Research and Portfolio Management Engineering - Vice President

Greenwich, CTFull-time$160k–$190k2026-08-08 → 2026-11-12

Core

Build and extend scalable AWS-based infrastructure, data pipelines, and AI/ML systems to support quantitative research, signal generation, and portfolio construction for global stock selection strategies.

Role type

Senior IC software engineer (quantitative research infrastructure)

Builds

Scalable storage/computing infrastructure, generalized research platform, data ingestion/validation engine, model computation/signal generation pipeline, ML/NLP pipeline

Domain

Financial services / Quantitative research / Cloud infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, C++, AWS, large-scale data processing, production-scale AI/ML, software architecture, SQL, Linux

Preferred skills

Quantitative research experience, alpha generation platforms, financial markets knowledge, time-sensitive distributed applications

Responsibilities

Design and deploy cloud-native applications, develop and optimize large-scale data processing pipelines, operate production-scale AI/ML applications, build or extend research platform components, mentor engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

About AQR

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.