Campus Quantitative Researcher
Jump Trading is a global trading firm.
About Jump Trading
Jump Trading is a global trading firm focused on research-driven trading and the engineering of scalable models, tools, infrastructure, and execution systems. Its operations combine trading, technology, AI/ML, and quantitative research, and it also runs research and talent programs including conference travel grants and a fellowship program.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
Undertake an intensive research project with a mentor, complete training in trading, programming, and quantitative analysis, rotate across trading teams, build predictive models, develop automated trading algorithms, and apply research to global financial markets.
Requirements
- Enrollment in an M1/M2 research internship at a French school
- Programming
- Quantitative analysis
- Statistics
- Data mining
- Mathematics
- Machine learning
- Reliable and predictable availability
Responsibilities
- Undertake an intensive research project with a mentor
- Build predictive models from large datasets
- Develop algorithms to automatically execute trades
- Complete training in trading, programming, and quantitative analysis
- Rotate across trading teams
- Work on projects with trading teams
Hiring Process
First, undertake an intensive research project with a mentor from a trading team. Next, complete hands-on training in trading, programming, and quantitative analysis. Finally, rotate across several trading teams and work on projects while being mentored by experienced researchers, traders, and developers.