Quant Research Intern

The Role

9-week internship with the London Quant Research team:

• Partner with the MarketAxess Sales team to deliver tailored data insights that enhance trading execution for clients and dealers.
• Analyse bond market activity and market micro-structure trends, including MarketAxess’ proprietary data.
• Develop new models and reports.

How You’ll Take Us There  

• Create and maintain presentation materials for internal and external meetings.
• Champion business growth with state-of-the-art analytics.
• Expand and refine our quantitative trading solutions.

What We’re Looking for 

• Hold an undergraduate or masters’ degree in a quantitative field (science, engineering, mathematics, finance, or statistics is preferred).
• Solid quantitative and analytical skills.
• Good querying / programming capabilities including R/Python, SQL.
• Understanding of fixed income markets.
• Must be graduating in Summer 2026, hence should be in their penultimate year of study.
• Superb interpersonal and communication skills.
• Highly analytical, flexible, team-oriented, and creative problem solver.
• Strong data capabilities, including working with complex datasets.
• English (to a high/professional standard)

What You Can Expect from Us

• Central Location: based at our city offices near St Paul’s.  
• Free Food: We provide lunch each day of the week when the employee attends the office via our vendor Feedr as well as breakfast cereals, office snacks and drinks from our free vending machines 
• Paid Time Off: 25 days annual leave entitlement plus 2 charity days 
• Reward for your service: We offer a two-week bonus holiday after completing each 5 years of service 
• Core benefits: Besides competitive standard benefits package we offer private medical (PMI) for family, Cash Plan, health screenings, dental cover, 6X life assurance, critical illness cover, income protection, pension, car leasing (Tusker electronic cars), reimbursement for wellness stipend, interest free season ticket loan and a “Share Incentive” plan 
• Tuition Assistance and Professional Training: Benefit from on-demand learning, boot camps, and opportunities to attend conferences 

Collaboration and innovation are integral to our success – it’s how we got to where we are and how we’ll maintain and grow our competitive advantage. We believe this best happens in an office environment. Employees in Technology work in the office 2 or more days a week. This approach still allows for flexibility depending on the business function you work within but also helps us maintain a collaborative office environment long-term