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:

1. Using existing infrastructure (backtesters, reporting infrastructure, etc.) to support the team’s partnership with business development and clients on providing solutions to client-specific situations
   o Generate summary data for pitch books used by business development in client meetings and conferences
   o Design solutions for specific private wealth clients, including transition from appreciated portfolios, diversification of concentrated risks, optimal asset allocation given client-specific investment goals
   o Produce custom portfolio analysis to support both internal and external requests
2. Maintain and improve on existing infrastructure, often in collaboration with other teams, to maximize efficiency and accuracy of data delivery and to increase data gathering and storage functionality
   o Use knowledge of the underlying strategies to anticipate code maintenance that may be required as strategies evolve over time (new asset classes, new sub-strategies, etc)
   o Identifying weaknesses in existing processes and trends in demands to propose and then implement improvements to existing code or processes used for data management and delivery

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

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

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
• 4 Years of work experience building web applications with C# and JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experience with Angular or other web frameworks
• Experience with AWS or other cloud providers is a plus
• Experience with AI development tooling is a plus
• Experience with SQL and/or No-SQL Databases a plus
• Outstanding coding, debugging, and analytical skills
• Good communication skills
• Experience with Source / Version control systems such as Git
• Familiarity with software development best practices

Who You Are

• Mature, thoughtful, and a natural fit for a collaborative, team-oriented culture
• Hard-working and eager to learn in a fast-paced, innovative environment
• Committed to intellectual integrity, transparency, and openness
• Motivated by the transformational 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 and engineers, passionate about advancing financial investment management using technology.

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 :

• Onboard and monitor our Flex SMA accounts and ensure that they are reconciled, in good order, and maintain appropriate account balances, settings, and positions
• Create and review all client reports and ensure the accuracy and completeness of client reporting
• Review multiple reports from vendors periodically. This could be related to compliance, account settings, or trading activity
• Perform initial and ongoing data analysis related to transition analysis requests and account onboarding. Ensure account funding aligns with respective product selections and account requirements
• Monitor daily reconciliations and ensure that key account characteristics match to custodian records
• Track and monitor end to end process related to Investment Management Agreements and Transition Analysis to ensure process is progressing

What You’ll Bring

• Undergraduate Degree.
• 1-2 years of experience in a financial services institution
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Highly organized, able to multi-task, and eager to learn.
• High attention to detail.
• Proficient in Excel and Outlook
• Salesforce experience a plus
• Python experience a plus

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:

• Proactively address RFP and DDQ requests and complete all corresponding documentation leveraging the Team’s RFP Management Tool Responsive
• Partner with subject matter experts across the firm to ensure accuracy of RFP / DDQ content and responses.
• Track and manage all active RFPs and DDQs, escalating to senior management if deadlines are in jeopardy of being missed
• Coordinate with stakeholders across the firm to maintain high-quality content for RFPs DDQs in the Team’s content library on Responsive
• Maintain a commitment to quality, accuracy, and attention to detail in a timely manner
• Utilize AI tools to drive strategic changes to existing processes

What You’ll Bring:

• A relevant undergraduate degree including but not limited to Marketing, Business, Finance, Economics, English or Communications
• 3+ years of relevant post-undergraduate experience within a professional services environment; asset management and operations backgrounds are preferred
• Ability to work independently as well as within a team
• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Well-organized with the ability to multi-task and work within tight timeframes
• Works proactively, taking initiative to identify and solve problems
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience with Responsive is preferred
• Experience with Artificial Intelligence is a plus

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: 

• 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 

• 2+ 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 

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: 

• Develop, deliver and maintain ad-hoc and periodic tactical and strategic analytics/reports to support Business Development and distribution channels. 

• Use SQL (and other query tools) to extract, manipulate and analyze data. 

• Collaborate with the CRM system to produce reports and monitor data quality (e.g., completeness, consistency, accuracy of sales/distribution records). 

• Work with Data Engineering to recommend and implement improvements to data pipelines, ETL processes and dashboards. 

• Create front-end visualizations and dashboards using tools such as Power BI or MicroStrategy, translating business needs into clear visual insights. 

• Translate analytical findings into actionable business recommendations and communicate results 

• Operate in a fast-paced global environment, helping to ensure our distribution data is fit for purpose and supports the sales organization effectively. 

What You’ll Bring 
Required:

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a quantitative discipline—e.g., Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics. 

• Strong proficiency in SQL: ability to extract, analyze and transform data. 

• Demonstrated ability to take raw data, find patterns/trends, and produce meaningful reports. 

• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, able to prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment. 

Preferred: 

• Experience working with Salesforce (or equivalent CRM) reporting and/or data model. 

• Experience building dashboards and visualizations using Power BI, MicroStrategy or comparable BI tools. 

• Experience in data quality / data governance / data stewardship frameworks. 

• Prior exposure to distribution analytics, sales data, or financial services/asset management context. 

