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Campus Quantitative Researcher, UG/MS (Intern)

Jump Trading
🇺🇸Chicago🇺🇸New YorkStudentIntern$300k+Posted July 8, 2026

About the Role

Join Jump Trading's 10-week intensive quant research internship program designed to enhance your quantitative and programming skills while experiencing life as a full-time quant researcher. You will gain training across quant research, quant trading, and quant development roles, with focus on signal generation, machine learning, trading mechanics, C++, Python, and statistics.

Work with fellow interns to develop predictive models and automated trading strategies for live trading, then collaborate with experienced trading teams on meaningful projects. You will receive daily 1:1 mentorship from experienced quant researchers, traders, and developers while contributing to a dynamic trading team examining global markets.

Requirements

  • Outstanding skills in computer science, machine learning, statistics, and mathematics
  • Competitive spirit and uncommon drive to learn and improve
  • Programming experience
  • Appetite for risk-taking
  • Demonstrated interest in financial markets
  • Reliable and predictable availability required
  • Sharpest analytical minds from top undergraduate and graduate programs

What You'll Get

  • $300k+ base salary
  • International students are encouraged to apply; we accept students eligible for CPT/OPT
  • We sponsor work visas for full-time positions