LONDON – LONG TΞЯM INTΞЯNSHIP 2024 – DΛTΛ & ΛI LΛB
Job type: Trainee / Internship
Job Function: Digital transformation and data
Brand: BNP Paribas Corporate & Institutional Banking
Study level: Master Degree or equivalent (> 4 years)
Location: London, England, United Kingdom
Who we are
BNP Paribas Global Markets provides cross-asset investment, hedging, financing, research and
market intelligence to corporate and institutional clients, as well as private and retail banking
networks. Global Markets’ sustainable, long term business model seamlessly connects clients to
capital markets throughout 38 markets in EMEA, Asia Pacific and the Americas, with innovative
solutions and digital platforms. Through Global Markets, clients can access a full universe of
opportunities in equity derivatives, foreign exchange and local markets, commodity derivatives, rates, primary and credit markets and prime solutions and financing.
We have open long-term internships in the Data and A.I Lab.
The role of our Data and A.I Lab is to use the latest techniques of Machine Learning, Artificial
Intelligence and Natural Language Processing to help Global Markets do a better job. For this, we
need to leverage the huge amount of both internal and external data we are accumulating daily,
whether it is structured (Market and Trade data) or unstructured (Chats, Voice conversations, Social
Media and alternative data). .
What you will do
Your role will include:
Data and A.I Lab
– Using the latest techniques of Machine and Deep Learning to build models for our trading and
sales activity leveraging internal and external data to improve the service we give to Clients while
managing tightly the risk associated to those products
– Build our next generation of Natural Language Understanding interface (Speech to Text and
Chat to Systems) across all business lines
– Participate in the design and development of our core research projects such as unsupervised
classification of the various market participants behaviour, sentiment analysis in chats or new and
improvement of the market making in low or high frequency
– Be able to innovate freely, Introducing new techniques or technologies if needed
Technical skills required
– Strong education in Statistics, Maths or Computer Science (Master or PhD level): we are not
just looking for people who know how to use machine learning techniques, but for people who
understand how it works inside the black-box.
– Strong knowledge of Machine Learning techniques (classification, regression, natural language
processing via standard statistical models or neural network)
– Good programming skills, preferably Python
– Good knowledge of Databases (SQL, Oracle, MongoDB…) and with dealing with Big Data
environment (Hadoop, Spark)
– Relevant internships in industry applying Machine Learning techniques and successful
participation to Kaggle challenges are a plus
– Delivery-driven mindset
– Strong interpersonal skills and proactive approach to problem solving
– Ability to work under pressure and multi-task
– Strong organisational skills
– Team Player
Conduct
– Be a role model, supporting and fostering a culture of good conduct
– Demonstrate proactivity, transparency, and accountability for identifying and managing
conduct risks
– Consider the implications of your actions on colleagues
Duration: 6-11 months
Salary: Competitive
Location: London
