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Active quant candidates
Make the next move with leverage.
- Benchmark the role
- Compare the firms
- Prepare for the loop
Example path: salary calculator → Jane Street vs HRT → firm interview library
Start with compensation
Chapter 01 · Making a move
Know the market before
you make the move.
Compare pay, read the firm and rehearse its interview loop before deciding where to apply.
Benchmark your positionQuestion of the day · #013Two fair six-sided dice are rolled. What is the expected value of the larger?Try it
Three ways in
Choose the decision you are trying to make.
02
Career switchers
Turn adjacent experience into a credible case.
- Map transferable skills
- Test a real description
- Practise the gaps
Example path: software engineer guide → fit check → worked coding problems
Map your route in03
Quant-firm hiring leaders
Shape the search before taking it to market.
- Read the talent market
- Benchmark the seat
- Build the hiring brief
Example path: New York market → compensation evidence → confidential brief
Build a hiring viewMarket snapshot
Pay, hiring and transparency at a glance
Modelled total pay, midpoint by market
| Role | New York | London | Chicago | Singapore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quant Researcher | $475k | £320k | $460k | S$520k |
| Quant Trader | $450k | £300k | $475k | S$495k |
| Quant Developer | $340k | £230k | $330k | S$375k |
| Software Engineer | $305k | £205k | $295k | S$335k |
| Data Engineer | $285k | £190k | $275k | S$315k |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $280k | £190k | $270k | S$310k |
Modelled reference estimate of annual total compensation, local currency, rounded to 5k. Method 2026.1, updated September 2026. How this is calculated
Who is hiring, by function
- Other / business420 open · 20 employers
- Software engineering320 open · 20 employers
- Quant research160 open · 19 employers
- Trading113 open · 16 employers
- Finance and accounting58 open · 15 employers
- Machine learning47 open · 12 employers
17%
of 1,457 open adverts state pay (248).
Observed open adverts as of 31 October 2026. Not a measure of the whole market or of completed hires.
Market print · September 2026
Every range traceable. Every vacancy classified. Stated pay where an employer publishes it, a labelled band where it does not.
We hold the market as one index rather than a feed of adverts, so pay, demand and competition can be compared like for like. Where an employer states pay we publish it, and where it stays silent we publish a modelled band and say so.
- 395
- Quant roles in the index
- 25
- Markets with open vacancies
- 21
- Employers in the index
- today
- Last re-verified
Compensation
Compensation benchmarks by role and market
Modelled market ranges for annual total compensation by seniority, per role, in each market's local currency. Employer-stated pay is labelled as stated wherever an advert gives it.
Entry / PhD hire
0-2 yrs
Researcher
2-5 yrs
Senior Researcher
5-8 yrs
Lead / Head of Research
8+ yrs
$230k / $2.5mModelled market range, annual total compensation, New York · Method 2026.1, September 2026 · Methodology
Live opportunities
Roles on the market right now
Three vacancies from the current board, picked for pay, seniority and scarcity. Every one opens to a full, evidenced advert.
Firm intelligence
Read two firms against each other, then prepare for the loop
Scorecards set modelled pay, business model, offices and interview stages side by side. The interview libraries rehearse the reasoning each loop tests, written originally for this platform.
Head to head
- Jane Street vs Hudson River Trading
- Citadel / Citadel Securities vs Two Sigma
- Jane Street vs Citadel / Citadel Securities
- Optiver vs IMC Trading
Interview libraries
- Citadel / Citadel Securities interview questions
- Jane Street interview questions
- IMC Trading interview questions
- Optiver interview questions
- Two Sigma interview questions
- Hudson River Trading interview questions
Stage detail is compiled from public sources and candidate reports and labelled as such. We do not republish any firm's own questions.
Every firm's loopWhy KnowQuant
Built like the desks it serves
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Employers under coverage
A defined universe of quantitative employers, each verified first-party on a dated cycle.
How we validate6h
Checked every six hours
Filled roles close automatically and adverts carry their freshness date. A stale listing is a broken promise.
Data and methodology9
Role families with live vacancies
Roles with at least one open advert today. Pay ranges are either stated by the employer or labelled as modelled.
See the index
The standing invitation
The market moves daily.
So do we.
Whether you are weighing your next move or building a desk, start from the same evidence: what is open, what it pays, and who is hiring against you.
Set up a saved search and take the movement in your own slice of the market.