Quantitative Researcher
Jane StreetAbout the Role
Work side by side with experienced Quantitative Researchers to learn how to identify market signals, analyze large datasets, build and test models, and create new trading strategies. You'll have access to petabytes of data, a computing cluster with hundreds of thousands of cores, and a growing GPU cluster containing tens of thousands of high-end GPUs.
Spend the bulk of your internship working closely with full-time researchers on projects drawn from their own work. Gain understanding of the diverse array of challenges in financial research, learning about experiment design, dataset generation, time series analysis, feature engineering, and model building. Your day-to-day project work will be complemented by classes on market and trading fundamentals, lunch seminars, and activities designed to help you understand the entire process of creating new trading strategies.
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
What You'll Get
- Classes on the broader fundamentals of markets and trading
- Lunch seminars
- Activities designed to help you understand the entire process of creating a new trading strategy