Engineering - Trading Eng - Analyst

Aqr

Bengaluru Remote permanent

Posted: February 4, 2026

Job Description

About AQR Capital

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.

At AQR India, our employees share a common spirit of academic excellence, intellectual honesty and an unwavering commitment to seeking the truth. We’re determined to know what makes financial markets tick – and we’ll ask every question and challenge every assumption. We recognize and respect the power of collaboration and believe transparency and openness to new ideas leads to innovation.

The Team

The Trading and Portfolio Finance Engineering team is responsible for order management, efficient trade execution, financing, clearing and post trade transaction cost analytics. The team is comprised of experienced and highly motivated software developers who design and develop in-house built multi asset global trading systems.

Your Role

Candidates will report into local Trading Development leaders and work closely with onshore teams to understand the business, build and support systems to enable effective trading platforms across equities, fixed income, futures, currencies, and other major asset classes.

What You Will Bring

• Software development, maintenance, and support of the firm’s Trading and Portfolio Finance systems

• Collaborate with internal development teams for trading requirements and delivery of solutions.

• Participate in global calls and engage in engineering affairs to stay attuned and aligned to general development initiatives and technology strategy.

Who You Are

• BE/BS/MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent field from top schools

• 5+ years of software development experience in front office trading area

• Experience in building Trading Frontend – track record of working with traders and business partners locally or in remote regions to lead/build and evolve Order Management desktop systems.

• High maturity in architectural elements that go into distributed processing with trading systems: designing core components for front-end client management as well as

• Experience with complex projects through the software development lifecycle

• Experience working and collaborating with global and distributed geographic teams

• Outstanding coding, debugging, and analytical skills. Strong focus on testing and test automation

• Strong knowledge of object-oriented techniques and programming principles

• Strong knowledge of contemporary technology solutions

• Strong expertise on .Net, C#, MS SQL server and Windows/Linux.

• Experience and knowledge of the AWS Ecosystem is a plus

• Experience with automated testing frameworks is a plus

• Experience with AI coding assistants, like Claude Code, a plus

• Direct or indirect exposure to the more modern UI technologies: HTML5, Type/Java script, frameworks like Angular/React/etc as it pertains to building real-time trading frontend systems.

• Business knowledge of financial instruments, market microstructure, trade lifecycle, risk identification and mitigation are a plus.

We believe that the next innovation to transform our business could come from anyone at AQR. Expect to be recognized not only for your diligence and hard work today, but for your vision for tomorrow. We are mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers, and artists, passionate about advancing financial research and investment using data and technology.

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