Jane Street is a quantitative trading firm with offices worldwide. We hire smart, humble people who love to solve problems, build systems, and test theories. You’ll learn something new every day in our office—whether it’s connecting with a colleague to share perspectives, or participating in a talk, class, or game night. Our success is driven by our people and we never stop improving. Come and join us at our events to find out more about Jane Street. Event details can be found under
We were founded in 2000 by three traders and a technologist with a common vision: - To complete in every market in the world, generation profit through insight and technology while making the market more efficient - To recruit the most capable people and train them to the highest standard - To build an honest organization where employees can focus on meaningful results rather than office politics
Throughout Jane Street there’s a collaborative environment with a culture of inquiry and teaching that encourages people to grow their capabilities. We know there’s still a lot for us to learn and are always looking for people who can help us fill in the gaps.
Jane Street works differently. As a liquidity provider and market maker, we trade on more than 200 trading venues across 45 countries and help form the backbone of global markets. Our approach is rooted in technology and rigorous quantitative analysis, but our success is driven by our people. Our bright, beautiful offices in the heart of New York, London, Hong Kong, and Amsterdam are open and buzzing with conversation. We come from many backgrounds and encourage travel between offices to share perspectives. Some of our best ideas come from bumping into a visiting colleague at the office coffee bar. Markets move fast. Staying competitive as we’ve grown has required constant invention—of new trading strategies, technology, and processes. We’ve found this is easier when you hire humble, kind people. They tend to help each other, and prioritize teamwork over titles. We invest heavily in teaching and training. There’s a library and a classroom in every office, because deepening your understanding of something is considered real work. Guest lectures, classes, and conferences round out the intellectual exchanges that happen every day. People grow into long careers at Jane Street because there are always new and interesting problems to solve, systems to build, and theories to test. More than twenty years after our founding, it still feels like we’re just getting started. To learn more about Jane Street, visit www.janestreet.com
You can wear a t-shirt and jeans to the office every day, the kitchen is stocked full of complimentary food, there’s a gym and a games room onsite, and discussions are always lively. Teaching and learning are central activities at Jane Street through classes, mentoring and discussion.
You should be excited to learn from others, comfortable admitting when you’re wrong, and open minded about what you might not know. We know there’s still a lot for us to learn—we’re looking for people who can help us come up with our next great ideas. Classes & Events: We have regular after work events including: talks, trivia nights, dinners, sports and cultural outings, and classes. Some of our recent class topics have included: - Asynchronous - programming with Async - Decision Theory and - Cognitive Biases - Game Theory - Options Valuation - Profiling with Perf - The Kelly Criterion Library Each of our offices has an on-site library stocked with books ranging from academic journals and textbooks on finance and computer science topics (including data structures and algorithms, financial mathematics, time series, heuristics and biases in decision-making, and various programming languages), to general cultural or intellectual interest (including some by former guest speakers). Puzzles & Games Puzzles and games are a regular part of life at Jane Street. After work, people often play poker, chess, bughouse, Hanabi, Dominion, pool, ping pong and foosball. It’s common to find people completing crossword puzzles for time.
Internship timings is usually 10-12 weeks but can be shortened slightly to accommodate individual school schedules: Summer (May – September) and Winter (December – February) with the below groups: trading, technology and business development. You work alongside full timers, and we get to know you and see how you think about and solve the kinds of problems we deal with every day.
Before summer starts, all of our mentors design projects for incoming interns. Interns and mentors are paired up one-to-one, allowing for close collaboration over the course of your project. Interns typically work on two or more projects over the course of a summer, so you’ll have a few full-time mentors during your time here.
We have excellent benefits, including: - Comprehensive, zero-premium health insurance (medical/dental/vision) - Retirement benefits with company match - Competitive holiday and vacation policies - Daily catered breakfast and lunch - Fully stocked kitchens - Private on-site gym with lockers and showers - Emergency back-up childcare - Additional week off to celebrate new marriage or domestic partnership - 90% tuition reimbursement for work-related continuing education - 90% book reimbursement for work-related books (100% if you donate them to the library)
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With offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, and Amsterdam, Jane Street is a trading firm that operates around the clock and around the globe, trading a wide range of financial products.
