
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.
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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, single family offices and sovereign wealth funds, as well as financial advisors.
About the Team
The Specialized Investments Group focuses on situations where laws and regulations have meaningful effects on trading decisions, portfolio design and the choice of investment vehicles. The team oversees the design, implementation and day-to-day portfolio management of tax aware funds and accounts.
The product specialist function is responsible for commercializing the innovations of AQR’s research team, as well as for developing the High Net Worth and Family Office distribution channels. AQR’s tax aware product portfolio consists of a growing number of tax efficient alternative and traditional investment strategies and of bespoke client solutions that utilize these strategies.
Product specialists play a key role in AQR’s portfolio management, product development, and enhancement and are involved in many stages of the investment process including new business presentations, new account onboarding, portfolio implementation, performance monitoring and analysis, and portfolio review meetings with clients. Product specialists interact closely with the rest of the firm including research, portfolio management, trading, business development, legal, compliance, risk and marketing. Through this collaboration, product specialists have in-depth knowledge of the strategies they cover and are expected to be in-house experts on their respective products. They are an integral part of initiatives to create, manage, and sell AQR products.
Your Role
AQR Capital seeks to recruit a junior level product specialist to focus on the firm’s Tax Aware product line and Tax Aware solutions. In this role the junior member of the team will partner with senior specialists on producing and sharing customized materials and analytics for internal stakeholders and external clients based on a deep understanding of AQR’s Tax Aware product offerings and capabilities. This professional will work in close collaboration with AQR’s research, portfolio management and business development teams to ensure proper representation of AQR’s Tax Aware products and a high level of client service to investors. AQR teams operate with the highest degree of mutual respect and collaboration. This position is a highly valued position within the firm and of critical importance to AQR’s ongoing growth and success.
Responsibilities include:
What You’ll Bring
• Excellent academic credentials in a quantitative or technical discipline
• At least 2 years of relevant post-undergraduate experience at an investment management, asset management, or consulting firm
• Understanding and application of investment concepts including portfolio theory
• Demonstrated experience working with intricate data sets to distill, analyze, and present information based on audience and business objectives
• A client-first mentality with a high attention to detail and strong sense of ownership
• Ability to apply practical intuition and common sense in conducting complex data analysis
• Strong technical aptitude with proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint, programming skills in Python, and knowledge of SQL, knowledge of XML is a plus
• Ability to communicate with maturity, credibility, and clarity both verbally and in writing
• Demonstrated work ethic, competitiveness and tenacity required to achieve top performance
Who You Are
• Well-organized, detail-oriented; able to multi-task and keep track of various deadlines in a fast-paced, high demand environment
• Confidence to work independently, and engage directly with our US-based business to refine requirements and escalate issues when needed
• Mature and thoughtful, with the ability to operate in a collaborative, team-oriented culture
• Highest level of integrity, empathy and character
• Creative, resourceful, and driven - an intelligent risk taker and someone who does not grow complacent with success
• Hard-working and eager to learn in a highly intellectual, innovative environment
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About AQR Capital Management
AQR is a global investment firm built at the intersection of financial theory and practical application. We strive to deliver concrete, long-term results by looking past market noise to identify and isolate the factors that matter most, and by developing ideas that stand up to rigorous testing. By putting theory into practice, we have become a leader in alternative strategies and an innovator in traditional portfolio management since 1998.
At AQR India, our employees share a common spirit of academic excellence, intellectual honesty and an unwavering commitment to seeking the truth. We’re determined to know what makes financial markets tick – and we’ll ask every question and challenge every assumption. We recognize and respect the power of collaboration and believe in transparency and openness to new ideas.
The Team
The role is a within the Middle Office Engineering team. Our teams are small, motivated, and highly productive. Collaborating side-by-side with AQR operations professionals, you will become intimately familiar with the platforms and processes that run AQR.
Your Role
You will join an engineering team supporting one of the broadest business functions. You will design and build business applications for many sub-functions, including treasury, trade matching and settlement, portfolio accounting, fund performance, and others. You will also have key input into designing the future state of the technology stack for these functions.
