AQR
Quantitative Front Office Engineer - Associate/VP
Greenwich, CT · Vp
Sponsorship not specified$155k-$185kDetected 1 day ago
PythonObject-Oriented ProgrammingSQLPostgreSQLMachine LearningPandasNumPyResearchCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- Data and services platforms, optimization, and orchestration and validation engines
Responsibilities
- We recognize and respect the power of collaboration and believe transparency and openness to new ideas leads to innovation.
- QRD is the front-office engineering group at AQR, consisting of quantitative engineers who design and build the platforms and systems that power our research and portfolio management workflows.
- Ability to design elegant solutions and the ability to translate design into high quality code.
- Mastery of design patterns and object-oriented programming techniques
- Ability to work with your business colleagues and collaborate on solutions and coordinate work across the team.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience as a programmer with expertise in Python, NumPy and Pandas or similar quantitative stack.
- Strong understanding of best practices for large scale application design, SOA, microservices, distributed compute, containers, and use of the cloud.
Nice to have
- Experience with SQL (SQL Server & Postgres preferred) is required.
- Understanding or experience in (quant) finance a large plus
Skills
- SIG Tools, data and API infrastructure incorporating millions of data points
- Intuitive research APIs leveraging cloud computing and cutting-edge visualizations
- An understanding of AI and agentic frameworks, especially as it relates to engineering productivity and capability.
Compensation
- The salary range for this role is expected to be $155,000 to $185,000.
Benefits
- Machine Learning and AI-Driven application development.
Company info
- AQR's Research Engineering team is seeking a strong technical engineer.
- You will be joining AQR's Quantitative Research Development (QRD) team.
- The team works at the intersection of technology and finance, ensuring that the insights generated by our researchers can be translated into scalable, systematic investment strategies.
- Within QRD, this role will be primarily focused on supporting the Specialized Investments Group (SIG).
- SIG is dedicated to specialized investment strategies, with a particular emphasis on tax-aware products.
- The SIG research team plays a central role in designing and implementing innovative solutions that address the growing demand for tax-efficient investment approaches.
- Beyond tax-aware products, SIG also develops and manages related strategies that contribute to a significant growth area for the firm.
- Your work will help enable and scale SIG's investment efforts through engineering support, data infrastructure, and platform enhancements.
- We strive to deliver concrete, long-term results by looking past market noise to identify and isolate the factors that matter most, and by developing ideas that stand up to rigorous testing.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work with global team members
Equal opportunity
- AQR is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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