Quantitative Option Pricing Intern

An internship at BlackEdge will give you a taste of life as a quantitative researcher in the options market making space. The first half of your internship will focus on teaching you option pricing theory, market making dynamics, and trading system operations. The second half will provide you the opportunity via projects to perform meaningful analysis to continue to drive BlackEdge's pricing and modeling advantages.

What you'll do:

• Build expertise in option pricing dynamics and trading strategy optimization
• Participate in mock trading and other training sessions
• Collaborate with traders to understand their high-level needs, translating problem descriptions into actionable research questions
• Develop robust, data-driven models that balance theoretical rigor with practical application, using mathematical and statistical techniques
• Prototype and iterate on solutions, ensuring they are implementable within our low-latency trading systems
• Present findings and recommendations to trading and technology teams, fostering a culture of knowledge-sharing

What we need:

• Graduating in Winter 2026 or Spring 2027 with at least a Master's degree in a financial engineering field
• Strong quantitative skills and logical reasoning
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to maintain composure under pressure

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