Electronic Trading Associate Summer Internship Programme 2026 Singapore

**Date live**:
**09/01/2025**

**Business Area**:
**See job description**

**Area of Expertise**:
**Early Careers**

**Contract**:
**Intern**

**Reference Code**:
**JR-0000071793**

**Summer Internship Programme Overview**

Join us as a summer intern and discover the world of finance and technology. Dive into our culture, engaging in real projects that offer a comprehensive business overview. Select your desired business area for an in-depth introduction, taking on immediate responsibility guided by a mentor and line manager. Forge connections, explore new horizons, and unlock growth opportunities in this 10 week journey. Join us during the summer of your penultimate year of university to build skills, expand knowledge, and embark on an impactful path towards a promising career.

**Why the Electronic Trading Summer Associate Program?**

Barclays has a leading Electronic Trading franchise, with a high calibre team of Quants and Quant Developers supporting the business. This program provides an opportunity to gain practical experience within the area, undertaking tasks of real-world value to the business and its clients.

You’ll take your first steps in the extremely challenging and fascinating world of algorithmic trading & data science. Working with a broad spectrum of colleagues, you’ll learn how data science fits into our business. What’s more, you’ll help our team to turn mathematical and algorithmic ideas into trading reality by:

- Learning to use statistical models and algorithmic coding in practice
- Testing practical machine learning techniques
- Researching and implementing new models
- Expanding our computational platform by helping solve complex software development problems

**Markets at Barclays**

Markets is the financial barometer of world events at Barclays. So every day is different and it’s a challenging, fascinating place to build a career. We help institutional investors to identify market opportunities, manage risk and generate returns for their portfolios. Our teams provide market insights, execution services and tailored risk management and financing solutions to our clients; we help them protect their capital and make the most of their assets. And, as one of the largest investment banks in the world, we offer a full range of products and services across every type of investment market.

**Who we're looking for**

To be considered for this program, you must be pursuing a post-graduate degree and with an anticipated graduation date between December 2026 - June 2027.
- Ideally you'll have a GPA of 3.2 or above. You'll have mathematical and programming skills (ideally in Java, C++, or Python) with a keen interest in business and finance and an a curiosity to learn. We value resourcefulness, teamwork, enthusiasm and an entrepreneurial spirt, all of which might be showcased through your involvement in extracurricular activities._

**Purpose of the role**

To participate in the day-to-day activities of the SMAD electronic trading division providing insights and expertise that help senior colleagues make informed decisions, develop new products and services, and identify new market opportunities.

**Accountabilities**
- Execution of small research projects, research to support strategic decision making, preparation of presentations and reports to communicate research findings, collaboration with senior management to implement research findings for SMAD electronic training.
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams to support business initiatives.
- Participation in training and development programs to enhance skills and knowledge.
- Identification of opportunities, development of business cases, management of the deployment and launch of new products and services for SMAD electronic training.
- Management of client relationships and provision of customer service support to clients and customers, under steadily decreasing supervision, responding to questions about products and services, processing of transactions
- Management of the development and implementation of financial models and strategies that support in decision making for SMAD electronic training.

**Assistant Vice President Expectations**
- To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
- Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
- If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L - Listen and be authentic, E - Energise a