Currently senior swe at Bloomberg 6yoe 250k Recruiter messaged me about a data engineering role as part of Balyasny Asset Management’s data intelligence team. My career goal is to work on low latency trading systems, preferably at an hft or hedge fund. This role isn’t exactly on a trading platform, but it’s definitely (on paper) a step in that direction. Should I move forward or keep trying for better firms?
Some teams within the data intelligence group handle low latency code/systems, just not on the trading side or exactly like HFTs. I’d definitely recommend moving forward, the firm is great and there are plenty of opportunities to move teams within the firm
Low tc. They made a show for asking 300k at least with me.
Dang really? I thought BAM was decent
I got low ball offer, they could not come close to competitors.
Bloomberg > BAM, might as well try for better firms, Bloomberg opens doors to plenty of quant firms that are better than BAM
I responded to tons of recruiter messages and sent my resume out to a bunch of places. Not even an HR interview yet I think hiring is really slow right now
Or my resume is just trash… which I doubt because I got interviews at citadel and other hedge funds 2 years ago
It is a step into prop shop but keep in mind that if you want to get into HFT you’ll need to change a job one more time or negotiate internally(might not be easy) after year or so
Bam is a podshop meaning laterals might be difficult