Front Office Development Engineer - Summer Analyst

AQR; Greenwich (CT); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

AQR Capital Management is seeking an Analyst in Front Office Development to turn quantitative insights into investable systems. You will partner with researchers to implement research ideas and build production-grade workflows handling large data volumes.

You will contribute to data ingestion, rebalancing platforms, backtesting tools, and scalable AWS-based infrastructure while emphasizing testing, design patterns, and robust software engineering practices in a fast-paced, collaborative

Qualifications

• Ability to develop in Python (primary language)
• Ability to develop in Java
• Understanding of design patterns and OO programming
• Knowledge of large-scale app design, SOA, microservices, distributed compute, containers, and cloud

Responsibilities

• Develop and extend data ingestion and validation engines
• Build portfolio rebalancing and order generation platforms and services
• Develop backtesters and historical simulation tools
• Maintain scalable, AWS-based storage and computing infrastructure
• Collaborate with researchers to turn quantitative insights into production-ready strategies

Skills

Python

Java

Design patterns

SOA

Cloud

Testing

Communication

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Tools

AWS

Job description

AQR Capital Management is seeking an Analyst in Front Office Development to turn quantitative insights into investable systems. You will partner with researchers to implement research ideas and build production-grade workflows handling large data volumes.

You will contribute to data ingestion, rebalancing platforms, backtesting tools, and scalable AWS-based infrastructure while emphasizing testing, design patterns, and robust software engineering practices in a fast-paced, collaborative