AQR is a global investment firm built at the intersection of financial theory and practical application. 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. By putting theory into practice, we have become a leader in alternative strategies and an innovator in traditional portfolio management since 1998.

At AQR, our employees share a common spirit of academic excellence, intellectual honesty and an unwavering commitment to seeking the truth. We¡|re determined to know what makes financial markets tick ¡V and we¡|ll ask every question and challenge every assumption. We recognize and respect the power of collaboration, and believe transparency and openness to new ideas leads to innovation.

Your Role
Are you an intelligent and creative thinker? Do you dream about design patterns? Do you enjoy finding elegant solutions to complex problems? We are looking for innovative and passionate developers to design and implement AQR¡|s proprietary systems throughout all areas of the firm. You will be expected to research, design, code, test and deploy projects while working in a fast-paced environment. Our software developers work side-by-side with investment management professionals to implement new ideas through creative use of technology.

Focus Areas
„h Modeling complex data structures, patterns and relationships
„h User interaction design and data visualization
„h Distributed systems
„h Real-time and low-latency event processing
„h Messaging infrastructure.
„h Open-source software (pandas was born at AQR!)

Technologies
„h Python (NumPy, SciPy, pandas)
„h C# (DevExpress), Java, C++
„h HTML5, WebSockets, WebGL, data visualization libraries
„h Git (GitHub Enterprise), Continuous Integration and Automated Deployments
„h OneTick intraday data platform
„h Redis, RabbitMQ 1