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2020 Summer Internship - Index Portfolio Management Intern - June 2021/June 2022 Grads

Nasdaq

Nasdaq

2020 Summer Internship - Index Portfolio Management Intern - June 2021/June 2022 Grads

Rockville, MD
Internship
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    This internship does not offer the ability to convert to a full-time position.

    Nasdaq Global Indexes creates and operates innovative, market-leading indexes. Index Portfolio Management Specialists develop and operate scripts that select components and weights for Nasdaq indexes. They combine subject matter expertise in finance and financial data with analytical and programming skills. They develop and document new indexes using an ever expanding inventory of securities, data, and calculations.

    In this role interns will:

    • Become subject matter experts in financial data, indexes, benchmarking, trading, derivatives, data vendors, and content providers
    • Become subject matter experts in multiple asset classes, related data and indexes (global equities, fixed income, commodities etc.)
    • Write precise documentation for new and existing data sources and indexes
    • Develop controls on data quality and index calculations
    • Research new data sources, discover and document their strengths and weaknesses
    • Develop algorithms to detect and correct data quality problems, for incoming and outgoing data
    • Write and test code that queries diverse data sources, makes complex index calculations, and implements quality controls
    • Document and manage projects using Confluence, Jira, Bitbucket, and other tools
    • Learn, design and implement data storage on-premises and in a cloud such as AWS
    • Learn, design and implement index calculations on-premises and in a cloud such as AWS
    • Innovate in all aspects of index creation and operation, data quality and variety, and technical infrastructure
    • Clearly communicate and collaborate with internal and external partners
    • Uncover product and infrastructure enhancement opportunities; prepare requirements and business cases
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  • Qualifications
    • Finance, economics, statistics, math, computer science, or other quantitative background
    • Experience in financial markets, securities and data
    • Extremely effective communication skills, both spoken and written
    • Analytic programming experience or evidence of the ability to develop these skills rapidly (e.g. SQL, R, Python, Scala, Java)
    • Experience using modern analytic platforms or evidence of the ability to develop these skills rapidly (e.g. Spark, Hadoop, statistical and machine learning libraries)
    • Experience using cloud services, including storage, compute analytics, and security (e.g. AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure)
    • Experience with code versioning frameworks such as Git or Bitbucket
    • Track record of working successfully both independently and with a team
    • Highly motivated with evidence of intellectual curiosity and creativity; comfortable with complexity
    • Well organized and able to complete multiple, time-sensitive projects at once
  • Industry
    Financial Technology
  • Fun Fact
    Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman started her career as an intern at the company.
  • About Us

    Nasdaq's mission is to fuel the world’s economic growth one investor, one company, one market at a time. Nasdaq connects buyers and sellers, visionaries and experts, dreamers and doers to transform the global economy.