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- Citadel New York salaries What salary can I expect from Citadel New York for software engineer? 5 YOE current TC 250
- Citadel SWE Salaries How much does Citadel / Citadel Securities pay SWEs? How much of compensation is bonus? TC 400 YOE 7
- Do you think if it is a meaningful difference between working at a top-tier quant shop versus second tier? The title says it all. Does working at Citadel, Jane Street, DE Shaw, etc. in comparison to DRW, Point72, etc. add a meaningful value (please elaborate below)? By meaningful I mean if the experience and learning would be significantly different? Forget about the salary for the comparison. yoe <
- SDE 2 level salaries in London Moving to London soon. Trying to find info about salaries in London and couldn't find a lot of data about mid level salaries here or on levels. If you're someone with 3-6 years of experience, please share your TC and YOE? YOE : ~5 Offered TC : 140k GBP Company : Bloomberg #amazon #meta #microsoft
- Top/Prestigious Companies to work for in 2021 Better I've seen one too many garbage company-ranking lists on this site. So here is the official list, methodology is based on senior swe salaries + prestige: Tier 0: HRT, Jane Street (Top Quant Firms) Tier 1: Google, Facebook, Netflix, Snap, Stripe, Robinhood, Pinterest, Airbnb, Two Sigma, Citadel, Dat
- Is Citadel really that bad? Currently in college trying to figure out where I want to work. I'm interested in possibly joining a hedge fund or trading firm, but I know Citadel (regular, not securities) has a reputation of being the revolving door of Chicago because of the high employee turnover. Is Citadel actually as bad as s
- Walmart offer rescinded for negotiating too much 3 hrs back, I had L3 DS offer from Walmart. I tried too much negotiation based on: 1) Other higher or comparable offers 2) H1B LCA salary figures for the same level role & same location 3) Good interview performance Offered base comp for this role was 130k and 25k sign-on bonus in SF Bay Area. 16%
- Citadel SRE Recently got contacted by a recruiter from Citadel asking for the Citadel SRE role. Anyone knows what SRE does in Citadel? Currently a SWE and the recruiter keeps trying to sell me the idea that what a SRE does in Citadel is similar to SWE roles. Also does anyone know the TC for SRE in citadel, can
- Rate my Jane Street new grad offer Salary 200 Minimum Annual bonus 100 Sign on 75 Can I increase this with competing offer? Also have interviews with citadel and other quant firms coming up.
- What are the top paying companies in London? There are lots of threads and data about US salaries but very few about London and UK in general. Here are the top paying companies I know of. My TC is 70K GBP with <1 YOE. Tier-1: Amazon Bloomberg Meta Google Microsoft? Apple? Improbable? G-Research? Tier-0: Jane Street Citadel DRW Two Sigma
- Back office at Citadel and internal switching opportunities #citadel #citadelsecurities I like the idea of the Citadel NXT programme! Citadel SWEs salaries are publicised quite a bit on here e.g. ~400k TC. Are those numbers only for front office SWEs or are Citadel back office SWEs paid well too? e.g. Treasury, post trade What are the career growth opport
- Citadel UK SWE comp growth I've accepted an offer for Citadel in London at 80k salary/min 40k bonus (GBP). I was wondering what type of salary/bonus growth I can expect over time. Thanks!
- Data engineer at Citadel Expecting an offer for Data Engineer at Citadel Hedge Fund How much TC can I expect? What is the salary band? YOE < 1
- Career Growth/Exit Opportunities at Citadel I recently received good feedback from my onsite interview with Citadel for SWE. I'm a young guy so I don't really care about WLB, plus I'm already in NYC for Facebook, so I'm leaning towards trying it out. However, after reading Blind reviews, I'm afraid that my career will stagnate while I'm there
- vote Overtime pay as a quant I have heard many times that quant researchers in places like Citadel, 2S, etc work 60-70 hours a week. Is that so? If so, do you get paid for overtime or you only get the 40h/week salary?#finance #twosigma #citadel #deshaw #millenniummanagement #sig #point72 #jumptrading
- SWE Citadel offer Passed the interviews at Citadel. Location: NYC Any idea what I salary/bonus/signing I should ask for? Bachelor's, 5 yoe, all tier 1 companies
- Citadel compensation I might be getting an offer for a SWE position in a back-office team at Citadel HF soon. What's the normally expected salary and what might be an appropriate amount to ask for? Yoe: 6.5
- How common are quants earning millions? How common are quants earning millions? And what would their base salaries be at that level? And for how long is that TC sustainable? (I just started as a new grad quant at Citadel Securities, and am curious to hear what more senior people are pulling in.) YOE: 0 (master’s grad, top uni) TC: 450 (
- Do people working in consulting make more money that tech workers? (comparing salaries at approximately similar levels) #pwc #baincapital #ey #mckinsey #bcg #deloitte #kpmg #google #facebook #apple #amazon #netflix #microsoft #uber #lyft #airbnb #linkedin #snap #palantir #citadel #salesforce #pinterest #yelp #stripe #square #datadog
- Salary for a Quant in NewYork What is the salary for a recent Masters in Financial Engineering graduate in NewYork for the role of Quantitative Researcher & Quantitative Trader at (A) Hedge Funds like Citadel, TwoSigma (B) Banks like Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs? P.S: A breakdown & After tax salary number would be a lot helpfu
- Want to know comp structure and numbers for hedge fund / trading/ finance companies please for 2 yoe software engineer Mainly interested in- Citadel Hudson River trading Jane street Jump trading Two sigma Optionally PDT Partners Bloomberg Please mention title, yoe, base salary, annual bonus and additional components if any. Thanks.
