Jobs at WorldQuant

WorldQuant seeks a Quantitative Developer to create data pipelines and software for financial strategies, collaborating with the Macro Team.

The role involves conducting research to identify predictive financial signals and contributing to quantitative models for market predictions.

The Book Portfolio Manager develops systematic strategies using statistical signals for market inefficiencies, manages quantitative portfolios, and contributes to firm research initiatives.

The role involves developing systematic financial strategies and managing a quantitative investment portfolio with a focus on market inefficiencies.

Support portfolio managers with alpha research and development of quantitative trading strategies, while building tools used in the process.

Support portfolio managers by researching and modeling alphas, constructing and optimizing quantitative portfolios, implementing systematic trading strategies, and building/maintaining tools and systems for research and portfolio management.

Develop and maintain high-performance components of a distributed data platform in C++, including storage engines, query/compute execution, RPC/networking, and distributed coordination; collaborate with research and engineering teams, troubleshoot production issues, and participate in code review and productionization.

Support development and maintenance of portfolio management systems and tools. Collaborate with developers and portfolio managers to implement features, troubleshoot issues, monitor production, participate in code reviews, write tests, and learn modern development practices including LLM-assisted workflows. Strong technical learning and communication expected.

Design, implement, test and deploy high-performance C++ software on Linux to support large-scale quantitative research and production trading. Own technical challenges for scalable distributed systems, work with researchers and portfolio managers, and optimize data structures, algorithms and concurrency for production-grade performance.

Develop and research predictive alphas and algorithms on the BRAIN crowdsourcing platform, improve platform functionality, design new datasets/features, support business development, train and engage external users and consultants.

Develop and implement execution algorithms and tools, conduct transaction cost analysis, and collaborate with teams to optimize trading strategies.

Design, develop, and maintain systems, interfaces, and tools for portfolio management. Collaborate with portfolio managers and developers to translate requirements, investigate and resolve issues, monitor and support production systems, participate in code reviews, testing, and documentation, and improve team productivity using modern tools and LLMs.

Lead the technical direction of MetaTech's research platform, engaging with researchers, managing a team, and modernizing infrastructure.

WorldQuant seeks candidates for its Technology team to join a community for potential future opportunities. The role highlights collaboration and innovative thinking.