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We develop AI-powered solutions for asset managers and hedge funds, leveraging proprietary AI and deep-learning technology to analyse financial time series, identify predictive signals, and support systematic investment strategies.\nOur quantitative researchers, data scientists, and engineers work together to address the challenges of applying AI to financial markets, from evaluating signals to building and refining investment strategies. For an intern, this offers the opportunity to learn how rigorous quantitative research is carried out and to see how research findings can contribute to real investment solutions.\nWe support professional development and offer flexible working arrangements within an inclusive, collaborative team.\nWhat We’re Looking For\nWe are looking for a motivated Quantitative Researcher Intern with a strong technical foundation, intellectual curiosity, and a genuine interest in quantitative finance, machine learning, and systematic investing.\nYou will join our Quant Research team and work, with close guidance from experienced colleagues, on a focused research project investigating how predictive signals can be combined and integrated into systematic investment strategies to improve robustness, diversification, and alpha generation.\nThe internship is open to candidates seeking either a curricular or extracurricular placement. Duration will be agreed with the selected candidate.\nLocation: Modena, Italy\nExpected start date: January-February 2027\nWhat You’ll Be Doing\nContribute to a well-defined research project within the Quant Research team:\nReview relevant academic literature and internal research on signal evaluation, signal combination, and systematic strategy design.\n\nPrepare, clean, and explore financial datasets, with support from the team.\n\nImplement and compare approaches for combining predictive signals, from transparent baseline methods to more advanced statistical or machine-learning techniques where appropriate.\n\nEvaluate signal quality and robustness using sound statistical methods and out-of-sample analysis, while learning to recognise common sources of bias and overfitting.\n\nStudy how combined signals can be integrated into systematic strategies and assess their impact on performance, risk, stability, turnover, and transaction-cost sensitivity.\n\nDevelop reproducible Python 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