Who You Are 

• You are a thoughtful, collaborative individual who thrives in a high-intellect, fast-moving environment. 

• You commit to integrity, clarity and openness in your work. 

• You are motivated by turning data into actionable insights. 

• You believe that strong analytics and clean data are crucial to business success. 

• You are eager to learn, adapt and grow, recognizing that innovation may come from anyone at AQR 

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.

Your Role

• Review taxable income calculations and related tax adjustments such as wash sales, straddles, constructive sales, and other book-to-tax differences
• Review hedge fund tax allocations, including tax transfers, and fill-up/fill-down special allocations
• Review Schedules K-1/K-3 along with the required statements and footnotes
• Review mutual fund-specific items such as year-end distributions, shareholder reporting, annual gross income tests, and asset diversification tests
• Review federal and state tax returns and related forms, including Form 1065, Form 1120-RIC, Form 8613, and Form 8621
• Review international tax filings such as Form 1042/1042-S, FBAR, Form 8865, Form 5471, and PFIC statements
• Manage relationships with external tax vendors to ensure compliance with annual tax delivery calendars and timely submission of deliverables
• Prepare reconciliation schedules and supporting workpapers to facilitate tax reviews
• Address investor tax inquiries by providing reconciliations and well-documented responses
• Develop scenario analyses and models in response to ad-hoc requests from internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborate with fund treasury, legal, operations, and other internal teams to resolve tax reporting and compliance matters
• Review annual tax estimate workpapers for hedge funds and mutual funds
• Maintain and update review procedures to capture current tax developments and changes
• Navigate and analyze tax data to deliver accurate reporting solutions for internal and external stakeholders

What You’ll Bring

• Knowledge of U.S. taxation of hedge funds
• Knowledge of U.S. taxation of mutual funds is a plus
• In-depth understanding of financial instruments and their U.S. taxation
• Must be highly organized, with excellent multi-tasking skills and ability to prioritize activities effectively.
• Must be comfortable making decisions on product design and analysis.
• High attention to details
• Excellent command of the English language - oral and written
• Strong analytical, technical and research skills
• Can work with minimal supervision and deliver high quality output.
• Must be proactive, motivated and team player
• Proficient in MS Office applications, particularly MS Excel
• AI tools and knowledge of AI in context to automation of US tax work

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• CPA or EA will be an added advantage
• 2+ years of tax experience within the asset management industry
• Experience with U.S. partnership and corporate taxation
• Experience with U.S. taxation of hedge funds
• Experience with U.S. taxation of mutual funds is an advantage

Who You Are

• Mature, thoughtful, and a natural fit for a collaborative, team-oriented culture
• Hard-working and eager to learn in a fast-paced, innovative environment
• Committed to intellectual integrity, transparency, and openness
• Motivated by the transformational effects of technology-at-scale

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

• Draft and submit responses to RFPs, DDQs and ad-hoc requests covering multiple investment strategies and products.
• Maintain and update standard responses in the firm’s centralized content library.
• Coordinate with internal teams, including Compliance, Legal, Business Development, Risk and others to source and verify proposed responses to client questions.
• Track and manage a high volume of requests simultaneously, ensuring deadlines are met, completed responses are properly maintained, and quality standards are upheld.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Two to four years of related experience in RFP/DDQ reporting [or other Compliance experience], ideally within financial services or investment management.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and project management skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Highly organized, with excellent time management abilities and the ability to prioritize and meet multiple deadlines while managing a high volume of communications.
• Demonstrated capacity to work independently as well as thrive within a collaborative, fast-paced team environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work well with others across functions.
• A self-starter who takes ownership of responsibilities and sees tasks through to completion.
• Receptive to feedback and responsive to direction, with a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Prior experience with Responsive (formerly RFPIO) preferred but not required.

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

1. Angular
2. Net Core
3. AWS
4. Microservice architecture
5. RESTful application design

• 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

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

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).

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:

• Designing and producing advanced Powerpoint presentations, including the use of animation
• Developing high-quality marketing materials including:
  • One Pagers
  • Brochures
  • White papers
  • Event and conference materials
• Creating website and digital assets (email, social, web graphics)
• Creating branded charts, graphs, tables, icons and other infographics
• Editing short form videos for social and web
• Maintaining presentation templates and applying to new materials, focusing on brand guidelines and technical formatting
• Maintaining and evolving brand standards across all visual mediums
• Managing multiple projects simultaneously while meeting tight deadlines

What You’ll Bring

• A design portfolio demonstrating print, digital and motion/animation work
• Advanced expertise in Powerpoint, including presentation design, layout, templating and animation
• Proven experience in motion graphics (After Effects) or data visualization tools
• Strong command of the Adobe Creative Suite
  • InDesign
  • Illustrator
  • Photoshop
• Proficient in Word, including layout and templating
• Familiarity with Canva or similar platforms

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3-5 years of professional design experience. Financial services, asset management, consulting, or another professional services environment a plus
• Strong portfolio demonstrating polished and professional detail-oriented design work

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: 

• 6+ Years of relevant work experience 
• Bachelors/Masters/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline 
• Outstanding coding, debugging, and analytical skills; Python required, other languages are a plus 
• 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 required; AWS experience 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 environment 
• 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. 

