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Understand the Interview Process.

1

Submit Your Application

  • Apply as early as possible - applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. 

  • All you need to get started is your most recent resume. 

2

Complete a Technical Challenge

  • Role-dependent: 

    • Quantitative Trader roles: Expect a probability and logic test. 

    • Developer roles: Expect a coding challenge focused on fundamental tech concepts. 

  • At-home and timed assessment. 

3

Virtual First Round Interview

  • Conducted with a current developer, quantitative trader, or researcher. 

  • Includes both technical and behavioral questions. 

4

Final Round Interview

  • May be in-person or virtual, depending on the team. 

  • A half-day interview involving hands-on practice and in-depth discussion of your skills and experience. 

Chicago’s Best Places to Work

Belvedere Trading is proud to be one of Built In’s Best Places to Work!

Team Belvedere took awards for one of the Best Midsize Companies to Work For and one of the Best Chicago Companies to Work For!

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Internships & Entry-Level

    • Immersive trading desk rotations on commodity and index products with weekly on-desk assignments.

    • Full BTU schedule including coursework in Trading Operations Basics, Core Theory, Applications, and Mock Trading.

    • Team based research project with opportunity to present findings to Managing Partners and Senior Traders.

    • Participation in highly competitive Intern Olympics event with the full trading intern class.

    • Immersive trading desk rotation on commodity or index product with weekly on-desk assignments.

    • Technology rotation to work on a Hybrid team-based quantitative research project.

    • Full BTU schedule including coursework in both trading and technology course sequences.

    • Participation in highly competitive Intern Olympics event with the full trading intern class.

    • Well isolated development project that will be pushed into production by the conclusion of the internship.

    • Direct interaction with experienced developers through daily stand-up meetings, project work, and periodic design meetings.

    • Full BTU schedule including coursework in software development concepts, Belvedere’s systems, and Core Theory for Tech.

    • Participation in highly competitive Intern Olympics event with full Software Engineer intern class.

    • Responsible for option modeling for multiple products such as indices, commodities, and equities.

    • Understand and work on issues ranging from methodology and technology questions to new functionality, features, and enhancement requests to meet present and future business needs and requirements.  

    • Research and interpret academic literature on related subjects.  

    • Generate ideas for quantitative strategies related to market effects, market microstructure, and other subtle marketplace changes.

    • Develop, validate, and implement these strategies by applying econometrics, statistics, and stochastic modeling techniques to the financial data.

Our internship programs provide a 10-week deep dive into what life looks like as a full-time member of Team Belvedere, including the type of projects interns work on. We don’t believe in “busy work” at Belvedere and provide our interns with meaningful learning experiences that are mutually beneficial. We believe that great ideas can come from anywhere and anyone so we encourage all of our interns, as well as full-time teammates, to take a passionate interest in promoting, within their team environment, those solutions they feel strongly about. Through a mid-term and final review process that mirrors our mid-year and year-end reviews on the full-time level, we proactively track intern feedback and performance with the intention that, if a mutual fit exists, our interns will join us the next year as full-time team members.

We model our programs to include similar components across positions that are carefully tailored to the individual role as well as the current needs of the firm. The main components of our program are our intern’s week-to-week experiences and a project portion.

Throughout this 10-week process, interns get to meet full-time team members firm-wide that work with many different elements of our business and systems. The training that interns go through is similar to the early stages of the new-hire on-boarding process, and proves to be an advantage to interns who come and join us full-time. As the internship goes on, the day-to-day experience shifts away from BTU and towards working towards each group’s respective project milestones.

Project specifications, including research topics and programming languages used, have varied from year to year, but three themes remain: interns are given a good deal of responsibility throughout the internship, interns receive ample guidance and mentorship throughout the process, and interns are treated as important, valued members of Team Belvedere. Working at Belvedere is a fun, collaborative experience, and full-time teammates are very willing to get to know each intern class and provide help whenever possible.

In addition to meaningful work, interns also enjoy a host of benefits in addition to salary and a discretionary bonus, including, summer housing assistance, intern specific and firm-wide events, a free Divvy Bike membership, and access to our in-office perks.