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Jane StreetNew York City, NYGraduate

Quantitative Researcher

Join Jane Street as a Quantitative Researcher to develop models and strategies for trading financial instruments. Collaborate closely with researchers, engineers, and traders using advanced data and computing resources.

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Role and Responsibilities

  • Build models, strategies, and systems for pricing and trading financial instruments.
  • Work alongside experienced researchers for guidance and support.
  • Engage in experiment design, dataset generation, and time series analysis.
  • Apply various statistical and machine learning techniques tailored to problems.
  • Collaborate with engineers and traders to train models and run trading strategies.
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Team and Environment

  • Researchers, engineers, and traders work closely in the same space.
  • Access to petabytes of data and large-scale computing clusters.
  • Use of GPU clusters with tens of thousands of high-end GPUs.
  • Focus on diverse modeling approaches from linear models to deep learning.
  • Emphasis on integrating research findings into actionable trading strategies.
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Candidate Profile

  • Strong logical and mathematical problem-solving skills.
  • Intellectually curious and eager to learn and admit mistakes.
  • Proficient in Python programming.
  • Open-minded and precise communicator who enjoys collaboration.
  • Experience in data science or machine learning is common but not mandatory.