Technology Intern - Hong Kong - 2027

Location: Hong Kong, fully in-office (no remote work) Dates: 10 weeks, May - August start date - dependent on your course.  Join Marshall Wace for the summer and experience first-hand what it means to be a member of the highly innovative and fast-paced technology team that powers one of the world's largest hedge funds. Interns in this programme will be given projects that both provide real-world engineering experience and drive our business forward. Technology touches every aspect of MW, and interns will have the opportunity to build systems that enable success in domains throughout the business. These domains include our systematic and fundamental investment strategies, firmwide technology platform, trading and order execution, AI-powered automation and enhancements of workflows, and many others.   Prior to the start of the internship, our various tech teams will propose potential projects for interns. We select the projects that are the most valuable to the firm and that stand to provide the most engaging and valuable experience. Interns are then assigned to selected projects in pairs, reporting to a senior engineer. Throughout the internship, interns receive comprehensive support from our teams. In addition to direct mentorship by their managers, this support includes regular seminars on the many segments of the MW tech estate, informational sessions on other areas of the business with senior leaders, social events, and opportunities to engage in the firm’s charitable activities. All of this is in service of our goal to provide our interns with extensive professional and technical development and a broad understanding of our business and of the finance industry at large. Examples of past projects:  A backtesting framework for our quantitative trading system Horizontally distributed autonomous coding agents AI-driven user behaviour analytics platform What are we looking for?   This internship is ideal for an innovative problem solver who can demonstrate inventive and creative use of technology. Successful participants may have the opportunity to return full time as a member of our Technology Graduate Programme when they complete their studies.  We don’t specifically look for those working towards a computer science degree, but we do look for those who are high-achieving academically and have actively developed technical, software engineering skills. This could be through coursework, previous internships, research, or even just the pursuit of a passion for technology in their free time.   Finally, we also believe that the right person is more than just a technical expert. We place real value on collaboration, entrepreneurialism, and strong communication skills. The structure of the technology organisation here is such that every engineer must own their work end to end. That means successful interns, and full-time team members, will play an active role in identifying opportunities for...