About Man Group
Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent.
Headquartered in London, we manage $253.6 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at www.man.com
At Man Group, we respect your privacy and we are committed to protecting and safeguarding your Personal Data. We have developed policies and processes which are designed to provide for the security and integrity of your Personal Data. We are committed to Processing your Personal Data fairly and lawfully, and being open and transparent about such Processing. For further information on how we process your data, please see the privacy notice for applicants here.
* As at 30 June 2026
The Team
Man Systematics’ Fast Trading Strategies (FTS) team is responsible for the development of high Sharpe, high-frequency trading strategies across all asset classes. The team has been running for over a decade and currently manages a large and successful portfolio across both global futures and cash markets. The FTS team is responsible for the full end to end development of the fast alpha portfolio, using several techniques to capture fast alphas, ML, event driven, microstructure based etc, building its own customized monetization stack, and optimizing trading and order placement with dedicated high-frequency infrastructure.
This posting is specifically for candidates interested in interning in the New York office, which houses Man Systematics’ business unit focused on high-frequency alpha research, trading, and infrastructure.
Who Should Apply?
The team is currently hiring PhD students for an MLE/QR internship with strong academic achievement in highly technical degree programs who are interested in a summer internship (expected to be between 10 – 12 weeks).
Candidates are encouraged to submit only one application using their university email address via the below link, which requires a resume that includes all completed and in-progress post-secondary education GPAs. School transcripts may be optionally provided immediately or later in the process.
Kindly note that our summer internships are open to penultimate year students only.
Purpose of the Role
- The MLE role is ideal for individuals who are passionate about software that is focused on machine learning applications such as MLOps and research workflows. Because MLEs are also expected to use their own software, the ideal candidate not only has experience coding in a variety of languages (especially Python) but also has knowledge of ML algorithms and research processes.
- The QR role is ideal for individuals who are passionate about using high frequency tick data and machine learning algorithms to predict asset returns and converting those models into profitable trading strategies. QRs will work closely with MLOps in deploying models and therefore are required to be strong programmers in a variety of languages (especially Python). Previous ML or statistical research internship experience in finance, technology, or academia is strongly preferred.
Working Here
Man Systematic fosters a performance driven, meritocratic culture with a small company, no-attitude feel. It is flat structured, open, transparent, and collaborative, offering ample opportunity to grow and have enormous impact on what we do. We are actively engaged with the broader research and academic community, as well as renowned industry contributors.
We’re fortunate enough to have a modern high-rise office in central Midtown conveniently located near Central Park and continually strive to make our environment a great place in which to work.
- We have annual away days and research off-sites for the whole team.
- We open-source some of our technology. See https://github.com/man-group
- We regularly talk at leading industry conferences, and tweet about relevant technology and how we’re using it. See @manquanttech and @ManGroup.
- Our Oxford lab is collocated with the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance (https://bit.ly/36goTic) and the Machine Learning Research Group in Engineering Science, University of Oxford (https://bit.ly/2MSHDwy)
The anticipated based salary range for this position is listed below. Compensation packages would also include benefits and a discretionary bonus. This is the base salary range that the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting based on the location and requirements of the position as well as the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant. The Firm reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.
Inclusion, Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Group
You'll thrive in our working environment that champions equality of opportunity. Your unique perspective will contribute to our success, joining a workplace where inclusion is fundamental and deeply embedded in our culture and values. Through our external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes, you'll find opportunities to grow, develop your talents, and help foster an inclusive environment for all across our firm and industry. Learn more at www.man.com/diversity.
You'll have opportunities to make a difference through our charitable and global initiatives, while advancing your career through professional development, and with flexible working arrangements available too. Like all our people, you'll receive two annual 'Mankind' days of paid leave for community volunteering.
Our comprehensive benefits package includes competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Depending on your location, you may also enjoy additional benefits such as private medical coverage, discounted gym membership options and pet insurance.
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Man Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and all employees without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, age or any other legally protected category or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact [email protected].
Skills Required
- Currently pursuing a PhD in a highly technical degree program
- Strong academic achievement
- Be a penultimate-year student
- Strong programming skills, especially Python
- Experience coding in multiple programming languages
- Knowledge of machine learning algorithms and research processes
- Interest in machine learning engineering, MLOps, quantitative research, or high-frequency trading
- Previous machine learning or statistical research internship experience in finance, technology, or academia
- Resume submitted using a university email address and including completed and in-progress post-secondary GPAs
What We Do
Man Group is a global active investment management firm, which runs $127 billion* of client capital in liquid and private markets, managed by investment specialists based around the world. Headquartered in London, the firm has 15 international offices and operates across multiple jurisdictions. Our business has five specialist investment engines, which represent the range of our capabilities: Man AHL, Man Numeric, Man GLG, Man FRM and Man GPM. These engines house numerous investment teams, working collaboratively within the framework of Man Group, with a high degree of investment autonomy. Each team benefits from the strength and resources of the firm’s single operating platform, enabling their primary focus to be seeking to generate alpha for clients. The teams invest across a diverse range of strategies and asset classes with highly specialised approaches, with long only and alternative strategies run on a discretionary and quantitative basis in single and multi-manager formats. Our clients are at the heart of everything we do and we engage in close dialogue with our investors as strategic partners, to understand their particular needs and constraints. Man Group’s investment teams are empowered and supported by our institutional infrastructure and technology, which aims to facilitate the efficient exposure to markets and effective collaboration across the organisation.
