At a Glance
- Tasks: Identify market signals and execute strategies while building algorithmic trading systems.
- Company: Join Jane Street, a tech-driven trading firm with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Hands-on training, competitive salary, and a robust educational curriculum.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with opportunities for rapid learning and career growth.
- Why this job: Dive into finance with cutting-edge technology and make an impact in trading.
- Qualifications: Strong quantitative skills and a passion for problem-solving; programming experience is a plus.
The predicted salary is between 54000 - 66000 £ per year.
About the position
At Jane Street, quantitative traders identifymarket signals, analyze and execute strategies, construct quantitative models, conduct statisticalanalyses, build algorithmic trading systems, manage risk, develop new businesses, and more.
Our trading desks are central to ourcollaborative and cooperative office environment.
You can expect to work side by side withexperienced traders who are committed to teaching, guiding, and supporting our newest hires.
Throughhands-on, interactive training, you’ll acquiresignificant trading responsibilities within weeksto months of being on the desk.
In parallel, youwill participate in our robust year-long firmwideeducational curriculum.
At Jane Street, the lines between research, technology, and trading are intentionally blurry.
As our strategies grow more sophisticated, closecollaboration is essential for continuing to pushthe boundaries of what’s possible.
We work withpetabytes of data, a computing cluster withhundreds of thousands of cores, and a growing GPUcluster containing thousands of high-end GPUs.
Wedon’t believe in “one-size-fits-all” modelingsolutions; we are open to and excited aboutapplying all different types of statistical and MLtechniques, from linear models to deep learning, depending on what best fits a given problem.
About you
If you’ve never thought about a career in finance, you’re in good company.
Many of us were in thesame position before working here.
We’re lookingfor smart people who enjoy solving interestingproblems, and we’re more interested in how youthink and learn than what you currently know.
Youshould be
- A critical thinker with a strongquantitative mind
- A collaborative problem-solver who enjoysworking on a team
- Proactive, reliable, and courteous withstrong organizational and communication skills
- Eager to ask questions, admit mistakes, and learn new things
A profitable trading strategy is only as strongas the technology it runs on, and we considerourselves as much a technology company as atrading firm.
General programming experience is aplus, but knowing a particular programminglanguage is not required.
If you’d like to learn more, you can read aboutour interview process and meet some of theteam.
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The D. E. Shaw group is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration in the heart of London. Interns benefit from hands-on experience in trading and analytics, with ample opportunities for professional growth and mentorship from industry leaders, all while being part of a forward-thinking firm at the forefront of finance and technology.
