Rotational Development Program: New Grad

Job Description

About the Position

The Rotational Development Program (RDP) is designed to prepare you for a key cross-departmental role within the firm. During the program, you will spend structured time in 3-5 sub-groups of Jane Street’s Infrastructure Group. These sub-groups include compliance, finance, settlements, risk, and more.

During each of your rotations, you will be working on projects that help you understand each group’s fundamental functions as well as its role within the firm. These projects include:

• Analyzing data from various sources and communicating relevant findings to different internal groups.
• Identifying bottlenecks in existing processes and implementing solutions to streamline them.
• Integrating new business initiatives into our operational, regulatory, and technical infrastructure.

The role includes a mix of project management and rolling up your sleeves, with a goal of helping you develop a comprehensive understanding of Jane Street’s business.

Successful hires will spend the first 12 months rotating in different groups in our New York office before transferring back to Hong Kong.

About You

While we don’t expect you to have a background in any specific field, we are looking for smart people who enjoy solving difficult problems. You should:

• Have the aptitude for developing a broad range of technical skills, e.g., querying databases, understanding and writing computer code.
• Be comfortable comprehending high-level concepts, including technical, financial, legal, etc.; applying the concepts to make informed, concrete decisions; and taking the necessary steps to ensure those decisions are executed.
• Be proactive and self-motivated with strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills.
• Be a reliable, courteous, and flexible team player.