The board
- Where
- New York, NY
- Posted
- Sep 21
Founded in 1999, Viking Global Investors (“Viking”) is a global investment firm with a long-term, fundamental, research-intensive approach to investing. Viking manages more than $56 billion of capital across public and private investments. Viking has offices in Stamford, New York, Hong Kong, London, and San Francisco, and is registered as an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. For more information, please visit vikingglobal.com.
INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
The Data Science Intern(s) will work closely with other members of the Data Science team, Investment Analysts, and Data Engineers to analyze, extend, and build on Viking’s significant repository of alternative data assets and generate actionable investment insights.
We seek an analytical and creative problem solver and provide them with the resources and tools to apply their Data Science training and expe…
What you'd do
- Build and deliver predictive analytics on companies, sectors, and macroeconomic trends
- Translate alternative data analysis into actionable insights for the investment team
- Develop methodologies to identify and evaluate investment opportunities in private companies
- Identify and evaluate new data sources
- Streamline the data life cycle, operating model, and process
- Test and evaluate new technologies to enhance our big data platform
- Create centralized and automated analyses and processes
- Contribute to Viking’s overall research effort by sharing information and insights across the firm
What they want
- A strong performer currently pursuing a Master’s degree or a PhD program (3rd year and above) in Data Science, Economics, Finance, Statistics, Operations Research, or related quantitative fields
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to convey complex ideas to a non-technical audience
- Independence of thought and ability to carry out a research project with partial supervision
- Proficiency in Python and statistical libraries, and working knowledge of SQL, BI software (e.g., Tableau), cloud technologies, and modern LLM tooling (Claude Code, Codex, etc.)
- Sound judgment and ability to take a step back from the analysis and look at the big picture
- Passion for research, proactive and self-motivated
- Commitment to excellence
- Please submit your resume / application through the Viking career site via this link: Here
- Please merge your resume and brief research supplement into a single PDF file (resume first, supplement second) before submitting.
- Applications missing either component will not be reviewed.
- In 1-2 pages, the supplement should describe a quantitative research project that you recently completed.
- The research question you were trying to answer