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Balyasny Asset ManagementNew York City, NY
Quantitative Analyst – Macro Investment Team (Summer Internship)
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Location
New York City, NY
About the role
Join the Macro Investment Team as a Summer Quantitative Analyst intern to work on portfolio management and macro investing products. Gain hands-on experience with data analysis, strategy optimization, and market modeling in a dynamic team environment.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to portfolio management teams with data analysis, prototyping, and back-testing.
- Generate and implement ideas to improve strategies and optimize portfolios.
- Build market monitors and relative value reports to identify new trades.
- Develop models on market-relevant topics like Fed balance sheet runoff and election probabilities.
Qualifications & Requirements
- Rising junior undergrad or 1st year Master's student in quantitative field, graduating Dec 2027 or Spring 2028.
- Programming experience in Python for data analysis and research infrastructure development.
- Understanding of options, equity index futures, commodity futures, fixed income futures, interest rate swaps, and foreign currencies.
- Knowledge of statistics including time series analysis and regressions.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to present results clearly to portfolio managers.
Ideal Candidate Attributes
- Strong desire to work collaboratively with the team.
- High professionalism with internal staff, clients, and regulatory agencies.
- Problem-solving skills to identify and implement solutions.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Outstanding attention to detail and organization.