Portfolio Analytics Engineer - Vice President
aqr capital managementOld Greenwich (CT)
$165,000 per year
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Posted 4 days ago
aqr capital managementOld Greenwich (CT)
SENIORITY
Manager
SALARY
$165,000 per year
About the role
Senior Software Engineer In Portfolio Implementation Technology is central to AQR's success. As a Senior Software Engineer in Portfolio Implementation, you will lead the design and delivery of complex, mission-critical systems that turn investment ideas into reality. Working closely with researchers, portfolio managers, and engineering peers, you will drive large-scale technical initiatives while mentoring engineers and raising the bar for engineering excellence across the team.
Your Role:
As a Senior Software Engineer in Portfolio Implementation, you will operate with broad ownership and technical authority across core investment systems, including:
- Leading the design and implementation of portfolio implementation platforms that consume research outputs, perform constrained optimizations, and generate orders
- Owning and evolving distributed, microservice-based systems that operate reliably at scale
- Lead architectural design for high-performance, high-volume, highly available systems, making informed trade-offs across performance, flexibility, and maintainability
- Delivering complex, cross-cutting initiatives that span multiple services, teams
- Providing technical leadership to small teams (typically 2–5 engineers), including task planning, design reviews, and execution oversight
- Mentoring and coaching engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and hands-on guidance
- Partnering with a global team of researchers, portfolio managers and engineers to deliver robust, production-quality solutions on time
What You'll Bring:
- Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with deep expertise in JavaStrong experience using Python in production or research-adjacent environments
- Proven ability to design, build, and operate large-scale, distributed systems
- Experience operating microservice-based architectures, using technologies such as Java, Elasticsearch, Redis, RabbitMQ / AMQ, and relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server)
- Strong command of engineering best practices, including code quality, design documentation, peer code reviews, automated testing, and test coverage
- Experience operating, tuning, and profiling high-performance systems in production environmentsExperience with observability and monitoring platforms (e.g., New Relic) and using metrics to drive reliability and performance improvements
- Ability to lead technical change, manage risk, and drive initiatives to completion in complex environmentsExperience contributing to requirements capture, technical specification, and work breakdown
- Ability to estimate work, plan delivery, and manage technical trade-offs
- Interest in financial markets and the investment process
Who You Are:
- A strong technical leader who takes ownership of outcomes, not just implementations
- Comfortable driving large, ambiguous initiatives from concept through delivery
- Effective at mentoring and developing engineers, setting clear expectations and providing constructive feedback
- Able to balance hands-on contribution with leadership and oversight
- Collaborative, thoughtful, and effective working across disciplines and geographies
- Committed to intellectual integrity, transparency, and openness
The salary range for this role is expected to be [$165,000-$185,000]. This is the range that we in good faith believe is accurate for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, depending upon factors such as skills, experience, location, or other business and organizational needs. This wage range may also be modified in the future.
This job is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.
We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits to eligible employees.
AQR is an Equal Opportunity Employer. EEO/VET/DISABILITY
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