What You’ll Bring
Who You Are
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 and engineers, passionate about advancing financial investment management using technology.
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About AQR Capital Management:
AQR is a global investment firm built at the intersection of financial theory and practical application. We strive to deliver concrete, long-term results by looking past market noise to identify and isolate the factors that matter most, and by developing ideas that stand up to rigorous testing. By putting theory into practice, we have become a leader in alternative strategies and an innovator in traditional portfolio management since 1998.
At AQR, our employees share a common spirit of academic excellence, intellectual honesty and an unwavering commitment to seeking the truth. We’re determined to know what makes financial markets tick – and we’ll ask every question and challenge every assumption. We recognize and respect the power of collaboration and believe transparency and openness to new ideas leads to innovation.
About Operations
Operations has a diverse set of responsibilities, including settling and recording thousands of transactions per day, identifying, and mitigating all operational risk, and partnering with technology to develop and implement low touch, streamlined processes. The operations department continually seeks ways to improve while actively supporting the development of new business, structures, and markets. The Tax Operations team is a department within Operations focused on the Tax Aware strategies at AQR. The team is responsible for managing our platform providers, account onboarding and client inquiries, vendor oversight and account maintenance and monitoring for our Tax Aware solutions.
The Role
We are looking to hire a full-time Analyst/Associate to join the Tax Operations team. The primary responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to :
What You’ll Bring
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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.
About the Team:
The RFP team serves a core function within our Reporting team, supporting sales, client service, and ongoing due diligence efforts. The primary responsibility of the role is to partner with the Business Development team and coordinate with subject matter experts across the organization, including Research Teams, to respond to RFP and DDQ requests for prospective and existing clients. In addition, the individual will be expected to contribute to the RFP Team’s ongoing efforts redesigning processes to increase efficiency and improve outcomes. A successful candidate operates well independently as well as in a team environment and is a proactive and creative problem solver.
Your Role:
We are seeking an exceptionally talented individual to join the RFP Function within our Reporting team.
You will:
What You’ll Bring:
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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.
Technology is central to AQR’s success. As a Software Engineer in Portfolio Implementation, you will work on mission-critical systems that turn investment ideas into reality. Partnering closely with researchers and portfolio managers, you will design and build proprietary tools that support quantitative strategy research and systematic investing at scale.
Your Role :
As a Software Engineer in Portfolio Implementation, you will design, build, and extend systems that sit at the core of AQR’s investment process, including:
What You’ll Bring :
Who You Are :
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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
The Distribution Analytics team in the Finance organization is responsible for supplying data-driven insights that support the firm’s global distribution efforts. You will work closely with the Business Development team, the Distribution Analytics function, and the Data Engineering team to deliver high-impact analytics, build dashboards and ensure the integrity of our CRM/distribution data.
Your Role
In this position you will:
What You’ll Bring
Required:
Preferred:
Who You Are
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About AQR Capital Management
AQR is a global investment management firm that provides investment management services to pooled investment vehicles including hedge funds, mutual funds, European funds (i.e. UCITS) as well as to separately managed accounts (SMAs). AQR was established in August 1998 and has been engaged in trading equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities and derivatives across the globe. AQR employs long/short equity, arbitrage, global macro, alternative investments (i.e., absolute return and total return), and multi-style strategies, among others, to make its trades. AQR's clients include institutional investors, such as pension funds, insurance companies, endowments, foundations, and sovereign wealth funds, as well as financial advisors and high net worth individuals. AQR’s clients can choose to invest through various AQR fund complexes and structures (i.e. Master-Feeder structures, RICs, UCITS etc.) or through separately managed accounts. AQR currently manages close to 200 legal entities for the various fund structures.
