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Data Engineer Intern (Python)

Garda Capital Partners (Garda) is a multi-billion dollar alternative investment firm with over 20 years of experience deploying relative value strategies across fixed income markets for institutional investors. Garda has offices in Wayzata, New York City, West Palm Beach, Geneva, Zug, Copenhagen, Singapore, and Scottsdale.

Garda is looking to hire a Data Engineer Intern (Python) to be a part of our Inflation Trading Team, in 2025 for a 6-month internship in Zug, Switzerland. This is an exciting position offering opportunities to gain exposure to software development and portfolio management practices at a global hedge fund.

Position Responsibilities

  • Aid in the development of new lines of business solutions using Python, and SQL
  • Develop and implement Python-based pipelines to collect inflation-related alternative data from online sources
  • With the support of the data team, build relational database schemas and manage data ingestion, transformation, tooling and automation
  • Document the data pipelines and models to ensure reproducibility, clarity, and ease of future maintenance
  • Provide support for in-house and 3rd party applications

Qualifications & Desired Skills

  • Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Quantitative Finance
  • Experience with the Python ecosystem of common libraries and working knowledge of at least one statically typed language
  • Good grasp of computer science fundamentals (e.g. data structures, algorithms, operating systems etc.)
  • Familiarity with object-oriented programming
  • Strong problem-solving skills and commitment to high standards for code
  • Interest or prior experience in the financial trading industry (particularly in fixed income) a plus
  • Ability to work effectively in a high-energy, time-sensitive team environment
  • Detail-oriented with strong verbal and written communication skills

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