Weekend Systems Engineer
Austin, United StatesA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-A90F84
Software engineering
Pay not published
No salary stated in the advert
First seen 16 days ago
View opportunityOpen vacancies
Quant firm jobs in Austin
A US location that has grown quickly as firms relocated trading and engineering teams to Texas.
What is open in Austin right now?
7 adverts are open at quant firms in Austin, across research, trading, engineering, data and operations. All of them are listed below.
Quantitative Trader (PhD)
Austin, United StatesA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-6CA307
TradingMarket makingPhD
$130k – $200k
Indicative base band
Benchmark-backed range
First seen 1 month ago
View opportunityData Center Operations Engineer
Austin, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-C93F4B
Infrastructure operations
Pay not published
No salary stated in the advert
First seen 2 months ago
View opportunity2027 Internship- Hardware Engineer (FPGA)
Austin, United StatesA fast-growing high-frequency trading firmRef KQ-3CA278
Low-latency engineeringInternshipHigh-frequency tradingMasters
$130k – $175k
Indicative base band
Benchmark-backed range
First seen 2 months ago
View opportunityPrediction Markets Trader (Nights & Weekends)
Austin, United StatesA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-3CBC97
TradingMarket makingBachelors
$130k – $200k
Indicative base band
Benchmark-backed range
First seen 2 months ago
View opportunityWhy work at a quant firm in Austin?
Austin has grown from a satellite office market into a genuine trading location, driven by firms moving electronic trading and engineering headcount out of New York and Chicago. Demand is engineering-weighted: quant development, low-latency systems and platform work outnumber pure research seats.
What do quant roles pay in Austin?
Pay varies more by function and seniority than by city. The salary pages model each function for Austin with the basis they use; adverts that publish pay show it on the listing.
How do interviews work at Austin quant firms?
Each firm runs its own loop. The guides below cover Jane Street in Austin, stage by stage.
Quant pay in Austin
Modelled total compensation for the functions hiring here, in USD. KnowQuant applies a Austin index of 0.88 to its New York reference bands, rounded to the nearest 5k. These are estimates, not offers.
| Function | Entry level (modelled) | Most senior band (modelled) |
|---|---|---|
| Quant Trader | $175k to $350k | $790k to $2.6m |
| HFT / Low-Latency Engineer | $175k to $310k | $530k to $1.2m |
| Software Engineer | $155k to $255k | $395k to $835k |
1 of the 7 adverts listed above publish an employer-stated salary, for example: Trading Operations Analyst ($125k – $140k).
Quant employers in Austin and how they interview
Firms KnowQuant profiles with a Austin office. Adverts are often anonymised, so this is office coverage, not a claim about who posted each listing.
Jane Street
Proprietary trading · HQ New York
Strategies: ETF market making, Options, Statistical arbitrage. Hires for quant-trader, quant-researcher, quant-developer. Pay about 25% above market (modelled).
Functions hiring here
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Quant jobs in Austin: common questions
How many quant jobs are open in Austin?
7 adverts are open at quant firms KnowQuant tracks in Austin. The count describes open adverts on employers' boards, not hiring plans.
Which quant roles are hiring in Austin?
Open adverts currently include quant traders, low-latency engineers and software engineers, alongside other technology and business roles at the same firms.
Which quant firms have offices in Austin?
Firms KnowQuant covers here include Jane Street.
What strategies do Austin quant firms run?
Common strategies include electronic trading, market making and quant development.
Do Austin quant firms sponsor visas?
Standard US routes, with many Austin desks run as extensions of established New York or Chicago entities. Confirm which entity would sponsor before relying on it.
Counts describe adverts open on the employers' own boards at the last verification, not hiring plans or headcount. Adverts that disappear from a board drop out of this page.
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