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How people got jobs at XTX Markets
What 72 people did before they joined XTX Markets: where they worked, what they studied, which role they came in through, and how long it took.
72
people in our data got there
66%
had a graduate degree first (of those listing one)
10
typical years since first job
- The most common step right before: from other companies (60%).
- The most common way in was Software engineering (21% joined in that kind of role).
- Of those who list their education, 66% had a graduate degree before arriving and 14% a PhD.
- The typical person arrived about 10 years after their first job.
- The most common earlier employer: GSA Capital (8% had worked there).
How XTX Markets compares
- 66% had a graduate degree, above the 57% across other quant firms, the 2nd-highest of the 10 in our data.
Among people who list their education; places with at least 10 such people.
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| People listing education | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Optiver | 36 | 69% |
| XTX Markets (this page) | 50 | 66% |
| Jump Trading Group | 40 | 62% |
| Citadel Securities | 36 | 61% |
| IMC Trading | 35 | 60% |
| DRW | 24 | 58% |
| Jane Street | 38 | 58% |
| Hudson River Trading | 28 | 46% |
| Tower Research Capital | 31 | 45% |
| Susquehanna International Group | 22 | 36% |
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| Median years | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hudson River Trading | 17 yrs | |
| Jump Trading Group | 16 yrs | |
| Citadel Securities | 14 yrs | |
| Jane Street | 12 yrs | |
| Optiver | 11 yrs | |
| XTX Markets (this page) | 10 yrs | |
| Tower Research Capital | 10 yrs | |
| DRW | 8 yrs | |
| IMC Trading | 8 yrs | |
| Susquehanna International Group | 6 yrs |
Which role they joined in
Kinds of role with fewer than 5 people are combined into "All other roles".
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineering | 15 | 21% |
| Finance & trading | 15 | 21% |
| All other roles | 34 | 47% |
| Business & operations | 8 | 11% |
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Quantitative Researcher | 8 | 11% |
What they did right before
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| From other companies | 43 | 60% |
| From banks & Fortune 500 | 13 | 18% |
| From quant firms | 8 | 11% |
| From Big Tech | 5 | 7% |
| Other | 3 | 4% |
Where they worked before
A person can count under more than one employer.
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| GSA Capital | 6 | 8% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 5 | 7% |
Education
Among the 50 of 72 people who list their education.
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's | 17 | 34% |
| Master's | 23 | 46% |
| MBA | 3 | 6% |
| PhD | 7 | 14% |
How much experience they had
Among the 69 of 72 people with an earlier job listed.
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 1 | 1% |
| 1-3 years | 2 | 3% |
| 3-5 years | 10 | 14% |
| 5-8 years | 13 | 19% |
| 8-12 years | 15 | 22% |
| 12+ years | 28 | 41% |
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How these numbers are made. From 3k+ public career histories collected for careerladder.fyi (dated jobs, degrees and publications). The collection was built around particular employers, so people who reached well-known tech, AI and finance employers are over-represented: read shares as "among people in this dataset", not as hiring odds. Names are shown only when at least 5 people are behind them; smaller groups are combined into "Other". No individual profile is shown. Updated November 2026.