Quantitative Trader
Jane StreetAbout the Role
This internship provides a real sense of what it's like to work as a Quantitative Trader at Jane Street. You'll be paired with experienced quantitative traders who will teach you how to identify market signals, analyze and execute strategies, construct quantitative models, conduct statistical analysis, and build trading intuition.
You'll have access to petabytes of data, a computing cluster with hundreds of thousands of cores, and a GPU cluster with tens of thousands of high-end GPUs. Work closely with two different mentors on projects relating to their day-to-day work, including analyzing datasets, training predictive models, simulating trading strategies, writing production tools, and answering big-picture research questions.
The internship includes intensive classes, workshops, and team-based mock trading sessions. You'll also participate in one "elective" to deepen your knowledge in areas such as Machine Learning and Data Science, Algorithmic Trading and Market Microstructure, or Trading Strategy and Scenarios.
Requirements
- A strong quantitative thinker (no specific degree or major is required)
- A clear and effective verbal and written communicator
- Someone who enjoys working collaboratively on a team
- Eager to ask questions, admit mistakes, and learn new things
- Fluent in English
What You'll Get
- Flights to and from Hong Kong
- Accommodation throughout the entirety of the program