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A market that has expanded quickly on portfolio-manager relocation and the absence of personal income tax.
What is open in Dubai / Abu Dhabi right now?
5 adverts are open at quant firms in Dubai / Abu Dhabi, across research, trading, engineering, data and operations. All of them are listed below.
Dubai, United Arab EmiratesA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-E5E26D
Pay not published
No salary stated in the advert
First seen 1 month ago
View opportunityDubai, United Arab EmiratesA fast-growing high-frequency trading firmRef KQ-9E0CAB
AED 565k – AED 805k
Indicative base band
Benchmark-backed range
First seen 1 month ago
View opportunityDubai, United Arab EmiratesA fast-growing high-frequency trading firmRef KQ-A941CF
AED 615k – AED 840k
Indicative base band
Benchmark-backed range
First seen 2 months ago
View opportunityThe Gulf has moved from a peripheral market to a genuine hub in a short period, driven by multi-strategy funds opening offices and portfolio managers relocating whole teams. Sovereign capital is also building internal systematic capability.
Pay varies more by function and seniority than by city. The salary pages model each function for Dubai / Abu Dhabi with the basis they use; adverts that publish pay show it on the listing.
Each firm runs its own loop. The guides below cover Citadel / Citadel Securities, Millennium Management and Point72 in Dubai / Abu Dhabi, stage by stage.
Modelled total compensation for the functions hiring here, in AED. KnowQuant applies a Dubai / Abu Dhabi 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 Researcher | AED 745k to AED 1.3m | AED 2.6m to AED 8.1m |
| HFT / Low-Latency Engineer | AED 645k to AED 1.1m | AED 1.9m to AED 4.5m |
| Machine Learning Engineer | AED 645k to AED 1.1m | AED 1.9m to AED 4.8m |
None of the 5 adverts listed above publish a salary.
Firms KnowQuant profiles with a Dubai / Abu Dhabi office. Adverts are often anonymised, so this is office coverage, not a claim about who posted each listing.
Citadel / Citadel Securities
Multi-strategy platform · HQ Miami
Strategies: Multi-strategy, Market making, Equities. Hires for quant-researcher, quant-developer, quant-trader. Pay about 30% above market (modelled).
Millennium Management
Multi-strategy platform · HQ New York
Strategies: Multi-strategy, Pod-based, Systematic teams. Hires for portfolio-manager, quant-researcher, quant-developer. Pay about 18% above market (modelled).
Point72
Multi-strategy platform · HQ Stamford
Strategies: Multi-strategy, Long/short equity, Systematic. Hires for quant-researcher, portfolio-manager, quant-developer. Pay about 12% above market (modelled).
Marshall Wace
Hedge fund · HQ London
Strategies: Systematic equity, Alpha capture, Long/short equity. Hires for quant-researcher, quant-developer, portfolio-manager. Pay about 5% above market (modelled).
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5 adverts are open at quant firms KnowQuant tracks in Dubai / Abu Dhabi. The count describes open adverts on employers' boards, not hiring plans.
Open adverts currently include quant researchers, low-latency engineers and machine learning engineers, alongside other technology and business roles at the same firms.
Firms KnowQuant covers here include Citadel / Citadel Securities, Millennium Management, Point72 and Marshall Wace.
Common strategies include multi-strategy, systematic teams, commodities and macro.
Employer-sponsored residency is the usual route, and the Golden Visa is used for some hires. Timing and eligibility vary, so check the current official UAE guidance and ask the employer what it sponsors.
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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