Candriam is a global multi-specialist asset manager and a recognized pioneer and leader in sustainable investment. For more than 25 years, Candriam has offered innovative and diversified investment solutions across many asset classes including fixed income, equities, absolute return , asset allocation and illiquid assets.
As a Responsible Employer, Equal Employment Opportunity is crucial to Candriam. We are committed to building the best global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We provide an inclusive work environment and support wellbeing and work-life balance.
Within the ESG Investment & Research team, we are looking for an intern to join from January 2026 to contribute to innovative projects combining ESG expertise, data science, and AI.
His/Her tasks will be as follows:
- Enhancement of Candriam’s proprietary ESG Sovereign model using AI tools
- Finalization of a text classification AI tool to score business activities integrated within Candriam’s proprietary ESG Corporate model
- Testing of external AI solutions
- Classification of ESG news flows
- Automation of production tasks such as Best-Tracking-Portfolio, Business Activities model, and other projects linked to Azure
- Support other team projects
- Preparing a Master's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, Quantitative Finance, Engineering, or a related field
- Analytical and synthetical mind, proactive
- Good knowledge of programming languages: Python / SQL; familiarity with ML libraries
- Knowledge/experience with AI, in particular LLMs, text classification
- Data science fundamentals: statistics, machine learning, data mining
- Knowledge of Azure Synapse and PowerBI are a plus
- Understanding of financial markets and interest in ESG topics
- Fluent in French and English (written and spoken)
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3. Master's Degree I / Bac+4