Step one
Ask the desk a real question
What does this desk pay at my level, who is hiring against them, and would they look at my background? One reply, in confidence, no obligation.
For candidates
Read the market before you move
Research firms, benchmark compensation and prepare for the process before you move. Coverage includes engineering, data and infrastructure alongside research and trading.
Your starting point
Evidence first
Use the index without signing in, then ask the research desk for a confidential read when the public evidence is not enough.
- Live vacancies
- 1,457
- Employers
- 22
- Markets with open vacancies
- 25
Across covered quant firms
Under active coverage
Where covered firms are hiring now
How do I get a job at a quant firm?
Pick the function you fit (research, trading, engineering, data or operations), benchmark what that role pays in your city, then rehearse the firm's interview loop before applying. Quant firms hire on demonstrated problem solving and code, so a short, specific CV or LinkedIn profile plus interview practice matters more than finance credentials.
Start with the research
Free to read, no sign-in. Each of these is an existing part of the index, with its sources and dates shown.
Compensation
Salary calculator
Role, market and experience in; the modelled band and its confidence out.
Careers
Software engineering into quant
What transfers from a strong engineering background, and what firms screen for.
Prepare
Interview lab
How the rounds are structured at the firms under coverage.
Assess
Fit check
Paste an advert and your experience for a candid read and a two week preparation plan.
Skills
Skills index
C++, Python, kdb, low latency, machine learning: who is asking for what.
Firms
Firm directory
Who hires, in which functions, and what they state they pay.
Opportunities
The live index
Every advertised role at the firms we cover, research and technology alike.
Step two
Read your own slice on screen
Filter the live index down to the roles, cities and skills you care about, and read the movement in your desk whenever you return. No email required, because digests are not running yet.
Step three
Keep the search you built
Save the filters you actually read, with the pay floor and seniority attached. Sign in and the same list is copied to your account so it opens on another machine.
Research desk
Speak to a quant market specialist
Ask what a firm really pays, how a desk hires, or where your profile sits. One reply from the research desk, in confidence, no obligation.
Stay ahead
Step 2 of 2Register for alerts on your role and city
Email alerts are not switched on yet. You can note the segment you follow here, and in the meantime save a search on the jobs page to come straight back to an up-to-date list on screen.
Nothing is sent to your inbox. If you want to speak to someone, use the enquiry form instead.
Benchmark yourself
See the modelled band for your role and level
Pick your role, market and years of experience and we take you to the calculator with that selection already applied. Opening the calculator records nothing about you. Tick the box and leave an email only if you want the research desk to reply.
Step 3 of 3
Your watchlist, on every device
Save the slices of the market you read. Signed in, the list travels with your account: the same names, the same order, the same alert cadence, wherever you open it.
Candidates
Register your profile with the desk
Two minutes, no account, nothing public. When a role matches your profile, the desk reaches out directly and only with your permission.
What you can expect
What happens after I contact the research desk?
A specialist replies by email with a read on your market: what the role clears, which firms are hiring at your level, and where your profile sits. Nothing is shared with an employer without your say-so.
Do you email me when something new appears?
Not yet. Email digests are not switched on, so nothing is sent to your inbox. What works today is on screen: save a search and your desk reopens an up-to-date list whenever you come back. You can note the role and city you follow so you are told when digests do start.
Do I need an account to save searches?
No. Saved searches work in your browser without an account, keeping role, city, skill, keyword, ordering, scope, pay floor and seniority. Sign in and the same list is copied to your account so it opens on another machine.
Is my information confidential?
Yes. Details you give the research desk are used only to answer you. Your profile is never shown to an employer without your explicit agreement.
Next step
See what is open at your level right now
Filter the live index by role, city, skill and pay floor, including the software, data and infrastructure seats these firms advertise. Save the filter and your desk reopens it later.
Every advertised role at the firms under coverage, with its source and last-seen date.
A confidential conversation with the research desk
Every answer you get is argued from the same index the market reads, with the sample size and the date attached.
Methodology
Figures are expressed as annual total compensation (base salary plus expected performance bonus) in the reference market's local currency, converted from a US dollar base. They describe typical market ranges rather than any individual offer, and exclude sign-on payments, deferred equity and carried interest. Portfolio-manager figures reflect formulaic profit-share arrangements and are therefore far more dispersed than any other role.
KnowQuantIndex 2026.1 · Updated September 2026
Modelled bands describe the market, not an individual offer. Where an employer states pay, the stated figure is used and labelled as such.