Jeanne Van Briesen

An Inside Look at Jane Street’s Tech Internship with Jeanne Van Briesen, Matt Else, and Grace Zhang

Jeanne Van Briesen, Matt Else, Grace Zhang, Ron Minsky

Jane Street's internship program recruits diverse candidates without requiring prior OCaml knowledge, grounding them in a boot camp before assigning them to dual-team rotations on production-critical infrastructure. Recent projects by interns such as Grace Yang and Matt Els have directly implemented risk management features and redesigned API systems, while a rigorous code review culture ensures these contributions are safely integrated into live environments. The transition from intern to full-time engineer involves navigating a steep technical learning curve and balancing feedback dynamics within a community that actively pursues demographic diversity across non-traditional feeder schools.