Our goal is to give you a real sense of what its like to work at Jane Street full time. Over the course of your internship you will explore ways to approach and solve exciting problems within your field of interest through fun and challenging classes interactive sessions and group discussionsand then you will have the chance to put those lessons to practical use.
As an intern you are paired with full-time employees who act as mentors collaborating with you on real-world projects we actually need done. When youre not working on your project you will have plenty of time to use our office amenities physical and virtual educational resources attend guest speakers and social events and engage with the parts of our work that excite you the most.
If youve never thought about a career in finance youre in good company. Many of us were in the same position before working here. If you have a curious mind a collaborative spirit and a passion for solving interesting problems we have a feeling youll fit right in.
As a Software Engineering intern youll learn how we use OCaml (our primary development language) in our day to day work and gain exposure to the libraries and tools that are foundational to our internal systems.
During the programme youll work on two projects mentored closely by the full-time employees who designed them. Some projects consider big-picture questions that were still trying to figure out while others involve building something new. Your mentors will work in two distinct areas so youll gain a better understanding of the wide range of problems we solve every day from high performance trading systems to programming language design and everything in between.
If youd like to learn more you can read about our interview and team placement processes and get a sense of what some of ourrecent intern projects looked like.
We dont expect you to have a background in finance OCaml functional programming or any other specific fieldwere looking for smart people who enjoy solving interesting problems. Were more interested in how you think and learn than what you currently know. You should be:
This internship is intended for students currently enrolled at universities across Germany and Switzerland whose exam schedules conflict with Jane Streets standard summer internship timing.
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Jane Street is a quantitative trading firm and liquidity provider with a unique focus on technology and collaborative problem solving.