You're invited to apply to
Jane Street’s IN FOCUS program!

Who:

Undergraduate students, inclusive of first-year through third-year students, who have experienced barriers to accessing advanced STEM educational opportunities [1]

When:

January 6, 2025 - January 11th, 2025

Where:

Jane Street’s New York Office

Deadline to apply:

Sunday, October 27th, 2024 at 11:59PM EDT

This coming winter, Jane Street is excited to host our annual IN FOCUS program at our office in New York City. Over the course of four days, students will learn more about what we do and how we do it through programming and mock trading exercises, classroom lectures, and other interactive activities.

Selected students will arrive in New York City on the afternoon of Monday, January 6th and will depart on the morning of Saturday, January 11th. Jane Street will cover all travel expenses to and from New York City, including housing and meals.

IN FOCUS features three separate program tracks students can apply for:

• Trading — students will learn about mathematical and financial topics such as probability, market structure, and arbitrage through short lectures, group games, and mock trading sessions.
• Software engineering — students will learn OCaml, understand the libraries and tools we use in our daily work, and apply their learnings to build a computer game. Participants will also learn the fundamentals of electronic trading systems and write a program that trades on a simulated stock exchange.
• Strategy and product — attendees will get a glimpse into the work that goes on in our Strategy and Product department. Case studies and problem-solving exercises will introduce participants to how we optimize funding and financing, set up new trading flows, respond to regulatory inquiries, and generally manage the complex mechanics that underlie Jane Street’s business.

Don’t have a background in finance? No worries — many Jane Street employees don’t come from a financial background. If you’re curious about our work and want to learn more about what a career in finance could look like, we encourage you to apply!

How to apply:

We ask that you submit a resume along with a 150-word statement about yourself and why you are interested in attending IN FOCUS.

The deadline to apply for this event is 11:59PM EDT on Sunday, October 27th, 2024.

We will update you on your application status by Monday, November 18th, 2024 regardless of when you apply. If you have any questions, please reach out to focus@janestreet.com.

We hope to see you soon —

Jane Street

[1] To participate in this program, you must be a current undergraduate student who has experienced barriers to accessing advanced STEM educational opportunities.

Our definition of such barriers is broad; they could be related to personal circumstances or financial hardship. We acknowledge the breadth of challenges that could lead a high-achieving student to be under-resourced or under-exposed to advanced STEM opportunities. Examples include, but are not limited to: being a first-generation college student, identifying with an underrepresented ethnic/racial minority group, being Pell Grant eligible, having notable need for financial assistance, attending an under-resourced or rural school, coming from a marginalized community, or experiencing personal hardship. This list is not exhaustive, and we encourage any student who is interested and believes they fit the criteria for the program to apply.

Jane Street works differently. We are a quantitative trading firm active on more than 200 trading venues across 45 countries. As a liquidity provider and market maker, we help form the backbone of global markets. Our approach is rooted in technology and rigorous quantitative analysis, but our success is driven by our people.

We are always recruiting top students and we invest heavily in teaching and training. The environment at Jane Street is open, informal, intellectual, and fun. People grow into long careers at Jane Street because there are always new and interesting problems to solve, systems to build, and theories to test. More than twenty years after our founding, it still feels like we're just getting started.

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