Jane Street

Jane Street is a global quantitative trading firm founded in 2000 that combines mathematical fluency with technology to manage overlooked risks and provide liquidity to markets. The firm trades across more than 200 venues in 45 countries and operates five offices worldwide, with its founding office in New York. It employs over 3,000 people.

The firm's technical work spans functional programming, machine learning, programmable hardware, quantitative finance and algorithmic trading technology. Jane Street began with a founding team of four - traders from Susquehanna and an IBM developer - and describes collaborative problem solving as a founding principle.

Operations are organised around tight collaboration loops between traders, researchers and engineers, an approach the firm has maintained since its founding. Its industry focus covers quantitative finance, trading and market making, and capital markets.