Quantitative Trading Intern (Summer 2026)

THE WORK

As a Ripple intern, you will work on challenges that impact our mission and shape our company. With support from your team, access to learning and development resources, and opportunities for fun along the way, our program will give you the foundation to start your career journey.

Ripple is looking for an intern to support the Trading & Markets team in all things related to Crypto and FX trading, liquidity and quantitative analysis. You will get a chance to see the inner workings of one of Crypto’s foundational firms and see a team of traders and quants apply institutional trading techniques to an emerging market. You will also get a chance to build on your understanding of macro forces and what that means for asset prices, market microstructure, advanced statistical analysis and get an opportunity to meet some of the brightest minds in Crypto within the firm as well as at conferences.

The ideal candidate will be hyper focused on detail, have an understanding of financial markets and have proficient data analysis skills. The ability to clearly present complex ideas, data and solutions is a highly valued skill within the Trading & Markets team. We prefer a candidate that is proficient with Python for data analysis or another major data analysis language as that marries well with our internal technology stack.

Among other aspects, the internship will be structured in a way that allows you to be relatively autonomous. A project will be discussed with the successful candidate but it will not be the sole focus of the entire 10 weeks. We encourage interns to immerse themselves in the Crypto landscape may it be through regional conferences, cross-functional team interaction and participation in company events. Assessment of a successful internship will be based on quality of output feedback from peers, communication skills and leadership traits. We are not looking for a foot soldier but rather someone who can stand their own and potentially grow within the organization down the road.

Interviews will test market knowledge of traditional concepts as well as crypto concepts, there will also be a data based case study. We expect interns to visit the office at least 2-3 days a week.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Be a part of a team that has extensive traditional investment banking experience, be exposed to a rigorous work atmosphere.


• Be given a project working alongside a senior member of the team.


• Choose additional projects and be selective about what you work on.


• Interact with various teams on the business side to understand what the problem we are trying to solve is.


• Gain key insight into how trading, market-making and liquidity management works at scale.


• Be a part of an extremely progressive tech firm in the crypto space and work with interesting people.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Currently enrolled in a Master's degree preferably in a Computer Science, Finance, Mathematics or related field


• Available to work for 12 weeks during Summer 2026, beginning in May or June.


• Intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship


• Advanced written and verbal communication skills.


• Thrive on autonomy and responsibility, be a self-starter


• A passion for financial markets as well as crypto markets.


• 1-5 years of experience at an investment bank is a plus.