Campus Quantitative Researcher PhD
Jump Trading is a global trading firm where traders, engineers, and researchers develop trading strategies, models, infrastructure, and systems across asset classes and time horizons.
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
You will complete training in trading, programming, and quantitative research, then build predictive models from massive datasets and devise automated trading strategies. You will apply statistics, machine learning, Python, and C++ in a high-performance computing environment and use continuous market feedback to improve your research.
Requirements
- Enrollment in a graduate program
- Strong programming or quantitative analysis skills
- Knowledge of statistics data mining mathematics or machine learning
- Strong analytical ability
- Drive to learn and improve
- Entrepreneurial spirit
- Reliable and predictable availability
- Eligibility for CPT or OPT for international student applicants
Responsibilities
- Complete training in trading programming and quantitative research
- Build predictive models from massive datasets
- Devise automated trading strategies
- Apply statistics machine learning Python and C++
- Use high-performance computing resources for research
- Improve models through market feedback
Benefits
- Private medical vision and dental insurance
- Travel medical insurance
- Group pension scheme
- Group life assurance and income protection schemes
- Paid parental leave
- Parking and commuter benefits
