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AQR Capital Management
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2027 Front Office Development Engineering Summer Analyst

Brief overview

Greenwich, CTIn-person
UndergradOr in progress
72 H-1B approvalsDept. of Labor
15 green cardsCertified filings

About the company

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AQR is a global investment management firm dedicated to delivering results for our clients.

Visa sponsorship history

4 years sponsoring, last filed FY2026

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72H-1B approved
95%approval rate
24new H-1B hires
15PERM certified
$180,000median wage / yr
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Job description

Summary

AQR Capital Management is a global investment firm focused on delivering long-term results through rigorous testing and innovative strategies. As a Front Office Development Engineering Summer Analyst, you will collaborate with researchers to develop and refine systematic investment strategies while maintaining a robust technological infrastructure.

Responsibilities

  • Work closely with researchers to create new systematic investment strategies
  • Refine existing strategies
  • Apply technology expertise along with a practical understanding of markets to implement research ideas
  • Develop systems that further enable the business
  • Maintain a sophisticated infrastructure and tooling environment in support of the business
  • Orchestrate numerous workflows with large amounts of data
  • Build or extend data ingestion and validation engine
  • Develop Portfolio Rebalancing and Order Generation Platform and Services
  • Create backtesters and related historical simulation tools
  • Build scalable, AWS-based storage and computing infrastructure

Skills

  • Ability and desire to develop in Python (our primary language for the business)
  • Ability and desire to develop in Java
  • Understanding of design patterns and object-oriented programming techniques
  • Knowledge of best practices for large scale application design, SOA, microservices, distributed compute, containers, and use of the cloud
  • Strong attention to detail, passion for careful testing
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Finishing either a Bachelor's or Master's degree program between December 2027 and June 2028
  • Mature and thoughtful, with the ability to operate within a collaborative, team-oriented culture
  • Hard working and eager to learn in a highly intellectual, innovative environment
  • Look beyond the surface level to understand the underlying details
  • Understanding or experience in finance a plus

Qualifications

Must Haves

  • Ability and desire to develop in Python (our primary language for the business)
  • Ability and desire to develop in Java
  • Understanding of design patterns and object-oriented programming techniques
  • Knowledge of best practices for large scale application design, SOA, microservices, distributed compute, containers, and use of the cloud
  • Strong attention to detail, passion for careful testing
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Finishing either a Bachelor's or Master's degree program between December 2027 and June 2028
  • Mature and thoughtful, with the ability to operate within a collaborative, team-oriented culture
  • Hard working and eager to learn in a highly intellectual, innovative environment
  • Look beyond the surface level to understand the underlying details

Nice to Haves

  • Understanding or experience in finance a plus

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