At a Glance
- Tasks: Build data pipelines and develop tools to support investment decisions in real estate.
- Company: Dynamic private equity real estate firm focused on innovation and technology.
- Benefits: Hands-on experience, mentorship, and a chance to work with cutting-edge technology.
- Other info: Exciting opportunity for growth in a fast-paced, supportive team.
- Why this job: Make an impact by applying AI and tech to real business challenges in a collaborative environment.
- Qualifications: Degree in a quantitative field and experience with Python or SQL.
The predicted salary is between 21150 - 25850 £ per year.
Our Technology & Research team works closely within our firm, operating as an extension of the deal teams to craft investment theses, uncover trends and themes, and evaluate investment opportunities across Europe. We are a private equity real estate firm focused on industrial and last-mile logistics. We are looking for a technical intern to help build and run the data, tools and technology behind our investment decisions. The role is varied and hands-on, working with investment, asset management and finance colleagues. This is an initial 6-month internship position, based in our London office 5 days per week. Prior experience is not essential. We want someone who is keen, ready to give their all, and can show they pick things up quickly.
Key Responsibilities
- Building and maintaining data pipelines that bring internal and external data into our data warehouse
- Keeping data accurate and consistent: mapping, reconciling and standardising data from different sources
- Turning unstructured information (documents, PDFs, news) into structured, usable data
- Developing and maintaining internal web tools and dashboards, with quick turnaround on business requests
- Monitoring existing pipelines, tools and dashboards, and fixing issues when they arise
- Documenting processes and decisions so our tools are easy to use and maintain
- Supporting the team with data and materials for investment and investor work
- Applying AI and LLMs to automate manual workflows
- Machine learning models to classify and evaluate real estate assets
- Building up historical market datasets through automated data collection
- Integrating our CRM and data platforms, and building AI tools on top of them
- Defining standard metrics and calculations across the firm
- New internal tools that give the business instant access to data and analysis
Qualifications and Skills
Essential
- A completed bachelor’s degree (or higher) in mathematics, engineering, computer science, physics, economics or another quantitative subject
- Hands-on experience with Python or SQL, whether through study, personal projects or work
- Able to explain technical work clearly to non-technical colleagues
- Genuine enthusiasm and drive: you take ownership, set yourself high standards and are willing to go the extra mile
- Proven ability to learn and adapt quickly, e.g. teaching yourself a new tool, language or subject through projects, study or work
- Interest in applying AI and technology to real business problems
- Structured, critical thinking: able to break down complex problems and solve them in creative ways
- Impeccable attention to detail
- Self-starter, able to multi-task, switch context and manage your own workload
Desirable
- Experience with cloud platforms, data warehouses, ETL tools
- Experience with LLM APIs or machine learning
- Web development experience
- Familiarity with Git/GitHub or BI tools like Tableau
- Interest in private equity, real estate or finance
To Apply
Please note that due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may not be able to respond to all applicants. We value diversity and aim for our workforce to be representative of all sections of society. Our recruitment process is competency based and no applicant will be discriminated against regardless of their age, colour, disability, ethnicity, gender or gender identity, race, religion or belief and/or sexual orientation.
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