E5 UIE at Meta, moving to New York and am intrigued by all the quant firms that have specific full stack/frontend roles. Jane Street, Citadel, Two Sigma, DE Shaw and Hudson River Trading, I see that there’s front end dedicated positions, especially at Citadel NXT/Two Sigma Front End/HRT Algo Web teams. Any insights on working on front end at a trading firm? Are you considered a cost and don't get priority for resources/promotions? How is comp structure, finance is less stock comp focused than big tech? Are there front end specific interview loops?
Also curious here, been talking to a Jane Street recruiter as an E4 UIE @ Meta too