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.
Candidate Profile & Mindset
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
- Fluency in English, with proficiency in Japanese, Korean, Malay or Thai being a plus Please note: Jane Street will provide flights to and from Hong Kong as well as accommodation throughout the entirety of the program.
About Jane Street
Jane Street, founded in 2000 in New York, is a quantitative trading firm and major liquidity provider in equities, ETFs, options and crypto. It trades $20B+ daily with 2,600+ employees across New York, London and Hong Kong, known for deep OCaml and functional programming culture and rigorous research. In Web3, Jane Street trades spot and derivatives on centralized and decentralized venues and invests via its crypto arm. The process stresses mathematics, reasoning under uncertainty and collaborative problem solving over crypto-native background. Jane Street combines quantitative research, cutting-edge market microstructure analysis, and high-concurrency systems engineering to provide continuous liquidity across global digital asset markets.