Quantitative Researcher
Jane StreetAbout the Role
Our goals are to give you a real sense of what it's like to work as a Quantitative Researcher at Jane Street while also providing a truly unparalleled educational experience. You'll work side by side with our experienced Quantitative Researchers to learn how we identify market signals, analyse large datasets, build and test models, and create new trading strategies.
You'll spend the bulk of your internship working closely with full-time researchers on projects drawn from their own work. You'll gain a better understanding of the diverse array of challenges we consider every day, learning how we think about experiment design, dataset generation, time series analysis, feature engineering, and model building for financial datasets. Your day-to-day project work will be complemented by classes on the broader fundamentals of markets and trading, lunch seminars, and activities designed to help you understand the entire process of creating a new trading strategy, from initial exploration to finding and productionizing a signal.
Requirements
- Able to apply logical and mathematical thinking to all kinds of problems
- Intellectually curious; eager to ask questions, admit mistakes, and learn new things
- A strong programmer who's comfortable with Python
- An open-minded thinker and precise communicator who enjoys collaborating with colleagues from a wide range of backgrounds and areas of expertise
- Fluent in English
- Most interns are current undergraduate or graduate students, but we also welcome applicants who have already graduated and are considering a new career in finance