The organisation
What Jane Street does
Jane Street is a quantitative trading firm founded in New York in 2000. It trades a broad range of instruments, including ETFs, equities, options and fixed income, acting as a market maker and liquidity provider on exchanges worldwide, and it is also known for its work in the ETF market and for training in functional programming, particularly OCaml. The firm operates as a private partnership and is not listed on a stock exchange. Beyond New York, it has built out international offices in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Amsterdam to trade during European and Asian hours and to be close to local exchanges and clients.
In the Netherlands
Jane Street in the Netherlands
Jane Street is a US firm, not a Dutch one: it was founded in New York, and its European operations are formally headquartered in London, with Amsterdam as a substantial trading and technology office. Jane Street chose Amsterdam, as many foreign trading firms have, because the city has a deep pool of traders and engineers shaped by the legacy of its historic options exchange floor and by neighbouring firms like Optiver, IMC and Flow Traders. For finance and quant students in the Netherlands, the Amsterdam office offers access to Jane Street's trading, research and engineering work without needing to relocate abroad.
Structure
Divisions and where you work
Jane Street's work is organised around trading (managing risk and pricing in live markets), quantitative research (building pricing and risk models) and software engineering (building the systems trading runs on, often in OCaml). Graduates typically join as traders, quantitative researchers or software engineers, and the firm is known for blurring the lines between these roles more than some competitors.
Getting in
How students start here
Jane Street recruits in Amsterdam through internships and graduate programmes for trading, research and engineering. The process is known for being highly quantitative, including puzzle-based and probabilistic reasoning interviews, so mathematical and analytical strength generally matters more than a specific degree.
Key facts
At a glance
- Type
- Proprietary trading / market maker
- Head office
- New York (Europe: Amsterdam / London)
- Founded
- 2000
- Ownership
- Private partnership
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Relevant finance paths
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Jane Street
What does Jane Street do?
A US quantitative trading firm with a major European trading office in Amsterdam.
How do I get an internship or graduate role at Jane Street?
Jane Street recruits in Amsterdam through internships and graduate programmes for trading, research and engineering. The process is known for being highly quantitative, including puzzle-based and probabilistic reasoning interviews, so mathematical and analytical strength generally matters more than a specific degree.
Which finance career paths are relevant at Jane Street?
At Jane Street, the most relevant finance career paths are Trading.
Where is Jane Street based in the Netherlands?
Head office: New York (Europe: Amsterdam / London).
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