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Jump Trading · 2 months ago

Campus Crypto Researcher (Intern)

Chicago

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$200K/yr - $200K/yr

Jump Trading Group is committed to world-class research and innovation in the financial markets, particularly through its crypto division, Jump Crypto. As a Campus Researcher Intern, you will partner with senior leaders to monitor the crypto landscape, produce valuable research, and contribute to strategic initiatives within the organization.

Financial ServicesTrading Platform

Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Monitor the broader crypto landscape and identify new opportunities for Jump Crypto

Translate industry trends into actionable architecture, product, or investment strategy

Aggregate information from technical repositories, research reports, white papers, industry relationships, Jump Crypto’s own data, as well as anecdotal feedback from our team or partners to produce valuable content, recommendations, or general advice to guide our group’s strategy

Look to empower the broader Jump Crypto team through great research that facilitates better deals, more robust product insights for our engineers, and more strategic partnerships for our investment team

Make material contributions to Jump Crypto’s partners through direct contributions or advice on code, tokenomics modeling, strategy, and other areas

Produce actionable insights on incomplete data to drive decision making on investments and product strategy

Identify early-stage opportunities for our investments, engineering, market making, and trading operations

Feed research insights on new trends (such as MEV) or projects back to the group through strong writing or effective presentations

Other duties as assigned or needed

Qualification

Crypto industry knowledgeBlockchain developmentConsensus algorithmsSmart contractsCryptographyDistributed systemsResearch skillsCommunicationTeam collaboration

Required

Obsessed with the crypto industry and willing to follow its ever-evolving landscape to help guide the group's efforts optionally on macro-level strategy or specific project architecture

Well versed in one, or many disciplines material to blockchain development including, but not limited to, smart contracts, cryptography, crypto-economics, networking, consensus algorithms, distributed systems, and other related technologies

An excellent communicator across both written and verbal channels, and able to effectively convey technical concepts clearly to the appropriate audience

Able to balance open-ended, blue-sky research with actionable results

Excited by the prospect of working in a fast-paced and lean organization with evolving focuses and priorities

Kind, communicative, resourceful, self-sufficient, and able to work with internal and external stakeholders

Reliable and predictable availability

Company

Jump Trading

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Jump Trading is a globally-positioned, proprietary trading firm.

Founded in 1999

Chicago, Illinois, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.jumptrading.com/

H1B Sponsorship

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