The AQR Tax Team is a globally integrated function with professionals located across the U.S., U.K., the Philippines, and India. The team plays a critical role in managing the firm’s global tax compliance, reporting, and advisory responsibilities, supporting a wide range of investment vehicles and legal entities. The India tax team forms an important part of this global footprint, contributing to tax compliance, fund reporting, investor reporting, and process efficiency initiatives. In addition to core compliance responsibilities, the team partners closely with colleagues across Finance, Legal, Operations, Business Development and Investment teams to ensure alignment on regulatory requirements, support new product and entity launches, and assess the tax implications of evolving business strategies. The AQR Tax Team ultimately reports to the Head of Tax and then to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), and functions as part of the broader Finance department.
With the support of fund administrators and Big 4 accounting firms, the AQR Tax department manages the tax compliance function for its investment entities. Fund administrators prepare detailed tax workpapers, while Big 4 firms prepare tax forms, execute filings, and provide advisory support on complex tax and regulatory matters.
Job description: This role is responsible for tax compliance, reporting, and oversight for hedge funds and mutual funds.
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About the Role
We are seeking a detail-oriented, proactive and motivated Associate to join our Compliance Reporting team. The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting AQR’s Compliance department by preparing well-written, timely, and accurate responses to Requests for Proposals (RFPs), Due Diligence Questionnaires (DDQs), and ad-hoc client information requests from clients and prospects.
Key Responsibilities
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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.
Job description:
The Team and Your Role
In this role you will be a part of the Client Technology Engineering supporting AQR Client Administration, Onboarding and Business Development teams. You will be responsible for design, development and support of automation solutions – design and implement APIs, aggregate data from various sources, implement business logic, automate the formatting and rendering of presentations and reports. The candidate is expected to be able to work directly with the business users as well as to collaborate with other engineering teams.
What You Will Bring:
• BA/BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent field
• 3+ years of software development experience in C# with substantial individual contribution
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Strong working knowledge of SQL
• Experience working with
• Strong communication skills
• Team player
• Experience working with CRM systems is a plus
• Experience working with reporting automation systems is a plus
• Experience working in financial industry is a plus
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About AQR Capital India
AQR is a global investment firm built at the intersection of financial theory and practical application. We strive to deliver concrete, long-term results by looking past market noise to identify and isolate the factors that matter most, and by developing ideas that stand up to rigorous testing. By putting theory into practice, we have become a leader in alternative strategies and an innovator in traditional portfolio management since 1998.
At AQR India, our employees share a common spirit of academic excellence, intellectual honesty and an unwavering commitment to seeking the truth. We’re determined to know what makes financial markets tick – and we’ll ask every question and challenge every assumption. We recognize and respect the power of collaboration, and believe transparency and openness to new ideas leads to innovation.
Technology is central to AQR’s success. As a Software Engineer in Portfolio Implementation, you will work on mission-critical systems that turn investment ideas into reality. Partnering closely with researchers and portfolio managers, you will design and build proprietary tools that support quantitative strategy research and systematic investing at scale.
Your Role:
As a Software Engineer in Portfolio Implementation, you will design, build, and extend systems that sit at the core of AQR’s investment process, including:
Portfolio Implementation platforms that consume research outputs, perform constrained optimizations, and generate orders
Cloud-based microservices engineered to run reliably and efficiently at scale
Participate in architectural design discussions for high-performance, high-volume, highly available systems, gaining experience with trade-offs across performance, flexibility, and maintainability
Bespoke technology solutions tailored to specific asset classes and evolving research needs
Collaboration with a global team of researchers, portfolio managers and engineers for successful product delivery
What You’ll Bring
Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
3+ years of professional programming experience with strong proficiency in Java
Python experience is a strong plus, particularly for research integration and tooling
Strong software design skills and the ability to translate design concepts into high-quality, maintainable code
Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities
Clear and effective communication skills
Interest in financial markets and the investment process
Experience operating microservice-based architectures and building scalable, distributed systems, using technologies such as Java, Elasticsearch, Redis, RabbitMQ / AMQ, and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server)
Strong engineering best practices, including attention to code quality, peer code reviews (PRs), automated testing, and test coverage
Experience operating, tuning, and profiling high-performance systems in production environments
Experience with observability and monitoring platforms (e.g., New Relic) is a strong plus
Who You Are:
Take strong ownership of your work, with the drive to see initiatives through from idea to completion
Comfortable leading change, overcoming obstacles, and navigating ambiguity to deliver results
Naturally collaborative, thoughtful, and effective in a team-oriented environment
Hard-working, curious, and eager to learn in a fast-paced setting
Committed to intellectual integrity, transparency, and openness
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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
Technology has long been essential ingredient to our success, and as an associate in quantitative research development team, you will be knee-deep in mission critical challenges that make our investment ideas a reality. Collaborating side by side with researchers and portfolio analysts, you will be responsible for designing and implementing proprietary systems and tools that drive the quantitative strategy research and systematic investing that powers AQR.
