Early Careers Internship Program Investments – Data Engineer or Quant Developer (80-100%)

Location: Zürich / Genferstrasse 27, Switzerland; onsite internship

Paid internship with a standardized salary for early-career interns; exact amount not stated.

Company

hirify.global is a family-owned and publicly listed investment firm headquartered in Zurich, with over 2,000 professionals across 29 locations.

What you will do

• Design and implement automated pipelines ingesting daily index position files and futures price feeds into Snowflake.
• Build DataOps processes with monitoring, error handling, holiday calendars, and data-integrity checks.
• Translate financial concepts into Python code for portfolio construction, factor models, risk/return look-through metrics, and contribution analysis.
• Develop interactive dashboards with Streamlit or similar tools for index data, allocations, factor exposures, and risk metrics.
• Architect the system from scratch, deploy it to production, and support daily fund-management decisions.

Requirements

• Be enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s program, or have graduated within the last two years, in finance, technology, computer science, physics, data science, mathematics, quantitative finance, or a related field.
• Strong Python proficiency and the ability to write clean, modular, production-ready code.
• Experience with automation, cron jobs or orchestration, and Git version control.
• Solid SQL expertise and hands-on experience with Snowflake or Azure/AWS cloud data architectures.
• Initial experience building interactive web applications or dashboards for data analytics using Streamlit, Plotly Dash, Shiny, or similar tools.
• High autonomy and the ability to determine technical architecture from business requirements.
• Genuine interest in the financial sector, commodity markets, financial indices, and derivative/futures markets.
• Fluent written and spoken English required.
• Valid work permit for Switzerland required.
• Ownership, tenacity, foresight, proactive problem-solving, and effective collaboration.

Nice to have

• Prior knowledge of portfolio construction or risk factors.
• German, French, or Italian language skills.
• AI literacy, including using AI tools for research, analysis, and drafting while verifying their output.

Culture & Benefits

• Six-month internship starting 1 March 2027, with an 80–100% workload.
• End-to-end ownership and direct exposure to institutional commodity markets, systematic and fundamental investing, and index methodologies.
• Modern Zurich collaboration spaces, an open-office environment, and a free onsite canteen lunch.
• Supportive, diverse, inclusive culture with a flat hierarchy and agile working environment.
• Access to current technology, NextGen networking opportunities, and a paid standardized internship including free lunch.

Hiring process

• The 2027 Early Careers Internship Program application period runs from 5 to 15 November, with rolling review and possible early closure.
• Applicants may submit a maximum of two applications across all internship positions.