Campus Quantitative Researcher, UG/MS (Intern)
About The Position
Jump Trading Group is committed to world-class research, empowering 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, fostering constant innovation through fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking individual talent by incentivizing collaboration and mutual respect. Research outcomes at Jump drive more than superior risk-adjusted returns; we design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems. Our trading teams are dynamic groups of traders, quantitative researchers, and engineers who collaborate to examine global markets, understand complex traded products and exchanges, and leverage impeccable statistical analysis and data mining skills to make forecasts and develop profitable predictive trading models. The quant research internship is an intensive 10-week program designed to enhance quantitative and programming skills, offering a realistic experience of being a full-time quant researcher at Jump. Interns will receive training in quant research, quant trading, and quant development, with a focus on signal generation, machine learning, trading/market mechanics, C++, Python, and statistics. Interns will collaborate to develop predictive models and automated trading strategies for live trading, work on meaningful projects with real impact, and receive daily 1:1 mentorship from experienced professionals.
Requirements
- Sharp analytical minds from top undergraduate and graduate programs.
- Outstanding skills in computer science, machine learning, statistics, and mathematics.
- Competitive spirit and uncommon drive to learn and improve.
- Programming experience.
- Appetite for risk-taking.
- Demonstrated interest in financial markets.
- Reliable and predictable availability required.
- International students are encouraged to apply.
- Students eligible for CPT/OPT are accepted.
- Sponsorship for work visas for full-time positions is available.
Responsibilities
- Enhance quantitative and programming skills.
- Experience what it's like to be a full-time quant researcher.
- Receive training in quant research, quant trading, and quant development.
- Focus on signal generation, machine learning, trading/market mechanics, C++, Python, and statistics.
- Develop predictive models and automated trading strategies for live trading.
- Work on meaningful projects with real impact.
- Receive daily 1:1 mentorship from experienced quant researchers, traders, and developers.
- Other duties as assigned or needed.
Benefits
- Intensive 10-week program
- Training in quant research, quant trading, and quant development
- Focus on signal generation, machine learning, trading/market mechanics, C++, Python, and statistics
- Develop predictive models and automated trading strategies
- Work on meaningful projects with real impact
- Daily 1:1 mentorship from experienced professionals
- Sponsorship for work visas for full-time positions
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
Associate degree
