Jane Street New Grad Software Engineer jobs
A flat $300,000 base for new grads — no OCaml or finance background required.
The Software Engineer (New Grad) role
New-grad engineers design and build the systems and tools that run the firm, from trading desks to accounting to foundational infrastructure such as network monitoring and risk models. OCaml is the primary language, with Python increasingly used. Jane Street says it teaches what hires need to know and cares more about how you think and learn than prior knowledge.
Cohort size not published; four Full-Time: New Grad SWE reqs (NYC, London, Hong Kong, Singapore) opened July–August 2026 among 24 new-grad reqs overall, and the 2025 intern class came from 103+ colleges in 24 countries.
Jane Street new grad salary
Base: the NYC New Grad SWE posting states a $300,000 base plus an annual discretionary bonus (janestreet.com position page; Greenhouse metadata min = max = $300,000; read Oct 10, 2026). Total comp: levels.fyi Jane Street Software Engineer L1 (0–1 YOE) US 10th–90th percentile, $250k–$490k (n=18, median $339k; average bonus $83k), Oct 2026 — the bracket blends NYC and London entries and some quant-developer reports.
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