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Quant Intern Board

Freshman & sophomore-eligible pipeline programs and diversity internships at quant trading firms in the USA.

Last updated: Sep 13, 2026 · 8 programs tracked · Cycle: Fall 2026 – Summer 2027

8Programs tracked

3Run in winter, not summer

5Pay not publicly disclosed

1Single-day event (unpaid)

These are shorter, off-cycle programs — mostly multi-day pipeline events or 1–4 week programs, not full 10-12 week summer internships. They're designed to fast-track you into a full internship later, not to be the internship itself (except WITTI, which is its own standalone winter internship).

Confirmed & Likely-Open Programs

Program	Location	Duration	When	Reported Pay	Experience Needed	Type	Apply
Jane Street — FTTP Pipeline event, not a full internship	New York, NY	~3–4 days	Fall/Winter 2026	Not disclosed	None — no coding or finance background required	1ST-YEAR	Apply →
SIG — Discovery Day Trading / Quant Research	Bala Cynwyd, PA	1 day	TBD (recruiting event)	N/A — unpaid	None — no finance or coding background required	FR/SOPH	Apply →
HRT — WITTI Trading Technology, women-focused	New York, NY	2–4 wks	Winter (starts ~Jan 6)	Not disclosed	Demonstrated programming (C/C++/Python/Rust preferred)	WOMEN	Apply →
Virtu — Women's Winternship Trading / Technology	New York, NY (+ Dublin)	1 wk	Winter (~Jan 5–9)	Not disclosed	Intermediate/advanced programming (Python preferred)	WOMEN	Apply →
Citadel Securities — Discover Firm overview / recruiting pipeline	New York, NY (+ London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney)	2 days	~Apr 2027 (exact dates TBD)	N/A — unpaid (travel/lodging covered)	None — 1st/2nd-year, grad Dec 2027–Jun 2029	FR/SOPH	Apply →
Citadel Securities — Ignite Women's Trading Program	New York, NY	1 wk	Winter (Jan 2027)	Not disclosed	Quant major (Math/Stats/Physics/CS); sophomore women	WOMEN	Apply →
Optiver — FutureFocus Trading / Tech / Quant Research tracks	Chicago, IL / Austin, TX (+ intl sites)	5 days	Summer 2027 pipeline (dates vary by site)	Not disclosed	STEM background; 1st/2nd-year, grad Winter 2027–Spring 2029	FR/SOPH	Apply →
Two Sigma — Mentor Connect Mentorship program, not a trading internship	Remote	6 wks	Summer 2027 (~Jul–Aug)	N/A — unpaid mentorship	Rising sophomore CS-interested; underrepresented groups in STEM	MENTOR	Apply →

Bottom line: quant-firm underclassman programs run on a different calendar than tech — mostly fall/winter recruiting events feeding into summer internship offers, or standalone women-in-trading winter programs. Apply early: several use rolling admissions.