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Campus Quantitative Trader (Full-Time)

A graduate quant trader role at Jump that trains across trading, research and development. You then help devise strategies for global markets.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Train in markets, mock trading and probabilistic thinking
Join a trading team to devise strategies
Learn research and development basics
Take calculated risks in simulated trading

What they ask for

Required

Probabilistic thinking
Mathematical reasoning
Programming experience
Appetite for risk
Interest in markets

Education: Strong undergraduate or graduate programme
Experience: New graduates
Languages and tools: Python

How to prepare

Practise probability and expected value puzzles and games
Build a simple market simulation
Learn Python for data analysis
Read about how exchanges and liquidity work

What to study

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Jump Trading and doesn’t handle applications.