Campus Crypto Researcher CHI Chicago

Overview

Campus Full-Time Crypto Researcher 2026 CHI – Chicago

About Jump and Jump Crypto

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect.

At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

Jump Crypto, the crypto division of Jump Trading Group, is committed to building and standing up critical infrastructure needed to catalyze the growth of the crypto ecosystem. We re builders, partners, and traders who take a long-term view of crypto s prospects and operate to unlock the full potential of open, community-driven networks. Since our inception as a skunk works intern project in late 2015, we ve grown into a dynamic and seasoned team of high performing players across a range of functions.

Today, we play an important role in the development of some of the largest and most innovative crypto communities.

Position
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Campus [Intern / Full-time] Researcher at Jump Crypto. The role offers opportunities to partner with senior leaders and researchers to shape strategic efforts. The work is dynamic and may involve macro-level trend analysis, advising engineers or partners, producing research reports, or advising business development on partnerships. You ll apply deep knowledge of the crypto industry, computer science, distributed systems, consensus algorithms, networking, game theory and related disciplines to help identify, vet, and propose new business initiatives.

The ideal candidate will contribute deeply to areas where they can add the most value.

• 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 data, and feedback to produce valuable content, recommendations, or general guidance for the group s strategy.
• Empower the broader Jump Crypto team through research that informs deals, product insights for engineers, and strategic partnerships for the investment team.
• Contribute to Jump Crypto’s partners through direct contribution or advisory on code, tokenomics modeling, strategy, and other areas.
• Produce actionable insights on incomplete data to drive investment and product decisions.
• Identify early-stage opportunities for investments, engineering, market making, and trading operations.
• Share research insights on new trends (such as MEV) or projects through writing or presentations.
• Other duties as assigned or needed.

• Obsessed with the crypto industry and able to follow its evolving landscape to guide the group s efforts, potentially at macro or project level.
• Strong knowledge in blockchain-related disciplines including smart contracts, cryptography, crypto-economics, networking, consensus algorithms, distributed systems, and related technologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communicator, able to convey technical concepts clearly to the appropriate audience.
• Able to balance open-ended research with actionable results.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, lean organization with evolving priorities.
• Kind, communicative, resourceful, self-sufficient, and able to collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.
• Reliable and predictable availability.

The estimated base salary for this role is $200,000 per year.

• Private Medical, Vision and Dental Insurance
• Travel Medical Insurance
• Group Life Assurance and Income Protection Schemes
• Parking and Commuter Benefits

• Discretionary bonus eligibility
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
• Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance
• Paid vacation plus paid holidays
• Retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness Programs

Annual Base Salary Range: $200,000 - $200,000 USD