CAREERS

The Firm

Brevan Howard Asset Management is one of the leading absolute return/hedge fund managers, overseeing assets on behalf of institutional investors from around the world, including pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, government agencies, private banks, and fund of funds.

Brevan Howard was founded in 2002 and launched its flagship global macro strategy in April 2003. The firm currently manages over $34bn and engages predominantly in discretionary directional and relative value trading in fixed income, FX markets, and equities. BH Digital, a division within Brevan Howard that manages crypto and digital asset strategies was launched in 2022.

The firm currently employs over 1,000 personnel worldwide, including over 400 investment professionals. This global presence gives Brevan Howard the ability to identify and source attractive investment opportunities, as well as investment management talent wherever they may be. Brevan Howard has won several industry awards for excellence in risk management, operational robustness, and investment performance.

The firm’s main hubs are in London, Jersey, Geneva, New York, Austin, Hong Kong, Singapore, Abu Dhabi and Bengaluru.

Overview & Responsibilities

Our 10-week summer internship programme seeks to hire ambitious, enthusiastic candidates with strong quantitative, analytical, and programming skills, and a passion for data-driven decision making. Interns will join the Data Engineering and Analytics Engineering team, which underpins Brevan Howards Systematic data and AI infrastructure across research, trading, and operational functions.

The team’s mission is to design, build, and maintain reliable, high-performance data pipelines and analytics systems that empower quantitative research, systematic trading, and business insights. Interns will work on real-world projects spanning data ingestion, transformation, and intelligent automation using modern data and AI tools.

Additionally, interns will benefit from key talks, a mentor program, social events and interactions with some of the most respected and talented individuals in their field.

This internship is devised to provide candidates with an invaluable education on the workings of a macro hedge fund and the regulatory environment through a two-way process to determine if Brevan Howard and the intern are a compatible fit.

The goal of our summer internship programme is to convert top performing interns to our 2027 Graduate Programme.

Qualifications & Requirements

• A penultimate year undergraduate / junior or 1st year Master’s student at a recognized University and on course for a minimum of a 2:1 / 3.6 GPA – completed and awarded before July 2027

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science or Mathematics

• Strong mathematic, quantitative and problem-solving capabilities

• Programming experience in Python; experience with Linux, Git, and SQL is a plus

• Detail oriented and curious, with a strong interest in identifying and understanding bugs and edge cases in complex systems

• A demonstrated interest and passion for financial markets, trading, and financial products

• Can work independently and collaboratively as part of a team

• Entrepreneurial spirit

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Can prioritize, manage and deliver on multiple projects to investment teams accordingly

• Outstanding organizational skills and strong attention to detail

• Exemplary professionalism with internal and external clients

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English