About AQR Capital Management AQR is a global investment management firm built at the intersection of financial theory and practical application We strive to deliver superior long-term results for our clients by seeking to filter out market noise to identify and isolate what matters most and by developing ideas that stand up to rigorous testing Underpinning this philosophy is an unrelenting commitment to excellence in technology powering our insights and analysis This unique combination has made us leaders in alternative and traditional strategies since 1998 AQR takes a systematic research-driven approach applying quantitative tools to process fundamental information and manage risk Our clients include institutional investors such as pension funds insurance companies endowments foundations and sovereign wealth funds as well as financial advisors The Team AQR is building a new Data Engineering team within the Enterprise Engineering organization to focus on solving problems working with big data This team will work directly with researchers and others across the firm to build and manage the infrastructure that loads validates and provisions many large data sets used in the research and investment processes Your Role As a data engineer you will participate in designing and building an new enterprise data platform used by quantitative researchers to manage large volumes of market reference and alternative data both structured and unstructured You will also build critical tools that will be used across the firm to validate data back-test and find valuable investment insights You will be collaborating directly with Researchers and Portfolio Managers to define and implement detailed business requirements for new and existing projects This critical team will use big data technologies and cloud-based platforms to build an extensible and scalable solution to the data needs of one of the largest quantitative investment firms in the world What You ll Bring 6 Years of relevant work experience Bachelors Masters PhD in Computer Science Engineering or related discipline Outstanding coding debugging and analytical skills Ability to work directly with business stakeholders to spec out and implement solutions Experience working in a distributed data environment and working with large data sets Knowledge of big data frameworks such as Spark and Hadoop An interest in quantitative finance no finance trading experience required Familiarity with one of the large cloud providers is a plus but not required Experience with Python NumPy pandas or similar quantitative stack is a plus Familiarity with AI models and or frameworks is a plus Who You Are Mature thoughtful and a natural fit for our collaborative culture Hard-working and eager to learn in a fast-paced innovative setting Committed to intellectual integrity transparency and openness Motivated by the groundbreaking effects of technology-at-scale We believe that the next innovation to transform our business could come from anyone at AQR Expect to be recognized not only for your diligence and hard work today but for your vision for tomorrow We are mathematicians computer scientists engineers and artists passionate about advancing financial research and pushing the limits of today s technology