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About the Role

The quant research & trading internship is an intensive 10-week program focused on enhancing your quantitative and programming skills, and experiencing the role of a full-time quant researcher at Jump. Interns will be trained in Machine Learning, trading/market mechanics, C++, statistics, and the research process for signal generation. Interns will develop predictive models and automated trading strategies, and rotate to work on projects with trading teams, mentored by experienced professionals.

Responsibilities

Develop predictive models and automated trading strategies for live trading.
Rotate and work with several trading teams on projects.
Be mentored by experienced quant researchers, traders, and developers.
Contribute to trading teams in roles such as quantitative researcher/data scientist, algorithmic trader, and software developer.

Requirements

Seeking sharp analytical minds from top undergraduate and graduate programs.
Ideal candidates have an uncommon drive to learn and improve.
Ideal candidates have an entrepreneurial spirit.
Strong skills in programming and/or quantitative analysis (statistics, data mining, mathematics, machine learning, etc.).
No prior knowledge of finance or trading is necessary.
Reliable and predictable availability required.
Excited to meet people with exceptional achievements in any technical discipline.
Outstanding skills in math and programming.
Curious about the challenge of improving research with daily feedback from competitive markets.

Skills

Quantitative analysis
Programming
Statistics
Data mining
Mathematics
Machine Learning
C++

Work Type

Internship

Experience Level

Internship

Education Level

Undergraduate programs
Graduate programs

About the Company

Jump Trading is committed to world-class research.
We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting-edge research to global financial markets.
Our culture is unique, characterized by constant innovation, fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak.
We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incentivizing collaboration and mutual respect.
Research outcomes drive superior risk-adjusted returns.
We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world.
We fund start-ups across industries.
We partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.