Summer 2027 - Risk Tech Internship

The role

Interns will support the Risk Tech team's day-to-day activities and complete a defined project. The role involves analyzing live trades, breaking down traders' PnL, and calculating exposure to key risk factors.

What you will do

• Support the team's day-to-day activities
• Complete a defined project to address a relevant business need
• Analyze live trades and performance across historical and hypothetical scenarios
• Break down traders' PnL to understand drivers
• Calculate the firm's exposure to key risk factors

Required qualifications

• Studying towards or holding a degree in a quantitative subject (Comp Sci, Maths, Engineering, Physics or similar), or equivalent experience
• Strong programming ability in Python, Java or C, demonstrated through projects or work experience
• Able to explain technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical colleagues
• Takes ownership of problems, from research to design and implementation

Nice to have

• Prior internship, academic, or professional experience within financial services, investment management, or a related field
• Intellectual curiosity, the openness to share ideas, humility, the highest ethical standards and a desire to excel
• A keen curiosity about technology and artificial intelligence

About the company

Capstone is a global, alternative investment management firm operating across a broad range of derivatives-based strategies. It has approximately $14.6 billion of AUM and 315 employees.