Research & Portfolio Management Engineering - Analyst
AQR · Greenwich, CT
About this role
**About AQR Capital Management** Founded in 1998, AQR is a global systematic investment management firm. As quantitative investors, research is the foundation of everything we do—supporting a range of alternative and long-only strategies for institutional and wealth investors worldwide. AQR’s culture reflects academic roots and an entrepreneurial spirit, with a collaborative environment that encourages continuous learning and employee contributions at every level. **The Team** AQR’s Research Engineering team is seeking a strong technical engineer to strengthen business initiatives in **QRD**, focused on the **Global Stock Selection** group. The **Global Stock Selection (GSS) Quantitative Research Development (QRD)** group enables and supports Global Stock Selection research. QRD maintains sophisticated infrastructure and tooling, including a complex production process orchestrating numerous workflows with large datasets. QRD is responsible for signal generation, model construction, and other components of portfolio construction. **Your Role** As a software engineer at AQR, you will build or extend: - Scalable, AWS-based storage and computing infrastructure - A generalized research platform - Data ingestion and validation engine - Model computation and signal generation pipeline - Machine learning / Natural Language Processing pipeline **What You’ll Bring** - Experience developing software on Linux - Experience building cloud-native applications using AWS (or similar) - Experience with distributed systems, scalable applications, and large-scale data processing - Proficiency with SQL and working with structured data at scale - Hands-on experience building/integrating native AI applications, including practical experience with LLMs, AI agents, or AI-assisted workflows - Solid understanding of LLMs, agentic systems, and modern AI tradeoffs - Ability to take open-ended business/technical problems, clarify requirements with stakeholders, and deliver practical solutions - Comfort operating as requirements evolve—using sound engineering judgment - Strong software engineering fundamentals (system design, testing, code quality, maintainability) - Excellent communication and collaboration skills - Plus: experience supporting quantitative research, ML platforms, or financial technology - Plus: familiarity with investment research, signal generation, portfolio construction, or trading systems **Who You Are** - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field - 0–5 years of professional software engineering experience building production software - Strong Python skills (C++ experience is a plus) **Compensation & Benefits** - Salary range: **$135,000 to $155,000** (final offer may vary based on skills, experience, location, and business needs) - Eligible for an annual discretionary bonus - Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) **Equal Opportunity Employer** AQR is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO/VET/Disability).
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