Founded in 1999, Viking Global Investors (“Viking”) is a global investment firm with a long-term, fundamental, research-intensive approach to investing. Viking manages ~$52 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 www.vikingglobal.com
FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Viking is seeking an Execution Research Fellow to join our trading and technology teams for a project-based fellowship of 10 to 12 weeks, with a target start date in summer 2026. The fellowship may extend into the fall for the right candidate. This is an opportunity to conduct applied research on high-impact problems at the intersection of market microstructure, data infrastructure, and execution optimization.
The Fellow will work directly under the direction of Viking’s Head of Execution Research, contributing to defined project workstreams and benefiting from close mentorship throughout. We are open to different start dates and schedule arrangements for the ideal candidate. This is a fixed-term fellowship with no expectation of or pathway to full-time employment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
The Fellow will support applied research across three core project areas:
In addition to these core workstreams, the Fellow will contribute to Viking’s broader research effort by sharing findings and insights across the trading and investment teams.
QUALIFICATIONS
Across Viking, we attract motivated, intellectually curious, and analytically rigorous people who are passionate about learning and creating impact. The ideal candidate will possess the following traits:
APPLICATION
The research question you were trying to answer
The data you used (including any tick or market data)
Your approach, including statistical or algorithmic methodologies
Your findings
The computational environment (e.g., language, main libraries, etc.)
The base compensation for this fellowship is $195,000, prorated for the engagement period. In addition to base compensation, Viking employees may be eligible for other forms of compensation and benefits, such as a discretionary bonus, 100% coverage of medical and dental premiums, and paid lunches. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be individually determined based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s skill set, experience, and education. For more information on our benefits, please visit www.vikingglobal.com/life-at-viking/
Viking is an equal opportunity employer. Questions about your candidacy and requests for reasonable accommodation in the recruitment process should be directed to campusrecruiting@vikingglobal.com
CONTACT:
Viking Campus Recruiting Team
Viking Global Investors LP (“Viking”) is a global investment firm founded in 1999. We employ a fundamentals-driven investment approach to managing over $55 billion of capital across public equity, private equity, and credit and structured capital strategies. Across our funds, our primary goal is to provide investors with best-in-class performance. We believe operational excellence is essential to our management of the capital with which we have been entrusted. We have more than 275 employees, including more than 45 investment professionals, across five offices: Stamford, New York, Hong Kong, London, and San Francisco. We seek to attract people who exhibit our Firm’s core values of intellectual honesty, integrity, continuous improvement, and accountability. Viking is registered as an investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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