You're invited to apply to
Jane Street's FOCUS program.

Who:

First-year undergraduate students who have experienced barriers to accessing advanced STEM educational opportunities [1]

When:

May 19th – May 22nd, 2026

Where:

Jane Street’s NYC Office

Deadline to apply:

Sunday, March 22nd, 2026 at 11:59 PM EDT

This coming May, Jane Street is excited to host our annual FOCUS program at our New York office. Over the course of two days, attendees will participate in classes, discussions, and activities that are structured to provide a broad overview of the work our trading, software development, and strategy & product teams do. With countless opportunities to connect with other attendees and employees from across the firm, FOCUS provides an in-depth look at what it’s like to work at Jane Street.

Selected students will arrive in New York on the afternoon of May 19th and will depart on the morning of May 22nd. Jane Street will cover all travel expenses to and from New York, including housing, meals, and a variety of social events throughout the program.

Don’t have a background in finance? No worries — a large number of Jane Street employees don’t come from a financial background. If you’re curious about the work we do and want to learn more about what a career in finance could look like, we want to hear from you!

The deadline to apply for this event is Sunday, March 22nd at 11:59pm EDT.

We will update you on your application status by Wednesday, April 1st. If you have any questions, please reach out to nyc-programs@janestreet.com.

We hope to see you soon —

Jane Street

[1] To participate in this program, you must be a current undergraduate student who has experienced barriers to accessing advanced STEM educational opportunities.

Our definition of such barriers is broad; they could be related to personal circumstances or financial hardship. We acknowledge the breadth of challenges that could lead a high-achieving student to be under-resourced or under-exposed to advanced STEM opportunities. Examples include, but are not limited to: being a first-generation college student, identifying with an underrepresented ethnic/racial minority group, being Pell Grant eligible, having notable need for financial assistance, attending an under-resourced or rural school, coming from a marginalized community, or experiencing personal hardship. This list is not exhaustive, and we encourage any student who is interested and believes they fit the criteria for the program to apply.

Jane Street works differently. We are a quantitative trading firm active on more than 200 trading venues across 45 countries. As a liquidity provider and market maker, we help form the backbone of global markets. Our approach is rooted in technology and rigorous quantitative analysis, but our success is driven by our people.

We are always recruiting top students and we invest heavily in teaching and training. The environment at Jane Street is open, informal, intellectual, and fun. People grow into long careers at Jane Street because there are always new and interesting problems to solve, systems to build, and theories to test. More than twenty years after our founding, it still feels like we're just getting started.

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