Campus Quantitative Researcher, UG/MS (Full-Time)

Jump Trading•Chicago, IL

34d•Onsite

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 emphasizes 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. At Jump, research outcomes 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 work together to examine global markets, understand complexities of various traded products and exchanges, and leverage impeccable statistical analysis and data mining skills to make forecasts and develop profitable predictive trading models.

Requirements

Sharp analytical minds from top undergraduate and graduate programs.
Outstanding skills in probabilistic thinking and mathematical reasoning.
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.
Eligible for CPT/OPT.
Sponsorship for work visas for full-time positions.

Responsibilities

Contribute to trading teams in roles such as quant trader, quant researcher, and quant developer.
Receive training in trading and financial markets.
Participate in mock trading sessions, poker training, and other modules designed to improve probabilistic thinking, risk-taking, and trader mindset.
Work alongside trading teams to devise trading strategies across global markets.
Other duties as assigned or needed.