Jump Trading is a global proprietary trading firm headquartered in Chicago, founded in 1999. The firm specializes in algorithmic and high-frequency trading across financial markets, including equities, futures, options, and cryptocurrencies. It maintains multiple offices worldwide and has been in operation for over 25 years.
The company's technical work centres on low-latency systems, custom infrastructure development, and quantitative finance. Its engineering teams build and maintain the hardware and software platforms that underpin high-frequency trading strategies, where speed and reliability are paramount. Machine learning and algorithmic trading are core areas of ongoing development.
Jump Trading draws talent from mathematics, physics, and computer science backgrounds. The firm describes its culture as one that fosters innovation, collaboration, and intellectual honesty, with an emphasis on continuously pushing technical boundaries.
