Role Overview
Jane Street is hiring a mid-level Data Specialist. This is a full-time role in New York, New York. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.
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Job Description
About the Position
We're looking for a Data Specialist to help us understand, improve, and maintain the data that fuels our trading. You'll be embedded in an engineering team and will work closely with software developers, traders, and operations professionals across the firm.
Meeting the needs of these groups involves diverse types of work including analyzing, onboarding, validating, and producing large data sets from many different sources. You'll collaborate closely with your direct team and trading desks to understand requirements and improve our software. In this role, you will interface directly with exchanges and data vendors to raise, track, and resolve issues critical to our trading as well as develop deep domain knowledge to help interpret and consume our data, driving business growth in new areas.
About You
- Strong data analysis, debugging, and troubleshooting skills
- Programming experience in any language
- Experience using SQL and relational databases
- Responsible, organised, with great attention to detail
- Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
- Operations, support, and/or project coordination experience is a plus
While prior experience with financial data would be nice, we don’t expect you to have a finance background.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I apply for the Data Specialist position at Jane Street?
Use the Apply button above to submit your application directly to Jane Street. Most applications take less than 5 minutes if your resume and contact details are ready, and you'll be routed to the employer's official application system to finish.
Where is the Data Specialist position at Jane Street located?
This position is based in New York, New York. Jane Street has not indicated remote or hybrid options for this role, so candidates should plan for on-site work.
What does a Data Specialist at Jane Street earn?
Jane Street has not disclosed a salary range in this posting. Many employers share specifics later in the interview process; you can also ask during a recruiter screen if compensation transparency is important to you.
When was the Data Specialist role at Jane Street posted?
This role was posted on April 29, 2026 (39 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.
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