What roles at Quant trading companies require at tech companies · 53 roles · 6 companies · 90 days to Oct 8, 2026
Updated
53 roles counted at Quant trading companies, one per company, title and level; 95 postings in the window.
In short
At Quant trading companies, Python is required most often, in 38 of 53 (72%) roles whose requirements we read in the 90 days to Oct 8, 2026, then Linux (23) and C++ (16). The largest group is software engineer roles: 19 of 53 (36%). We counted 53 roles at 6 companies.
- Python
- 38 of 53 (72%)
- Required most often, of the roles we could read
- Largest group
- 19 of 53 (36%)
- Software engineer
- Remote roles
- 1 of 53 (2%)
- Of the roles we could read for it
What the postings ask for
Out of the 53 roles whose requirements we could read, of 53 in all. At most 10 per list, those asked for most.
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Python | 38 of 53 (72%) |
| Linux | 23 of 53 (43%) |
| C++ | 16 of 53 (30%) |
| CI/CD | 9 of 53 (17%) |
| Data Structures | 9 of 53 (17%) |
| SQL | 9 of 53 (17%) |
| Kubernetes | 8 of 53 (15%) |
| Distributed Systems | 7 of 53 (13%) |
| Git | 7 of 53 (13%) |
| Networking | 7 of 53 (13%) |
| Skill | Roles asking |
|---|---|
| Machine Learning | 4 of 53 (8%) |
| Pandas | 4 of 53 (8%) |
| Rust | 4 of 53 (8%) |
| Airflow | 3 of 53 (6%) |
| C++ | 3 of 53 (6%) |
| CI/CD | 3 of 53 (6%) |
| Kubernetes | 3 of 53 (6%) |
| Linux | 3 of 53 (6%) |
| Monitoring | 3 of 53 (6%) |
| Networking | 3 of 53 (6%) |
Roles at Quant trading companies
By title family, each count out of the roles at Quant trading companies.
| Role | Roles | Of the industry's roles |
|---|---|---|
| Software engineer | 19 | 19 of 53 (36%) |
| Research scientist | 7 | 7 of 53 (13%) |
| Data engineer | 6 | 6 of 53 (11%) |
| Data analyst | 5 | 5 of 53 (9%) |
| Security engineer | 5 | 5 of 53 (9%) |
| Platform engineer | 4 | 4 of 53 (8%) |
| Site reliability engineer | 4 | 4 of 53 (8%) |
| AI engineer | 1 | 1 of 53 (2%) |
| Data scientist | 1 | 1 of 53 (2%) |
| Machine learning engineer | 1 | 1 of 53 (2%) |
Companies
6 companies with a role at Quant trading companies in the window, most roles first. Each count out of the industry's roles.
| Company | Roles | Of the industry's roles |
|---|---|---|
| DRW | 17 | 17 of 53 (32%) |
| Hudson River Trading | 11 | 11 of 53 (21%) |
| Jane Street | 7 | 7 of 53 (13%) |
| Jump Trading | 7 | 7 of 53 (13%) |
| Tower Research Capital | 7 | 7 of 53 (13%) |
| IMC | 4 | 4 of 53 (8%) |
Experience
Of the 27 roles that state years
Each line counts roles asking for at least that many years, so the lines overlap.
- 1+ year
- 27 of 27
- 2+ years
- 25 of 27
- 3+ years
- 20 of 27
- 5+ years
- 14 of 27
- 8+ years
- 0 of 27
- 10+ years
- 0 of 27
Degree
Of the 53 roles we could read for it
- Required
- 21 of 53 (40%)
- Required, or experience instead
- 8 of 53 (15%)
- Preferred
- 0 of 53 (0%)
- Not mentioned
- 24 of 53 (45%)
Pay and remote work
Of the 53 roles we could read for it
- Roles stating pay
- 8 of 53 (15%)
- Remote roles
- 1 of 53 (2%)
How we count: 53 roles from 6 employers in the 90 days to Oct 8, 2026, each role counted once however many boards post it. Industry is the company's label from its job board; companies without a label are not counted here. Skills are counted out of the roles whose requirements we read. Roles are not filtered by country. Methodology