About AQR Capital Management 

AQR is a global investment management firm built at the intersection of financial theory and practical application. We strive to deliver superior, long-term results for our clients by seeking to filter out market noise to identify and isolate what matters most, and by developing ideas that stand up to rigorous testing. Underpinning this philosophy is an unrelenting commitment to excellence in technology — powering our insights and analysis. This unique combination has made us leaders in alternative and traditional strategies since 1998.

AQR takes a systematic, research-driven approach, applying quantitative tools to process fundamental information and manage risk. Our clients include institutional investors, such as pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, and sovereign wealth funds, as well as financial advisors.

 

Job description:

 The Team

Our software engineers are responsible for designing and implementing proprietary systems and tools that drive the quantitative strategy research and implementation that powers AQR. Our development teams are small, motivated, and highly productive. Collaborating side-by-side with researchers and portfolio analysts, you will become intimately familiar with the investment philosophy which drives AQR.

Your Role

You will be a part of the Enterprise Engineering team, which is responsible for design and development of foundational software infrastructure utilized by applications throughout AQR, including:

• Enterprise Cloud Platform
• Common Data Platform
• Enterprise Messaging Platform
• Role Based Entitlements System
• Application Monitoring and Alerting
• Application Configuration Management
• Workflows

 

These foundational services are part of a larger project that streamlines the entire SDLC from project inception through to production and post-production. We build and maintain common development tools and libraries that are implemented in Java, C#, Python and Go.

The libraries provide business applications with core functionalities needed to build any application within our environment. In addition, we provide standardized cloud-based runtime platform with necessary tooling for all AQR applications.

Our team is also responsible for building common business services which are critical for functioning of overall AQR business.

We also work with other development teams to ensure that these standardized technologies are adapted across AQR.

 What You will Bring

• Bachelor’s/master’s degree in computer science or a related field.
• 2+ years of professional experience in software application development.
• Expertise in writing clean, modular, and maintainable code.
• Familiarity with AI tools such as Amazon Q, Claude Code, Goose, Open Hands, etc.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins and Git.
• Experience with SQL databases.
• Experience with testing frameworks to ensure code quality.
• Excellent coding, debugging, and analytical skills.
• Adaptable and proactive, with the ability to contribute to existing products and take initiative in developing proof-of-concepts (POCs) as needed.
• Experience working with complex projects through the software development lifecycle.
• Experience working in a geographically spread-out team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Hands on programming experience with mastery over at least one programming language: Java, Python, C#, GO, and Angular.
• Experience with multiple languages is a plus.

Who You Are

• You possess thoughtfulness, making you an ideal fit for a collaborative and team-focused environment.
• You are industrious and keen to learn in a fast-moving and innovative setting.
• You uphold principles of intellectual honesty, transparency, and openness.
• You love solving problems of large-scale technology.