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Quantitative Trading – Intern (Australia)

Citadel Securities
🇦🇺SydneyMediorInternPosted March 24, 2026

About the Role

At Citadel Securities, traders make complex risk decisions and execute trades at scale in real-time. As a quantitative trading intern, you'll use predictive analytics and advanced technology to monitor risk, respond to market signals, and execute trading strategies across Options, ETFs, Equities, Fixed Income, Commodities, and Currencies.

  • Develop in-depth knowledge of a financial market
  • Apply advanced statistical techniques to trading
  • Constantly learn and adapt trading approaches
  • Innovate using one of the industry's most powerful trading platforms

This 11-week program allows you to collaborate with senior team members and network with peers throughout the internship.

Responsibilities

  • Develop in-depth knowledge of a financial market
  • Apply advanced statistical techniques to trading
  • Constantly learn and adapt trading approaches
  • Innovate by using one of the industry's most powerful trading platforms

Requirements

  • Bachelor's, master's or PhD in applied math, engineering, statistical modeling, calculus, computer science, physics or related disciplines
  • Ability to think about the world systematically and quantitatively
  • Ability to deal with uncertainty in a rigorous and statistical approach
  • Interest in applying technology and/or quantitative skills to solve complex trading problems
  • Passion for the markets and a desire to seize investment opportunities
  • Experience with programming, scripting, and/or statistical software strongly preferred