Trader/Analyst Intern - London – Summer 2025

D. E. Shaw

May 30

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Summer Internship
Banking & Finance
London

Requirements

Candidates who display analytical rigor, have impressive critical thinking skills, and have a demonstrated interest in financial markets (e.g., through trading or coding competitions; STEM research experience; involvement with investing or finance clubs, internships, or insight programmes; or Olympiad participation) will excel in this role.
Applicants should have exceptional attention to detail and be able to analyze and think through the implications of new investment ideas while also contributing ideas of their own.
We welcome applicants currently enrolled in a four-year undergraduate program or graduate degree program across all fields of study. No previous finance experience is necessary. Students who apply to this internship are usually approaching their final year of full-time study.

Responsibilities

You’ll research, analyze, and perform due diligence on specific companies or industries to help the team assess potential investments. You’ll be tasked with staying up to date on current news and trends, reading company reports, and analyzing data from a variety of sources. Because our approach sits at the intersection of finance and technology, our interns employ a number of technological platforms to analyze market data and ultimately make qualitative decisions based on these analyses.

D. E. Shaw

Finance

Industry

1001-5000

Employees

1988

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

The D. E. Shaw group is trusted by investors across the world to manage their assets by seeking the optimal balance of risk and reward. While we’re known as a pioneer in quantitative investing, we also have considerable expertise in areas that involve fundamental analysis or portfolio manager discretion. We use a combination of quantitative and qualitative tools to uncover independent, hard-to-find sources of return across global public and private markets. Founded in 1988 over a small bookstore in downtown New York City, the D. E. Shaw group began with six employees and $28 million in capital and quickly became a pioneer in computational finance. In the early days of exposed pipes and extension cords, tripping on a cable could take out our whole trading system. Today, the firm has more than 2,000 people around the globe and an institutional-grade (and trip-proof) infrastructure, but we still value creativity, entrepreneurship, and the spirit of discovery.