- Do tech companies match the finance companies offers? I see that finance companies like citadel, Hudson River, jump trading can beat the current salary by 100k even if it is high. Do tech companies like Airbnb, Facebook even try to match?
- Tudor vs Two Sigma, Jane Street, Citadel, Akuna, HRT Anyone works at Tudor Investments Corp? No one talks about that here, only saw posts about Two Sigma, Jane Street, Citadel, HRT. How does Tudor compare to the others as a company? What are the TC, WLB and culture like? On Glassdoor Tudor has quite a few bad reviews and the TC reports are either unr
- Software Engineers of High Frequency Trading firms, how was your comp progression like? I always see high starting salaries for companies like Jane Street, citadel, Two sigma, HRT etc but never see how their salary changes each year. I would like to know your YOE, Salary and Bonus when your started working at the company, progression of your TC each year and also the best thing you li
- Top paying companies in London for Frontend Engineers? Hey all, Just out of interest, what companies in London offers the best salaries (total comp)? I know companies like facebook and citadel offers good packages. YOE: 7 My current comp is £115k + roughly 10% bonus, no stocks, am I already on the top bands? And can you share yours?#engineering #engin
- Leaving Google after 10 months... for Citadel I'm an L3 SWE at Google, having joined straight out of college ~10 months ago. I've recently been contacted by recruiter for the NXT program at Citadel. The NXT program is aimed at finding talented developers that are earlier in their career for an accelerated career growth program. You get paired
- vote Is the security engineer comp as high as swe at HFTs/hedge-funds? Are cybersecurity salaries at HFTs/hedge-funds comparable to software engineer salaries? levels.fyi has extensive data for swe but none for other roles like sec-eng/SREs Is it better to aim to join one of FAANG or would HFT/hedge-fund be better early in security career? #security #cybersecurity #
- vote Citadel vs Roblox vs FB internship Which one to pick for internship? Both new grad/intern salary Citadel >> Roblox > FB WLB based on what I’ve heard Roblox > FB > Citadel I probably like Roblox culture the best, but I’m a bit concerned about growth/promo speed compared to FB’s insane speed. I’m also a little concern
- As someone working in India, TCs on Blind depresses me! I have 2 YOE and I make 29L (~$39.4k) as base + 4-7L (~$5.4k-$9.5k) as expected performance bonus which is probably on the upper end of what you can get in India. But seeing TCs ranging from $210k to $300k between FAANG and the likes of Citadel for a fresh graduate depresses me and creates a huge FO
- A Complete List of Top High Frequency Trading Firms and the Salary Info https://quanwei-tech.blogspot.com/2019/08/top-high-frequency-trading-firms-and.html Disclosure: My total compesation at Google is $460K. You can see exactly how much top high frequency trading firms pay their employees below. Note: 1. The salary data does not include bonus, which could be much h
- Do trading/hedge funds use RPA based tools like UiPath for automated trading? Do financial firms like Citadel, Hudson River Trading, Jump Trading, AQR, etc. use these RPA (or IPA: AI+RPA) based tools (UiPath, Workfusion) to automate their trading processes. If yes, are these tools efficient enough to do such latency sensitive jobs? Also, are there any applications for these
- Please Help. Referrals needed for London based companies! Thanks! Hello folks, I'm a backend SWE/developer looking to move to London/Europe, based in India. Please help me with referrals for London based companies except FB/Meta and Google as I'm weak in DP (working on DP improvement). I'm decent in LeetCoding and good in System Design (halfway through DDIA). I a
- Citadel Securities TC Progression? Have a full-time offer for trading and was wondering if anyone knew the typical salary progression, particularly compared to somewhere like Jane Street/HRT/Optiver. I can't seem to find much info beyond the first year, which is skewed by the signing bonus, and am trying to avoid getting baited. Muc
- vote Citadel Securities vs Databricks Lucky to have recently received New Grad SWE offers from Databricks (San Francisco) and Citadel Securities (New York). At the moment, my top priorities are compensation, compensation growth, career growth and prestige for future applications. I’m unsure how to compare compensation because Databrick
- vote Citadel vs Microsoft Internship Have offers from both and I'm having trouble deciding where I want to go. I don't particularly care about intern salary, but if you're interested: Microsoft - 7366/month + housing Citadel - 3000/week + housing So, a few things I'm worried about: 1. Resume brand. If I end up not liking Citadel and
