Five Rings Tech Talk – Demystifying Proprietary Trading

Thursday, September 18
7:15 pm - 8:15 pm

45-230

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Attend this program to learn more about the Fin-tech industry, propietary trading, and the unique ways Five Rings finds opportunities first, and profits from them quickly. MIT alumni Jason McCarthy ‘97 (course 18 and 15), Founder and Managing Director, and Kenneth Mandel ’11 (course 18), Head of Trading, will lead this conversation.  

Five Rings is a team of quants, developers, and traders who continuously design and optimize. Strategies are executed rapidly, from insight to implementation often in days or weeks.

Five Rings annually hires from MIT. Opportunities at Five Rings posted in Handshake include:

Software Developer (Summer Intern 2026Full-time 2026)
Winter Intern Software Developer (January 2026
Quantitative Researcher (Summer Intern 2026Full-time 2026)
Quantitative Trader (Summer Intern 2026Full-time 2026)  

This program is being co-sponsored by the MIT EECS Alliance and Career Advising & Professional Development. Five Rings is a proud sponsor of MIT students through membership in the EECS Alliance and CAPD’s Employer Connection Program. 

For more information about this program please email Francis Borrego (fborrego@mit.edu) in the office of Career Advising & Professional Development.

Details

  • Date: Thursday, September 18
  • Time: 7:15 pm - 8:15 pm
  • Location: 45-230