CME Group is currently looking for a Quantitative year-found intern in our New York office.
This candidate will assist our quantitative risk research on day-to-day activities in support of CME Securities Clearing business. He will work in a team that develops Risk/Pricing Models that evaluate counterparty exposures to the Clearing House. These include models related to Pricing, Value-at-Risk, Stress Testing, Liquidity, Regulatory Capital, and also developing tools for Portfolio Analytics. The incumbent also works to perform back testing & statistical analysis required to ensure the adequacy of margin coverage & justify other model assumptions.
Principal Accountabilities:
- Conduct empirical studies and make recommendations on margin levels, modeling issues, and other risk-mitigation measures. Ensure that the model is up to date with the proven theories in the field.
- Ensure deployment, testing and continuous improvement of these models within the Production Infrastructure of CME.
- Work on a team that enhances existing risk models as well as designs/prototypes new models across different asset classes like OTC and Futures (e.g. Pricing, VaR, Backtest, Stress, Liquidity, etc.).
Required Qualifications:
- A Master or PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Operational research, Financial math or Engineering.
- Experience with some programming languages such as Python/C++/R/VBA and SQL is also required.
Desired Qualifications:
- Commitment to the highest ethical standards.
- Knowledge of bond math and CME rate products.
- Proficiency in probability, statistics and optimization.
- Understanding of back-testing frameworks, historical analysis and scenario-based research.
- Hands-on programming experience in Python (numpy, pandas, matplotlib...) or analytical packages (R/Matlab) and data visualization.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Currently pursuing a Master's degree or PhD
- Local to New York
Sponsorship Qualifications:
- Please note that our company is unable to provide employment sponsorship for this position and can only consider candidates who are legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship assistance (CPT, H1B, F1, L etc.).
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CME Group is committed to offering a competitive pay package for our employee interns. The pay range typically applicable to our intern roles is $23.84--$39.71. Actual pay offered will be dependent on a wide array of factors including but not limited to: relevant experience, skills, education, location of the internship, and the internship area of focus. Through our benefits program, we offer our employee interns the opportunity to participate in select offerings. This includes our comprehensive health coverage and a mental health benefit.CME Group: Where Futures are Made
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Skills Required
- Master or PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Operational research, Financial math or Engineering
- Experience with programming languages such as Python, C++, R, VBA and SQL
- Currently pursuing a Master's degree or PhD
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Retirement Support — U.S. offerings include both a 401(k) and a company-funded cash-balance pension, strengthening long-term financial security. This dual-track structure is highlighted as a notable differentiator among private employers.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO and holiday schedules are described as generous, with ample time off and carryover commonly highlighted. This breadth of leave meaningfully enhances perceived total rewards.
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Flexible Benefits — A flexible, hybrid work model applies to many roles, increasing day-to-day usability of the package. Flexibility is framed as a standard feature rather than an exception.
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What We Do
As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) is where the world comes to manage risk. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes, including futures and options based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural commodities, metals, weather and real estate. CME Group brings buyers and sellers together through its CME Globex® electronic trading platform and its trading facilities in New York and Chicago. CME Group also operates CME Clearing, one of the world’s leading central counterparty clearing provider in the world, which offers clearing and settlement services for exchange-traded contracts, as well as for over-the-counter derivatives transactions through CME ClearPort®. These products and services ensure that businesses everywhere can substantially mitigate counterparty credit risk in both listed and over-the-counter derivatives markets.
