Trading Desk Operations Specialist

Jane Street

Sep 24, 2023

Applications are closed

Job
Full-time
Entry Level
Engineering
New York

Requirements

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:
A critical thinker with a strong quantitative foundation and an interest in expanding your technical skills
An agile and adaptive problem solver
Able to balance competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
Proactive, reliable, and courteous with strong organizational and communication skills
Eager to ask questions, admit mistakes, learn new things, and continuously improve
We don’t expect you to have experience with functional programming, OCaml, or finance for this position; we’re happy to hire talented engineers in this role and teach them what they need to know
Fluent in English

Responsibilities

In this role, you’ll interact with various internal groups and external parties. As you work alongside more experienced team members, you’ll learn the flow of the trading and settlement cycle, and the regulatory and operational considerations of each step.
Over time, as you become more familiar with the day to day operations of the desk, you’ll dedicate increasing amounts of time to programming, assisting traders more directly, or building out the firm's infrastructure.
Eventually, you'll be able to leverage your experience to cover a wider range of work, handling both immediate, time-sensitive tasks and thinking about longer term strategic project work.

FAQs

What are the main responsibilities of a Trading Desk Operations Specialist?

The main responsibilities of a Trading Desk Operations Specialist include monitoring trading tools, managing and updating spreadsheets, optimizing existing processes, and developing new tools for the trading desk.

How does a Trading Desk Operations Specialist contribute to the firm's success?

Trading Desk Operations Specialists are integral to the firm's success by building and maintaining desk infrastructure responsible for trading thousands of financial products across 200 trading venues worldwide.

What kind of support can a new Trading Desk Operations Specialist expect when joining the firm?

New Trading Desk Operations Specialists can expect hands-on, interactive training from experienced team members who are committed to teaching, guiding, and supporting new hires. Additionally, mentorship and training programs are available to support ongoing development and success.

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.