Research and Portfolio Management Engineering - Vice President
AQR · Greenwich, CT
About this role
**Research and Portfolio Management Engineering - Vice President** **About AQR Capital Management** AQR is a global investment management firm built at the intersection of financial theory and practical application, delivering superior long-term results for clients since 1998. We focus on academic excellence, intellectual honesty, and rigorous testing of ideas. **The Team** AQR's Research Engineering team seeks a strong technical engineer to strengthen business initiatives in Quantitative Research Development (QRD), focused on the Global Stock Selection group. QRD maintains sophisticated infrastructure and tooling while orchestrating complex workflows with large data volumes for signal generation, model construction, and portfolio development. **Who You Are** • Strong technical individual contributor with ownership mentality • Comfortable driving large, ambiguous initiatives from concept through delivery • Effective at mentoring and developing engineers • Collaborative and effective across disciplines and geographies • Committed to intellectual integrity and transparency **Your Role** Build or extend: • Scalable, AWS-based storage and computing infrastructure • Generalized research platform • Data ingestion and validation engine • Model computation and signal generation pipeline • Machine learning/Natural Language Processing pipeline **Required Qualifications** • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field • 7+ years professional software engineering experience • Cloud-native application development (AWS preferred) • Large-scale data processing pipelines and big data technologies • Production-scale AI/ML applications with focus on stability and scalability • Strong Python skills; C++ experience a plus • Linux development and production troubleshooting • SQL proficiency and data storage optimization • Excellent communication and collaboration skills **Nice to Have** • Experience with quantitative research, alpha generation, or portfolio construction systems • Familiarity with financial markets or time-sensitive distributed applications **Compensation & Benefits** $160,000–$190,000 + annual discretionary bonus Comprehensive benefits including PTO, medical/dental/vision, 401(k) **Equal Opportunity Employer**
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