Trading Desk Operations Specialist Internship, May - August

Jane Street

Oct 6, 2023

Applications are closed

Internship
Full-time
Off-cycle Internship
Banking & Finance
$150K
New York

Requirements

We don’t expect you to have a background in finance or any other specific field—we’re looking for smart people who enjoy solving interesting problems. We’re more interested in how you think and learn than what you currently know. You should be:
Planning to graduate in 2025
A critical thinker with a strong quantitative foundation and an interest in expanding your programming skills
Able to use technical knowledge and strong collaboration skills to reach solutions
A reliable team player with a “no job too small” attitude
Interested in finance and has a passion for STEM
Able to balance competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Proactive, organized, reliable, and courteous
Excellent verbal and written communication
Humble about what you know and don’t know; eager to ask questions and learn new things
Fluent in English

Responsibilities

We are looking for individuals eager to use their technical, organizational, and communication skills in an immersive and fast-paced environment to join our TDO team. As a Trading Desk Operations (TDO) intern, you’ll be integral to the firm’s success, helping to build and maintain desk infrastructure that supports the trading of thousands of financial products across 200 venues in over 45 countries.
TDO Interns wear many hats, helping to manage the operational side of the trading desk’s activities and interfacing with various groups within the firm to ensure our work is accurate and efficient. You’ll work alongside full-time TDO Specialists to take on projects like:
Managing and optimizing infrastructure and operational processes
Supporting trading systems and workflows by executing data queries and coordinating with stakeholders
Designing and implementing solutions for a range of trading and operational related issues on the desk
Communicating with clearing firms and external counterparties to settle and clear trades
During the program, you'll work on real-life projects that expose you to the variety of problems we solve every day. As you become familiar with the daily operations of the desk, you’ll learn the flow of the trading and settlement cycle and the regulatory and operational considerations of each step.
Our trading desks are central to our collaborative office environment, and we believe the best way to integrate interns is through a hands-on, interactive approach. You’ll utilize technical coding, skilled organization, and collaborative problem-solving to support work of the larger TDO team.

Jane Street

Finance

Industry

1001-5000

Employees

2000

Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Jane Street works differently. As a liquidity provider and market maker, we trade on more than 200 trading venues across 45 countries and 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. Our bright, beautiful offices in the heart of New York, London, Hong Kong, and Amsterdam are open and buzzing with conversation. We come from many backgrounds and encourage travel between offices to share perspectives. Some of our best ideas come from bumping into a visiting colleague at the office coffee bar. Markets move fast. Staying competitive as we’ve grown has required constant invention—of new trading strategies, technology, and processes. We’ve found this is easier when you hire humble, kind people. They tend to help each other, and prioritize teamwork over titles. We invest heavily in teaching and training. There’s a library and a classroom in every office, because deepening your understanding of something is considered real work. Guest lectures, classes, and conferences round out the intellectual exchanges that happen every day. 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.