Jane Street continues with its IIT hirings amid regulatory imbroglio
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI/MUMBAI : Even as it battles India’s market regulator, high-frequency trading (HFT) firm Jane Street has made its presence felt at the country's top institutes with marquee offers. The firm has hired students from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campuses and could once again emerge as their highest-paying recruiter.
The New York-headquartered company has recruited students from the class of 2026 for its Hong Kong team, even as its dispute with the Indian regulator is set to be heard by the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) this month. “Jane Street has recruited from IIT-Bombay, Delhi and Madras," said an executive aware of the development. HFT and quant firms hire candidates who can analyze markets using mathematical and statistical models.
Despite the global crests and troughs, this segment managed to recruit students from IITs for global postings at salaries that easily cross crore plus. Although Mint could not ascertain the exact amount that Jane Street has offered to the students, the package could be similar to the one for batch of 2025, which was slightly above ₹4 crore. Jane Street has been recruiting from IIT-Delhi, Bombay and Madras for the last few years.
Other HFTs that typically hire from the IITs include Optiver, Squarepoint, Tibra, JPMC Quant and Maverick Derivatives. Jane Street did not respond to Mint’s queries sent on Friday and the three IITs also didn’t reply to mails sent on Monday morning. Mint has learnt that Jane Street took its usual route of pre-placement offers, commonly referred to as PPOs.
The company did not come to the IIT campuses for final placements. Some companies prefer to go in for PPOs across engineering and management campuses. A
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