology and Solutions Engineers at Schonfeld take on a wide range of responsibilities and challenges. Specifically, the Technology Engineers are responsible for helping automate operational tasks to reduce variability and maximize velocity including, but not limited to, application building/deploying, infrastructure, configuration management and monitoring. While the Solutions Engineers are responsible for building tools that improve portfolio manager workflows and drive efficiencies across the business.

What You’ll Do

As a member of Applied Technology team, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with senior engineers to enhance the functionality, performance, stability, efficiency, and scalability of our internal platforms. You'll take ownership of these platforms, focusing on automating tool rollouts for company-wide use and managing and advancing our Kubernetes infrastructure.

The Applied Solutions flagship product, SchonGPT, is an internal AI platform that provides ChatGPT-like functionality with deep integrations into internal systems to enhance workflows. As a member of this team, you'll have the opportunity to collaborate with senior engineers to build out tools and bots to improve portfolio manager workflows and drive efficiencies across the business.

You will be assigned both a manager and mentor, participate in organized team-building events, lunch and learns, social activities, and network with senior management throughout the summer. You will be assigned summer-long projects that will be directly related to the work of the team you are assigned to, which you will present on at the completion of the program. Upon completion of the internship, you may be extended a full-time offer of employment.

We do not require prior experience in finance, but we do require a passion for technology and solving business problems

What You’ll Bring

• A junior pursing a degree in a technical field
• Someone who has demonstrated strong interest in the AI, Cloud and DevOps Technologies space through previous internships, part time jobs and/or classes
• High levels of creativity and quick problem-solving capabilities
• Strong interest in taking ownership of his/her work
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Programming knowledge in Python
• Experience with automation deployment software – Kubernetes, Docker
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

Our Internship

The Schonfeld summer internship provides students with a unique opportunity to experience Schonfeld, our work, our people, and our culture. Interns will typically join a small team and will spend 10 weeks at Schonfeld from June - August.

Each summer intern will work on a tailored project that will provide them with real world experience.  We provide all interns with a dedicated mentor and manager to help them navigate the summer successfully. Interns will also participate in our learning and development program, which aims to provide tangible skills training and education on various functions across the firm and in the workplace. Along with the hands-on guidance and support from managers and mentors, interns will participate in weekly networking events, engage with our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alliance, attend panel discussions, and have many opportunities to get to know Schonfeld’s core values in practice.

Who We Are

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a global multi-strategy, multi-manager investment platform that harnesses the transformative power of people to perform in all market environments. Our dynamic culture inspires better outcomes for our team, our investors, and our partners. We aim to consistently deliver risk-adjusted returns, with people driving performance.

We specialize in four core strategies: Quantitative Trading, Fundamental Equity, Tactical Trading, and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income. We capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets, drawing from a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure, and risk analytics.

We invest through internal portfolio managers and external partner funds, pursuing alignment among investors, investment professionals, and the firm. Our footprint spans 7 countries and 19 offices.

Our Culture

Talent is our strategy. We believe our success is because of our people, so putting our talent above all else is our top priority. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative, and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning & educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact.

We foster a sense of belonging among all of our employees with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the forefront of this mission. Our employees value diversity across identity, thought, people and perspective which serves as the foundation of our culture. As a firm, we are committed to creating a hiring process that is fair, welcoming and supportive.

The annual base pay for this role is expected to be between $100,000 and $120,000, which will be prorated based on internship start and end date. The expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated. Actual compensation for the successful candidate will be determined based on a variety of factors such as skills, qualifications and experience and level of education.