Quantitative Analyst Intern

When you join EDF Trading, you’ll become part of a diverse international team of experts who challenge conventional ideas, test new approaches, and think outside the box.

Energy markets evolve rapidly, so our team needs to remain agile, flexible, and ready to spot opportunities across all the markets we trade in power, gas, LNG, LPG, oil, and environmental products.

EDF Group and our customers all over the world trust that their assets are managed by us in the most effective and efficient manner and are protected through expert risk management. Trading for over 20 years, it’s experience that makes us leaders in the field. Energy is what we do.

Become part of the team and you will be offered a great range of benefits, which include (location dependent) hybrid working, a personal pension plan, private medical and dental insurance, bi-annual health assessments, corporate gym memberships, an electric car lease programme, childcare vouchers, a cycle-to-work scheme, season ticket loans, volunteering opportunities, and much more.

Gender balance and inclusion are very high on the agenda at EDF Trading, so you will become part of an ever-diversifying family of around 750 colleagues based in London, Paris, Singapore, and Houston. Regular social and networking events, both physical and virtual, will ensure that you always feel connected to your colleagues and the business.

Who are we? We are EDF Trading, part of the EDF Group - a world leader in low-carbon, sustainable electricity generation.

Join us, make a difference, and help shape the future of energy.

Job Description:

Department

Energy Market Quantitative Analytics (EMQA)

The EMQA team is part of the front office organisation. The purpose of the team is to produce systematic strategies and build automated execution solutions through research and technical implementation.

Position Purpose

The objective of the internship is to further develop and put in production a market impact model applied to the continuous intraday power market. A market impact model quantifies how trading activities affect prices, helping traders to make informed decisions while managing risk and transaction costs.

The intraday power market is a short-term electricity trading market that operates after the day-ahead market, allowing participants to buy and sell power continuously up to shortly before delivery. It enables market actors – such as utilities, traders, and renewable producers – to adjust their positions in response to changes in demand and generation. The intraday market exhibits high volatility and varying liquidity which makes market impact modelling particularly relevant.

Main Responsibilities

• Understand the microstructure of the intraday power market – namely short horizon price dynamics – through liquidity, volatility, and order book behaviour
• Build on existing research to further develop and calibrate a market impact model – across products and market conditions.
• Use a robust approach to backtest and validate your model
• Integrate your model into a shared backtesting and production platform
• Collaborate with our team and the intraday traders to understand the project requirements and translate findings into actionable improvements for systematic trading strategies.

Technical Requirements & Person Specification

• Quantitative background (Maths, Physics, Engineering...)
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong interest in energy markets
• Coding skills in Python and C# ideally
• Good communication skills

Duration:

6 months, starting January-March 2027

Hours of Work:

35 hours/week, Monday to Friday