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

• Onboard and monitor Flex SMA accounts to ensure they are reconciled, in good order, and maintain appropriate balances, settings, and positions
• Create and review client reports, ensuring accuracy and completeness
• Review vendor reports related to compliance, account settings, and trading activity
• Perform initial and ongoing data analysis related to transition analysis and account onboarding
• Ensure account funding aligns with product selections and requirements
• Monitor daily reconciliations and ensure alignment with custodian records
• Track and monitor end-to-end processes related to Investment Management Agreements and Transition Analysis

Team Lead & Strategic Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day oversight, guidance, and mentorship to junior team members, including task prioritization and workload management
• Act as a subject matter expert across Tax Operations processes, ensuring consistent application of best practices
• Analyze existing workflows to identify inefficiencies and implement scalable process improvements
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement, focusing on automation, accuracy, and operational efficiency
• Partner with Technology, Portfolio Management, and Client Service teams to support strategic initiatives and business growth
• Lead or contribute to projects related to process optimization, system enhancements, and operational risk mitigation
• Develop a forward-looking, strategic perspective on operations to support platform evolution and scalability

What You’ll Bring

• Undergraduate degree
• 7-10 years of experience in a financial services institution (prior leadership or mentorship experience preferred)
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and improve processes
• Proficiency in Excel and Outlook
• Salesforce experience a plus
• Python or automation experience a plus

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: 

• 3+ Years of relevant work experience 

• Bachelors/Masters/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline 

• Outstanding coding, debugging, and analytical skills; Python required, other languages are a plus 

• 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 required; AWS experience 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 environment 

• 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. 

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    

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

• Conduct comprehensive and timely reviews of various materials, including but not limited to marketing and other client-facing material, client reports, research papers, webisodes, and social media content.
• Assess materials across multiple asset classes and investment strategies for compliance with applicable global regulations (e.g., SEC Rule 206(4)-1, FINRA Rule 2210, ESMA, FCA and non-US regulatory regimes) and internal firm policies.
• Apply expertise in the review of complex presentations, including hypothetical and back-tested performance, reviewing for regulatory compliance.
• Provide proactive, clear, and solution-oriented guidance to business development and investment professionals regarding compliant advertising and performance reporting practices.
• Interpret and communicate about relevant regulatory rules and developments, translating them into actionable compliance and business guidance.
• Maintain relevant industry and regulatory knowledge, including monitoring and providing feedback on relevant rulemaking initiatives, risk alerts and other regulatory matters.
• Assist with the implementation of new policies and procedures as well as with updating existing policies and procedures.
• Provide training and informational tools to relevant staff on compliance policies and procedures and regulatory requirements.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's degree
• 3-5 years minimum experience reviewing marketing material, preferably with an investment adviser or broker-dealer
• Strong understanding of the regulatory obligations under rule 206(4)-1 of the Investment Advisers Act, the SEC Marketing Rule, FINRA Rule 2210, ESMA, FCA and non-US regulatory regimes and any other applicable rules, regulations, and interpretive guidance
• Well organized, strong communication skills, detail-oriented and responsive
• Ability to provide accurate, direct and practical advice in a timely fashion
• Proactive time management skills and the ability to manage projects independently
• Hard working, team oriented, able to handle tight deadlines and eager to learn in a highly intellectual, collaborative environment

Who You Are

• Intelligent, energetic and goal-oriented with the ability to juggle multiple tasks, meet deadlines and exercise sound judgment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; must be able to confidently collaborate with various departments within the firm
• A self-starter with the ability to follow through and complete tasks in a highly intellectual, collaborative environment

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.

Your Role:

• Assist with the administration of the Firm’s Business Conduct Manual and Code of Ethics.
• Respond to employee requests regarding personal trading, gifts and entertainment, political and charitable contributions, and other topics.
• Responsible for reviews of broker statements and coordinating with firm-approved brokers regarding electronic feeds and other topics.
• New hire onboarding (including orientation, launching of certifications and training completion control).
• Assist with the maintenance, tracking and organization of Compliance Department records.
• Review employee Compliance certifications and disclosures.
• Assist with other tasks and responsibilities as required.

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Two to four years of related experience in administration of Code of Ethics or related Compliance experience, ideally within financial services or investment management.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and project management skills, with strong attention to detail.
• Highly organized, with excellent time management abilities and the ability to prioritize and meet multiple deadlines while managing a high volume of communications.
• Demonstrated capacity to work independently as well as thrive within a collaborative, fast-paced team environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work well with others across functions.
• A self-starter who takes ownership of responsibilities and sees tasks through to completion.
• Receptive to feedback and responsive to direction, with a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Prior experience with StarCompliance preferred but not required.