quant-jobs
The ultimate guide to landing a job or internship in quantitative finance.
Resources
A collection of resources to find quant jobs and pass the interviews.
Books
- The Elements of Statistical Learning: Often regarded as the bible of data science, this is one of the best books to learn modern machine learning concepts.
- Inside the Black Box: A Simple Guide to Quantitative and High Frequency Trading: A great book that peals back the cover on what high frequency trading is and what quants do.
- A Practical Guide to Quantitative Finance Interviews: Often called the "Green Book", this book is great for preparing for quantitative finance interviews.
- Heard on the Street: This book has a plethora of brain-teaser style questions that pop up in quant interviews.
- Frequently Asked Questions in Quantitative Finance: This book distills down complex quantitative finance topics into simple descriptions.
Practice
- OpenQuant Mental Math: A series of math arithmetic and sequence games to prepare for quant trader and quant researcher OA.
- Brainstellar: Brainstellar has a large list of brain teaser and statistics practice problems.
Jobs
- OpenQuant: A job board for finding jobs and internships in quantitative finance.
Salaries
- Levels.fyi - A large collection of user-submitted salaries.
- OpenQuant Salaries: A community-collected table of quantitative finance salaries.
Companies
A comprehensive list of companies hiring quantitative researchers, quantitative developers, and quantitative traders.
| Company | Location | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 3Red Partners | Austin, Chicago, Miami, New York | Prop Trading |
| APT Portfolio | New Delhi (India) | Prop Trading |
| AQR Capital Management | Worldwide | Hedge Fund |
| Akuna Capital | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| AlphaGrep | Mumbai | Financial Services |
| Amber | Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Dubai | Financial Services |
| Ansatz Capital | New York | Prop Trading |
| Aquatic | Chicago | Hedge Fund |
| Arrowstreet Capital | Boston, London | Arrowstreet Capital |
| Aviva | Financial Services | |
| Axis Capital | Worldwide | Financial Services |
| BHG Financial | Florida, New York | Financial Services |
| BMO | Worldwide | Investment Bank |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Worldwide | Hedge Fund |
| Bank of America | Worldwide | Financial Services |
| Barclays | Worldwide | Financial Services |
| Belvedere Trading | Chicago | Prop Trading |
| BlackRock | Worldwide | Asset Management |
| BlueCrest Capital Management | Worldwide | Hedge Fund |
| Bridgewater Associates | Connecticut | Hedge Fund |
| CIBC | Worldwide | Financial Services |
| Citadel | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| Capital One | Worldwide | Financial Services |
| Castleton Commodities International | Connecticut | Financial Services |
| Chicago Trading Company | Chicago | Prop Trading |
| Citi Bank | Worldwide | Financial Services |
| D. E. Shaw Group | Worldwide | Hedge Fund |
| DRW | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| Deutsche Bank | Worldwide | Investment Bank |
| Engineers Gate | New York | Hedge Fund |
| Epoch Capital | Sydney, London, Dubai, New York | Hedge Fund |
| Exodus Point | New York | Hedge Fund |
| Fidelity Investments | Worldwide | Hedge Fund |
| Five Rings | New York | Hedge Fund |
| Flow Traders | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| Goldman Sachs | Worldwide | Financial Services |
| G-Research | Dallas, London | Prop Trading |
| GSA Capital | New York, London | Hedge Fund |
| Graham Capital Management | Connecticut, Florida, London | Hedge Fund |
| Graviton | Gurugram (India) | Prop Trading |
| Gunvor | Worldwide | Financial Services |
| Guggenheim | Worldwide | Hedge Fund |
| HAP Capital | New York | Prop Trading |
| Headlands Technologies | Chicago, Austin, Amsterdam | Prop Trading |
| Hudson River Trading | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| IMC Trading | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| J.P Morgan Chase | Worldwide | Investment Bank |
| Jane Street | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| Jump Trading LLC | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| Mako | Amsterdam, London, Singapore, Sydney | Hedge Fund |
| Man Group | Worldwide | Hedge Fund |
| Marshall Wace | Worldwide | Hedge Fund |
| Maven Securities | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| Morgan Stanley | Worldwide | Financial Services |
| Millennium Management | Worldwide | Hedge Fund |
| NK Securities Research | Gurugram (India) | Financial Services |
| Nasdaq | Worldwide | Financial Services |
| Nationwide | Ohio, Iowa, Texas, Arizona | Insurance Company |
| Old Mission Capital | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| Optiver | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| PDT | New York, London | Hedge Fund |
| Peak6 | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| Pimco | Worldwide | Asset Management |
| Point72 | Worldwide | Hedge Fund |
| PwC | Worldwide | Financial Services |
| Quadeye | Gurugram (India) | Prop Trading |
| Quadrature Capital | London | Hedge Fund |
| Quantile | New York, Amsterdam | Financial Services |
| Radix Trading | Chicago | Prop Tradings |
| Renaissance Technologies | New York | Hedge Fund |
| Rothschild & Co | Worldwide | Financial Services |
| Royal Bank of Canada | Worldwide | Investment Bank |
| Schonfeld | Worldwide | Hedge Fund |
| Seven Eight Capital | New York | Hedge Fund |
| State Street | United States | Financial Services |
| Stevens Capital Management LP | Pennsylvania | Hedge Fund |
| Susquehanna International Group | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| Square Point Capital | Worldwide | Hedge Fund |
| TGS | Worldwide | Hedge Fund |
| Tower Research Capital | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| TransMarketGroup | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| Truist | North Carolina | Financial Services |
| Two Sigma | Worldwide | Hedge Fund |
| Valkyrie Trading | Chicago | Prop Trading |
| Vanguard | Worldwide | Financial Services |
| Vatic Labs | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| Virtu Financial | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| Viv Court | Sydney | Prop Trading |
| Volant Trading | New York, Chicago, Hong Kong | Prop Trading |
| Voleon Group | California | Hedge Fund |
| Vontobel | Worldwide | Financial Services |
| Voya Financial | Worldwide | Financial Services |
| Wells Fargo | Worldwide | Financial Services |
| Wintermute | Worldwide | Prop Trading |
| Winton | Worldwide | Hedge Fund |
| Wolverine Trading | Chicago | Prop Trading |
| XTX Markets | Worldwide | Prop Trading |