Proprietary trading · Founded 2000 · New York
Jane Street quant careers
What is it like to work at Jane Street?
Known for ETF and options market making at scale, an unusually strong graduate pipeline, and a distinctive engineering culture built around OCaml. Entry-level packages are among the highest in the industry, and the firm hires heavily for probabilistic reasoning rather than finance knowledge.
What Jane Street is hiring right now
Early signaln=184Open vacancies
184
Core quant roles
117
Research, trading, quant dev
Cities hiring
4
Asking for a PhD
7
Based on 184 live vacancies across 1 employer, as observed on 6 September 2026. Counts come from employer-operated job boards we read directly; classification is rule-based and inspectable.
By role
- Software engineer90
- Quant Trader11
- Machine learning researcher8
- Quant Researcher5
- HFT / Low-Latency Engineer3
Skills most asked for
Compensation by role
Indicative mid-level total compensation, US dollars.
| Role | Total comp |
|---|---|
| Quant Trader | $600k |
| Quant Researcher | $575k |
| Quant Developer | $450k |
Interview process
- 1
Screening call
Recruiter conversation and background discussion.
- 2
Probability and mental maths
Fast-paced expected-value and market-making games.
- 3
Technical rounds
Algorithms, problem solving, and for engineers a strong functional-programming component.
- 4
Final / on-site
Multiple interviewers, trading games, and estimation under time pressure.
Candidate backgrounds
- —Olympiad mathematics
- —Competitive programming
- —Physics and mathematics undergraduates
- —Poker and games backgrounds
Methodology
Figures are expressed as annual total compensation (base salary plus expected performance bonus) in the reference market's local currency, converted from a US dollar base. They describe typical market ranges rather than any individual offer, and exclude sign-on payments, deferred equity and carried interest. Portfolio-manager figures reflect formulaic profit-share arrangements and are therefore far more dispersed than any other role.
KnowQaunt 2026.1 · Updated September 2026
These are indicative ranges pending first-party verification. They will be replaced by verified submissions as the Quant Salary Index dataset builds.
Jane Street profile · KnowQaunt 2026.1