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Campus Quantitative Trader (Intern)

CompanyJump Trading
LocationChicago
Work ModeOn Site
PostedJuly 8, 2026
Internship Information
Core Responsibilities
Participate in an intensive 10-week program focusing on trading strategies, market mechanics, and signal generation. Work with trading teams on impactful projects while receiving mentorship and training in probabilistic thinking and risk-taking.
Internship Type
full time
Company Size
2096
Visa Sponsorship
Yes
Language
English
Working Hours
40 hours
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About The Company
For more than 25 years, Jump Trading has been home to people who see trading as the most fascinating problem in the world and want to solve it from every angle. Headquartered in Chicago with 13 offices across 8 countries, we operate across asset classes, time zones, and horizons. If it trades, we want to trade it. We are traders, engineers, and researchers working side by side to build the systems that move global markets. Our culture is built on curiosity, precision, and relentless iteration. We care deeply about impact, collaboration, and solving problems few ever get to see. At Jump Trading, AI and machine learning are central to how we trade and build. We design and deploy advanced models, infrastructure, and tools to operate at scale in high-stakes, adversarial environments. From low-latency systems to cutting-edge research, we push the boundaries of what is possible. We are also committed to the next generation of talent. Our student programs, from internships to our fully funded PhD Fellowships, provide hands-on experience, mentorship, and opportunities to do meaningful work. We support students at leading conferences worldwide and invite them to work with our teams on real-world challenges.
About the Role

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

Our trading teams are each comprised of a dynamic group of traders, quantitative researchers, and engineers who work together to examine the global markets, seeking to understand the complexities of various traded products and exchanges. They leverage their impeccable statistical analysis and data mining skills, using the results of their research to make forecasts and develop profitable predictive trading models.

About the Role: 

The quant trading internship is an intensive 10-week program focused on enhancing your trading aptitude and understanding of financial markets, as well as helping you experience what it’s like to be a full-time quant trader at Jump.

At Jump, our people contribute to trading teams in the following roles, or a blend of all three: quant trader, quant researcher, and quant developer. During our internship you will get training in all of these areas, with a focus in trading and financial markets. Topics include trading strategies and intuition, market mechanics, statistics, and our research process for signal generation.

You will have the opportunity to work with our trading teams on meaningful projects with real impact while receiving daily 1:1 mentorship from experienced quant traders, researchers, and developers. You will also participate in mock trading sessions, poker training, and other modules designed to improve probabilistic thinking, risk-taking, and trader mindset. 

Other duties as assigned or needed.

Who Should Apply?

We are seeking the sharpest analytical minds from top undergraduate and graduate programs. 

Ideal candidates will have:

  • Outstanding skills in probabilistic thinking and mathematical reasoning
  • Competitive spirit and uncommon drive to learn and improve
  • Programming experience 
  • Appetite for risk-taking
  • Demonstrated interest in financial markets 

Reliable and predictable availability required.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS are encouraged to apply. We accept students eligible for CPT/OPT and we sponsor work visas for full-time positions.

The estimated base salary for this role is $300,000 per year.

Key Skills
Probabilistic ThinkingMathematical ReasoningProgrammingStatistical AnalysisData MiningRisk ManagementFinancial Market AnalysisPredictive Modeling
Categories
Finance & AccountingData & AnalyticsScience & ResearchTechnologySoftware