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Chicago, IL

Campus Quantitative Researcher (Intern)

Internship
Finance
Finance
Posted:
December 28, 2025

Jump Trading

Global trading & technology specialist
77.6
Palpable Score
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About the Role:

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The quant research internship is an intensive 10-week program focused on enhancing your quantitative and programming skills, as well as helping you experience what it’s like to be a full-time quant researcher at Jump.

At Jump, our people contribute to trading teams in the following roles, or a blend of all three: quant researcher, quant trader, and quant developer. During our internship you will get training in all of these areas, with a focus on our research process for signal generation, machine learning, trading / market mechanics, C++, Python, and statistics.

You will work with fellow interns to develop your own predictive models and automated trading strategies for live trading. Then 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 researchers, traders, and developers.

Other duties as assigned or needed.

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Who Should Apply?

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

Ideal candidates will have:

Reliable and predictable availability required.

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

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About the company

Jump Trading

Company overview
Jump Trading is a proprietary trading firm focused on quantitative research, trading, and building low-latency systems and tools that support global market activity. Jump Trading hires across trading, quant research, AI/ML research, software engineering, and infrastructure roles that sit close to production systems. Jump Trading operates as a private company and recruits heavily through campus channels for internship and new-grad pipelines. Work is typically highly technical and performance-driven, with a culture that emphasizes ownership and fast learning.

Locations and presence

Jump Trading is headquartered in Chicago and lists additional offices across major global finance and tech hubs, including locations such as New York, London, Singapore, and others. Early-career roles are usually tied to specific offices, and campus recruiting often funnels into on-site interview loops in key hubs.

Palpable Score

77.6
/ 100
Jump Trading provides strong early-career access for technical candidates through recurring campus internships and new-grad hiring across quant, research, and engineering tracks. Learning support and pay are standout strengths, but hiring transparency is capped by demanding assessments and limited published expectations on timelines and feedback. Early-career outcomes look positive in sentiment and progression signals, yet Jump Trading does not publish cohort-level conversion, promotion, or retention metrics.
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