Your Role:
•As an associate in quantitative research development team, you will build or extend our
•Global asset signal, data and risk estimation infrastructure incorporating millions of data points.
•Intuitive research APIs leveraging cloud computing and cutting-edge visualizations.
•High-performance historical simulation/back testing engine for vetting new alpha strategies.
•Bespoke technology solutions that satisfy the needs of specific asset classes and research needs
•Partner with not only local but also global team of research engineers for successful product delivery
What You’ll Bring:
•BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science, Computational Finance, Data Science, or related discipline
•At least 5+ years of experience as a quantitative developer, preferably in the financial services industry.
•Outstanding communication, coding, debugging, and analytical skills.
•Strength in pragmatic design and deploying applications using Linux/Docker/Python.
•An interest in quantitative finance (no finance / trading experience required).
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About AQR Capital Management
AQR is a global investment management firm dedicated to delivering results for our clients. At the nexus of economics, behavioral finance, data and technology, AQR’s evolution over twenty-five years has been a continuous exploration of what drives markets and how it can be applied to client portfolios. The firm is headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, with offices in Bangalore, Dubai, Hong Kong, Munich, London and Sydney.
The Team
AQR is looking for an exceptionally talented individual with 3-5 years of design experience to join our Marketing team.
Your Role: Graphic Designer, Marketing
We are seeking a talented Graphic Designer to join AQR’s Marketing team. This role is responsible for translating complex financial concepts into clear, compelling, and brand-consistent visual materials across digital and print channels. The ideal candidate possesses exceptional design skills, excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities include:
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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 software that loads, validates, and provisions many large data sets used in the research and investment processes.
Your Role:
As a data engineering developer, you will participate in designing and building a 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:
Who You Are:
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.
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About AQR Capital Management
AQR is a global investment firm built at the intersection of financial theory and practical application. We strive to deliver concrete, long-term results by looking past market noise to identify and isolate the factors that matter most, and by developing ideas that stand up to rigorous testing. By putting theory into practice, we have become a leader in alternative strategies and an innovator in traditional portfolio management since 1998.
At AQR, our employees share a common spirit of academic excellence, intellectual honesty and an unwavering commitment to seeking the truth. We’re determined to know what makes financial markets tick – and we’ll ask every question and challenge every assumption. We recognize and respect the power of collaboration and believe transparency and openness to new ideas leads to innovation.
About Operations
Operations has a diverse set of responsibilities, including settling and recording thousands of transactions per day, identifying and mitigating operational risk, and partnering with technology to develop and implement low-touch, streamlined processes. The Operations department continually seeks ways to improve while actively supporting the development of new business, structures, and markets.
The Tax Operations team is a department within Operations focused on the Tax Aware strategies at AQR. The team is responsible for managing platform providers, account onboarding and client inquiries, vendor oversight, and account maintenance and monitoring for our Tax Aware solutions.
The Role
We are looking to hire a full-time Analyst/Associate to join the Tax Operations team in a Team Lead capacity. The primary responsibilities of the role include, but are not limited to:
Core Responsibilities
Team Lead & Strategic Responsibilities
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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 software that loads, validates, and provisions many large data sets used in the research and investment processes.