- vote Databricks vs Citadel Securities Lucky to have recently received New Grad SWE offers from Databricks (San Francisco) and Citadel Securities (New York). At the moment, my top priorities are compensation, compensation growth, career growth and prestige for future applications. I’m unsure how to compare compensation because Databrick
- Jump Trading Bonus Structure Does anyone know what the bonus structure for Jump Trading is like? Obviously there are no refreshers like FAANG so how does it work? Is the TC just base + bonus? I heard that HTF like Citadel & Two Sigma gives bonuses higher than base salary. Is that the same for Jump Trading? What are the annual
- Referrals Can anyone give me a referral for a sde2 position? I work at one of the most famous teams at AWS and have a sde2 offer from Snap. Looking for referrals at fb, google, jane street, citadel, robinhood, airbnb, twitter, etc. Honestly, any company with a 30% salary bump. Planning to move to sf or nyc no
- TC Progression at Prop Shop/Hedge Fund What is the career progression total compensation like at firms such as two sigma, jane street,citadel etc? Would anyone mind posting how their salaries have grown while at such companies? Is it fast or slow? What did the progression look like year on year or what was the TC hike coming from anothe
- Quant Company new grad SWE salaries I'm essentially trying to maximize TC to FIRE. After getting an internship offer at Jane Street which pays almost double what I made as an intern at Google, I'm interested in new grad salaries for quant companies like Jane Street, Citadel, Two Sigma, etc.. Also, how high does TC go in these compan
- Referrals Can anyone give me a referral for a sde2 position? I work at one of the most famous teams at AWS and have a sde2 offer from Snap. Looking for referrals at fb, google, jane street, citadel, robinhood, airbnb, twitter, etc. Honestly, any company with a 30% salary bump. Planning to move to sf or nyc no
- Millennium New Grad TC Just copped a Millenium intern offer and its 130K prorated ($63 per hour approx). Millenium obviously is not JS/HRT/Citadel/etc. for SWE (they refer to SWE as IT), but this very high intern salary got me wondering how good is Millenium. Approx what can I expect as New Grad TC for Millenium return o
- Facebook vs HFT Firms in London Hey Blinders, I am an E5 SWE @ Meta/FB London. Currently exploring switch options to HFT firms (like Hudson River Trading, Jane Street, Jump trading, 2 Sigma, Citadel, Optiver) as a software engineer in London. Though I am in early stages as of now, would like to get opinions to few of the followin
- London: Tech vs. Finance TC I heard new grads in finance (Jane Street, Citadel, Jump, HRT, Quadrature, etc) make around £200K TC (including sign-on bonus). This is roughly a salary of an E4 engineer at G/F London. Not to mention that TC can and is likely to grow really fast in finance, whereas in FANG comp is level-bound. My
- vote Cornell, UPenn or CMU CS undergrad? Daughter is really confused; Ivy vs non-Ivy. Top CS school vs lower rank. Location, weather doesn’t matter. She is certain she wants to do CS, no double guessing there. She is not afraid of working hard, but she would like to have friends that study hard, but also have fun, can hold good conversatio
- Switching from Tech to Quant roles (with PhD) Do companies like Citadel / Two Sigma consider ML engineers with a few experience for quantitative researcher roles, or do they mostly prefer fresh-out-of-school candidates? How hard is it to transition from tech into quant finance? I recently graduated with a PhD in a quantitative field from a top
- SWE TC expectations in trading in London I am getting for a new journey, started looking around to find some interviews in trading firms, but I wonder what to ask in terms of compensation (a lot of firms are asking what my expectations are even before interviewing). I’ve heard that trading companies generally pays well, but I am SWE and i
- link London TC I'm not from London and I don't know what the market rates here are like. What I was told is that tech comp is really crap around here! I've been with FB for about a year now, and FB makes tall claims of beating the market here. I'm sincerely starting to doubt that. Why? I met some acquaintances re
- Once you earn FAANG money, what else is there? Moved to FAANG (ish) company last year, speaking to a friend at Meta I’m pretty sure I make more than most FAANG devs with my YOE. I feel like the only way up from here is just to get more senior and try for staff or to start my own company. I interviewed with Citadel and although they offered me a
- vote Ban short selling? Should SEC ban short selling? From GME story we can see the ugly side of Wall Street. Many of those greedy f*ckers are trying to depress stock prices and bankrupt a lot of good companies. They set stock prices, not the market. So many times I saw a company reported good earning and its stock price p