Janestreet

Janestreet

Quantitative Researcher

New York, New York, United States · Internship

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 8 days ago
PythonMachine LearningDeep LearningData ScienceResearch

About the role

  • About the Position 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.
  • About you If you've never thought about a career in finance, you're in good company.
  • Many of us were in the same position before working here.

Responsibilities

  • You'll work side by side with our experienced Quantitative Researchers to learn how we identify market signals, analyze 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.
  • 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.

Nice to have

  • 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

Benefits

  • 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.

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