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What is open in San Francisco right now?
1 advert is open at quant firms in San Francisco, across research, trading, engineering, data and operations. All of them are listed below.
The Bay Area quant market is smaller than New York's but distinctive: it draws candidates who could equally take a research role at an AI lab, and firms compete directly with big technology on compensation and problem interest. Crypto and digital-asset trading firms form a meaningful share of demand.
Pay varies more by function and seniority than by city. The salary pages model each function for San Francisco 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, Hudson River Trading and Two Sigma in San Francisco, stage by stage.
Modelled total compensation for the functions hiring here, in USD. KnowQuant applies a San Francisco index of 0.95 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 | $220k to $380k | $760k to $2.4m |
| Quant Trader | $190k to $380k | $855k to $2.9m |
| Quant Developer | $170k to $285k | $475k to $1.1m |
| Quant Analyst | $120k to $190k | $315k to $665k |
1 of the 1 adverts listed above publish an employer-stated salary, for example: IT Operations Engineer, End User Computing ($110k – $200k).
Firms KnowQuant profiles with a San Francisco 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).
Hudson River Trading
Proprietary trading · HQ New York
Strategies: Automated market making, Statistical arbitrage, High-frequency trading. Hires for quant-researcher, quant-developer, hft-engineer. Pay about 22% above market (modelled).
Two Sigma
Systematic manager · HQ New York
Strategies: ML-driven alpha, Statistical arbitrage, Alternative data. Hires for quant-researcher, quant-developer. Pay about 15% above market (modelled).
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1 advert is open at quant firms KnowQuant tracks in San Francisco. The count describes open adverts on employers' boards, not hiring plans.
Firms KnowQuant covers here include Citadel / Citadel Securities, Hudson River Trading and Two Sigma.
Common strategies include ml-driven alpha, crypto / digital assets and statistical arbitrage.
The same US routes apply as in New York, in a market that competes with large technology employers for the same candidates. Check the current official US guidance and confirm sponsorship with the employer.
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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