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The live hiring book across quant firms

1,457 open vacancies across 21 active employers. Coverage includes technology, data, infrastructure, risk and business teams as well as 395 core quant research and trading roles.

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All open roles at tracked quant firms, counted live from each employer board. Select a city to filter the list.

What jobs do quant firms hire for?

Quant trading firms and hedge funds hire researchers and traders, but most open roles are in software engineering, data, infrastructure, hardware and operations. Every advert here comes from a covered quant firm's own careers feed, is checked for open status, and links to modelled pay for the role and city.

173 matching vacancies

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Ordered by seniority, pay and discipline, so the roles worth moving for sit at the top. Graduate and internship programmes rank last unless you filter for them. Showing the last complete read, from 10/31/2026, 8:10:35 AM.

  • Site Reliability Engineer - Algorithmic Trading

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-B5E481

    Software engineeringBachelors

    $130k – $225k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Quantitative Trader

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-6BA5DE

    TradingMarket making

    $150k – $200k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Floor Trader

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-64F3C3

    TradingOptions and volatilityBachelors

    $160k – $235k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 1 month ago

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  • Quant Strategist

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-20CA16

    Quant researchMarket makingPhD

    $170k – $245k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Quantitative Researcher - Prediction Markets

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-36B2AF

    Quant researchMarket makingPhD

    $170k – $245k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Quantitative Researcher - Options

    Chicago, United StatesAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-5825A8

    Quant researchOptions and volatilityPhD

    $170k – $245k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Quantitative Researcher

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-843576

    Quant researchMarket makingPhD

    $170k – $245k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Options Trader

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-4AF5E7

    TradingMarket makingBachelors

    $160k – $235k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Index Options Volatility Trader

    Chicago, United StatesAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-A7E960

    TradingOptions and volatilityPhD

    $160k – $235k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • FPGA Engineer (Algo)

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-393931

    Low-latency engineeringMasters

    $150k – $250k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 23 days ago

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  • Quantitative Researcher - Data Curation

    Chicago, United StatesAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-B2B334

    Quant researchOptions and volatility

    $170k – $245k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Service Reliability Engineering Technical Lead

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-8C65A2

    Other / businessLead / Head

    $250k – $300k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 28 days ago

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  • Relative Value Trader

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-2CED40

    TradingMarket making

    $160k – $235k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Floor Trader- SPX

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-5037F2

    TradingMarket making

    $160k – $235k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Trader

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-8B487F

    TradingMarket making

    $160k – $235k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Senior Software Engineer, Cumberland/Options Data

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-76322B

    Software engineeringSeniorOptions and volatilityBachelors

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 1 month ago

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  • Quantitative Developer - Python

    Chicago, United StatesAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-3DCC98

    Quant engineering

    $165k – $235k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Quantitative Developer

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing multi-strategy investment platformRef KQ-BFA4B4

    Quant engineering

    $165k – $235k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Senior Software Engineer

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-BE6811

    Software engineeringSeniorMasters

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Quantitative Analyst

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing high-frequency trading firmRef KQ-6D277B

    Quant analyticsHigh-frequency trading

    $125k – $175k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • AI Inference Platform Engineer

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-ECC2B4

    Software engineering

    $200k – $250k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 1 month ago

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  • Software Engineer - Cumberland/Options Front Office Systems

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-5376A9

    Software engineeringOptions and volatilityBachelors

    $175k – $225k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 1 month ago

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  • Senior Service Reliability Engineer

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-59ECD4

    Other / businessSenior

    $220k – $280k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 3 days ago

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  • Software Engineer - Low Touch Desk

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-495606

    Software engineeringBachelors

    $200k – $250k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Team Lead, People Technology

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-47C586

    Other / businessLead / Head

    $140k – $180k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 1 month ago

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  • Senior Offensive Security Engineer

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-A579D5

    Security engineeringSenior

    $175k – $275k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 24 days ago

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  • Data Engineer, Cumberland/Options

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-70F3C1

    DataOptions and volatility

    $150k – $200k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 1 month ago

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  • Finance | Senior Accounting Analyst, Digital Assets

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-FFA394

    Finance and accountingSeniorOptions and volatilityBachelors

    $155k – $250k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 3 days ago

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  • Desktop Systems Engineer

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-665BE7

    Software engineering

    $85k – $125k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 3 days ago

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  • Senior Virtualization Engineer

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-1CC440

    Other / businessSenior

    $220k – $280k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 2 months ago

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