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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.

  • Platform Engineer - AI Engineering

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-669438

    Machine learning

    $130k – $190k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Senior Linux Engineer

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-96B53B

    Other / businessSenior

    $200k – $250k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Hardware Engineer

    Chicago, United StatesAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-005F47

    Low-latency engineering

    $205k – $280k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Systems Engineer - Microsoft

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-2DD9E8

    Software engineering

    $120k – $160k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Software Engineer - C++, Trading Strategies

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-CCAC36

    Software engineeringMarket makingBachelors

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Software Engineer - C++

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-CE5663

    Software engineeringMarket makingBachelors

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Senior Database Engineer - Postgres

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-832A10

    Other / businessSenior

    $150k – $225k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 1 month ago

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  • Senior Accountant - Asset Management

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-36A983

    Finance and accountingSeniorOptions and volatilityMasters

    $120k – $150k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Trade Systems Engineer

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-2AEF7B

    Software engineeringBachelors

    $85k – $125k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Staff IAM Engineer

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-4F1A0D

    Other / businessSenior

    $150k – $200k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 1 month ago

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  • Global Senior IT Auditor

    Chicago, United StatesAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-45830A

    Finance and accountingSeniorBachelors

    $155k – $250k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Systems Engineer - Global Development Platform

    Chicago, United StatesAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-063B12

    Software engineeringBachelors

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 3 days ago

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  • Senior Sourcing Lead - Global Hardware

    Chicago, United StatesAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-5741C5

    Finance and accountingLead / HeadMasters

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 1 month ago

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  • Risk Manager - Active Trading

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing high-frequency trading firmRef KQ-8DD798

    Other / businessHigh-frequency tradingMasters

    $120k – $160k

    Advertised base

    Employer-stated salary

    First seen 28 days ago

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  • Software Engineer, Early Career

    Chicago, United StatesAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-5C1346

    Software engineeringMasters

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Senior Sourcing Lead - Global Storage & SaaS

    Chicago, United StatesAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-233B76

    Finance and accountingLead / Head

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 1 month ago

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  • Software Engineer - Python, Business Operations

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing quantitative trading firmRef KQ-429C1D

    Software engineeringOptions and volatilityBachelors

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Software Engineer - Data Engineering

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-F6A72E

    Software engineeringMarket makingPhD

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Data Engineer - Infrastructure

    Chicago, United StatesAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-69FC8F

    DataHigh-frequency trading

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • HPC Systems Engineer

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-AF6C8F

    Software engineeringOptions and volatility

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Software Engineer | GUI

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-F5BB06

    Software engineeringOptions and volatility

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Software Engineer | Market Data Systems

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-F9690C

    Software engineeringOptions and volatility

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Senior DevOps Engineer

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-898993

    Other / businessSeniorMarket making

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Software Developer

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-8550C8

    Software engineeringPhD

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Software Engineer – BP&A

    Chicago, United StatesAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-CA8B78

    Software engineering

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Software Engineer – AI Powered Engineering

    Chicago, United StatesAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-6D100F

    Software engineering

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Software Engineer - Risk Technology

    Chicago, United StatesAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-79E02D

    Software engineering

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Data Engineer

    Chicago, United StatesAn established electronic market makerRef KQ-81CB61

    Data

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 2 months ago

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  • Junior Fixed Income Relative Value Trader

    Chicago, United StatesA fast-growing electronic market makerRef KQ-10505B

    TradingGraduateMarket makingBachelors

    $130k – $185k

    Indicative base band

    Benchmark-backed range

    First seen 18 days ago

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  • Senior Atlassian Engineer

    Chicago, United StatesAn established proprietary trading firmRef KQ-B57FD6

    Other / businessSeniorBachelors

    Pay not published

    No salary stated in the advert

    First seen 21 days ago

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Tracked hiring book: 1,457 live vacancies across 21 employers, last confirmed 31 October 2026. Each vacancy is verified first-party and classified by a published rule set you can inspect.

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