Your Role:
As a data engineering developer, you will participate in designing and building a 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:
Who You Are:
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.
Ready to apply?
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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 with more than 125 Bn$ of asset under management.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.
Technology is central to AQR’s success. As a Team Lead Software Engineer in Portfolio Implementation, you will combine deep hands-on technical contribution with responsibility for leading engineers, owning critical systems, and delivering on firmwide objectives. Reporting to an MD-level manager, you will set technical direction, drive execution, and ensure the team consistently delivers high-quality, reliable systems that support AQR’s investment process.
Your Role:
As a Team Lead Software Engineer in Portfolio Implementation, you will have end-to-end responsibility for both technical outcomes and team execution, including:
•Owning critical portfolio implementation systems and services, with accountability for reliability, performance, and long-term evolution
•Leading architectural design for high-performance, high-volume, highly available systems, making informed trade-offs across performance, flexibility, and maintainability
•Remaining hands-on in design and implementation, contributing meaningful production code and setting technical standards by example
•Leading and coordinating teams of engineers, potentially organized into multiple sub-teams, with responsibility for delivery across a group of engineers, including planning, prioritization, and execution across multiple workstreams
•Driving delivery of large, cross-team initiatives aligned with firmwide objectives and timelines
•Leading requirements gathering and specification, translating business and investment needs into clear technical plans
•Breaking down complex initiatives into well-scoped workstreams, with realistic sequencing and dependencies
•Driving estimation and delivery planning, balancing scope, risk, and available resources
•Ensuring alignment between resource forecasting and delivery commitments, adjusting plans as priorities evolve
•Ensuring strong engineering practices across the team, including code quality, design reviews, testing standards, and operational readiness
•Coaching and mentoring junior and mid-level engineers, ensuring they understand and apply best practices in software development
•Partnering closely with portfolio managers, researchers, and platform teams to align technical solutions with investment needs
•Reporting progress, risks, and delivery status clearly and proactively to MD-level leadership
•Identifying and addressing process gaps, technical debt, and operational risks across owned system
What You’ll Bring:
•Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
•10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep expertise in Java
•Strong experience using Python in production or research-adjacent environments
•Proven track record of owning and operating complex, distributed systems in production
•Experience with microservice-based architectures using technologies such as Java, Elasticsearch, Redis, RabbitMQ / AMQ, and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server)
•Demonstrated ability to lead teams while remaining technically hands-on
•Strong understanding of engineering best practices, including code quality, testing strategies, CI/CD, design documentation, and operational excellence
•Experience operating, tuning, and profiling high-performance systems
•Experience with observability and monitoring platforms (e.g., New Relic) and using metrics to drive reliability and performance
•Strong experience in requirements capture, technical specification, and work breakdown for complex systems
•Proven ability to estimate effort, plan delivery, and manage trade-offs across scope, timeline, and resources
•Solid understanding of how resource planning, capacity, and delivery execution interrelate in a multi-team environment
•Interest in financial markets and the investment process; hands-on domain knowledge in this area is a strong plus but not required
Who You Are:
•A hands-on technical leader who takes ownership of systems, processes, and outcomes
•Comfortable driving delivery through others, setting clear direction and holding teams accountable
•Able to operate effectively with MD-level stakeholders, providing clear status, risks, and trade-offs
•Skilled at balancing short-term delivery with long-term system health
•Committed to developing engineers through mentoring, feedback, and example
•Collaborative, pragmatic, and decisive in complex environments
•Committed to intellectual integrity, transparency, and openness
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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.
Your Role
What You’ll Bring
Who You Are
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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
The Compliance group is responsible for designing, implementing, monitoring, and testing AQR’s control environment. It is responsible for ensuring the firm is acting as a responsible fiduciary to our clients. It creates sets of policies and procedures that define how AQR operates its business. It is also mandated with ensuring AQR complies with all relevant regulatory and industry rules and regulations.
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