About the position
Our goal is to give you a real sense of what it's like to work at Jane Street full time while also providing a truly unparalleled educational experience. As an intern, you are paired with full-time employees who act as mentors, collaborating with you on projects very similar to the real-world ones that we need done.
As a Sales and Trading intern, you'll work alongside our experienced Sales people and Sales-Traders, learning how we engage and cover institutional clients on their trading needs in the different asset classes that we cover. They'll offer insight into the types of client inquiries we handle daily, and you'll learn how we service our clients, issuers, and prospective clients. The internship is a fast-paced, immersive experience, and you will attend internal classes on various topics where we can teach you the broader fundamentals of finance and trading.
Learn more about Jane Street's internship program here.
About you
If you have a curious mind, a collaborative spirit, and would enjoy working with clients to solve interesting problems, we have a feeling you'll fit right in. We're more interested in how you think and learn than what you currently know. You should be:
- Planning to graduate in 2028
- Studying towards a Bachelor's or Master's degree
- Curious about financial markets and eager to learn in a rapidly changing environment
- Someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, staying calm and effective under pressure
- Resilient and adaptable, with the ability to recover quickly from setbacks and learn from mistakes
- A proactive, self-motivated problem-solver excited about building relationships with clients and partners
- Highly analytical and logical, comfortable working with numbers and data
- Extremely organized with excellent attention to detail, even when managing competing priorities
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Skills Required
- Planning to graduate in 2028
- Studying towards a Bachelor's or Master's degree
- Proactive, reliable, and courteous with strong interpersonal, team working and communication skills
- Self-motivated and entrepreneurial problem-solver excited about building client relationships
- Highly analytical and logical thinker, comfortable working with numbers
- Extremely organized with excellent attention to detail
- Interest in learning SQL and/or Python
- Proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese
Jane Street Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Jane Street and has not been reviewed or approved by Jane Street.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Pay is considered exceptionally strong across roles, with substantial bonuses in strong years and firm-wide performance sharing. Collaboration is expected and rewarded, reinforcing a team-oriented payout model.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits include zero-premium medical, dental, and vision coverage in the U.S., plus access to on-site or concierge primary care, physical therapy, and mental health services. This breadth and convenience signal a robust healthcare offering.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is described as generous, with equipped nursing rooms and backup childcare cited. Family-oriented supports like fertility coverage and elder‑care backup further enhance the package.
Jane Street Insights
What We Do
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.
