Pros
- Compensation and benefits are great. - Feels more like a tech company than finance. Always interesting things going on, trying crazy new ideas and seeing what works out. Makes diverse bets in many different directions. - Chicago office is improved dramatically after 6th floor expansion and Cafe/Barista addition. - It's casual, it's not too formal or stifling. #thedailydog. Friday song. Shrec (CEO) is charismatic and knows everybody by name. - Things always seem to be getting better, not worse.
Cons
- Jump isn't as agile as they think they are. TONNES OF TECH DEBT. A general fear of changes taking out production trading means that getting stuff fixed or improved is often slower than it should be. Coredev somewhat dysfunctional. - Not exactly a Meritocracy. Front office trading teams take the lions share of profits, though back office are working their butts off to make sure everything can run smoothly. - Not much of a bigger picture. There appears to be no greater purpose to the work than profiting off the markets. Jump entices hundreds of incredibly smart people, who might otherwise be solving important issues in the real world, to just polish the P&L - for scientists and engineers, it's kind of an empty goal.