Get to Know Us
Hear from Jane Streeters who work in a variety of roles.
The people featured in these videos jumped at the chance to answer
some of the questions we would expect to be asked in person and to
tell you firsthand what makes Jane Street a rewarding place to work.
It’s hard to capture everything that we’d like to share with you in a
series of short videos but we hope these give you a sense of what it’s
like to work at Jane Street and the types of people you’d be working
alongside.
Transcript
Get to Know Us | Jane Street
My name is Alice, I work in institutional sales and trading as a
software developer. I work in New York City and I started in 2018.
What did you study in school and how did it help you prepare for a job at Jane Street?
I studied computer science in school. I think it really helped build a
solid foundation for all of the work that I do at Jane Street now.
Do I need experience in finance to apply?
You don’t need to know anything about finance before working at Jane
Street. I definitely didn’t know anything and I’ve learned everything
that I need to know on the job from my coworkers. I’d say you just
need to be open minded and intellectually curious.
What types of projects do people work on during an internship?
The way that intern projects are picked is that the intern mentors
will go through their real dev stacks and choose something that’s
approximately six to eight weeks long. So this means that intern
projects are real projects with real impact. When I was an intern, I
got to see my project rolled out before the end of my internship and I
had traders come up to me afterwards and say that they really liked
the work that I did.
Did you use OCaml before working at Jane Street?
OCaml is actually the reason why I applied to Jane Street. I learned
OCaml in school and I really loved it. And I knew that Jane Street
used functional programming in the real world. So I applied to Jane
Street, not because of the finance, but because I really loved OCaml
and now I get to use it every single day.
How did you learn OCaml and Jane Street’s libraries?
Even though I already knew OCaml, I still had to learn a lot about
Jane Street’s libraries and infrastructure, which was a really great
experience because Jane Street’s built so much curriculum and has a
lot of experience teaching people.
What is the culture at Jane Street like?
The things that I really enjoy about Jane Street’s culture are that
everyone’s really humble, everyone’s really willing to learn and to
teach.
Who are your end users and where does your work go?
My end users are the institutional sales traders. They’re my
colleagues and friends, and they sit just down the row from me. It
really feels like when we’re working together, it’s a group
collaboration.
What I love most about Jane Street is that there are so many
opportunities to grow technically, but also make a big impact on the
business.
