Jump Trading
Campus Quantitative Researcher | Trading Team PhD/Postdoc (Full-Time)
$200K–$250K
New York +1 · Full-time · Posted Sep 22, 2026
- Location
- New York
New York, NY, United States - Education
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Machine Learning, or any highly quantitative field.
About the job
Develops systematic macro models and trading strategies by analyzing financial-market data and applying research to forecasts and predictive trading models.
What you'll do
- Collects and analyzes datasets to identify patterns and extract insights about financial markets.
- Conducts end-to-end research, including predictive modeling, alpha research on new datasets, and improving live-trading models and systems.
- Collaborates with researchers, traders, developers, and business teams to develop and apply research ideas.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Machine Learning, or another highly quantitative field.
- Experience conducting an in-depth research project with real-world data.
- Programming experience in Python, including reading, understanding, and debugging code.
- Systematic research skills: forming hypotheses, designing rigorous tests, and drawing statistically sound, generalizable conclusions.
Pay
$200,000 — $250,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Python
AI focus
Applies statistical analysis and machine learning to forecasts and predictive trading models, and advances machine learning within trading.
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