Jane Street
Quantitative Researcher
New York, New York, United States · Full-time · Posted Jun 2, 2026
About the job
Build and evaluate models, strategies, and systems for pricing and trading financial instruments, then adapt research findings into trading strategies.
What you'll do
- Design experiments and work with financial datasets, including time series analysis, feature engineering, and model building.
- Train models, architect systems, and run trading strategies in collaboration with researchers, engineers, and traders.
- Analyze market data, tune hyperparameters, debug distributed training, and study model behavior in production.
What they ask for
- Apply logical and mathematical thinking to problems.
- Be intellectually curious and eager to learn.
- Be a strong programmer comfortable with Python.
- Communicate precisely and collaborate with colleagues across backgrounds and areas of expertise.
Nice to have
- Experience with data science or machine learning.
- PhD or other research experience.
Tools
Python
AI focus
Apply statistical and machine-learning techniques, from linear models to deep learning, to financial modeling and trading.
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