director of quantitative research

software engineer

analyst

trader

quantitative developer

Citadel Securities

Worked as a guard for 5 years, I saw almost everything there was to see in that career. From the long boring nights watching the dust blow, to the excitement of taking down a drunken party goer who thought he was too tough to listen to security guards. I've worked alone, in a group, or paired up. The men and women I worked with were all decent and hard working people. My boss was a fair and understanding man who helped make the office feel like a safe place to relax and even discuss issues with the job. If it wasn't for my decision to move, I'd still be working there right now.

Citadel Securities is a place where you can learn a lot for a few reasons. Firstly, there is always a lot going on and there are more ideas to investigate than there are people to investigate them. Second, CitSec loves hiring experienced hires, so you can leverage that and learn from people coming in with different perspectives.
However, it's insanely intense (imagine 8am-9pm work hours with no lunch break), and many QRs are seriously depressed and/or unhappy. A decent chunk leaves after a year, when you get to keep your sign-on bonus. Would not recommend.

Very dynamic environment, super smart colleagues, challenging projects. Have to work 3X to keep up, 10X to compete. Every year start with changes in people and platform. 

Lots of smart people work here, the expectation to excel is very high. However the company strongly lacks a collaborative culture and communication tend to be lacking. Limited room for internal growth.

Your success is based on if you are paired off with the correct manager. There is a lot of luck involved to succeed there. I've seen very talented people with the wrong match having a bad time there. Talent and hard work doesn't always pay off.

Never again. I was warned before agreeing to stay onboard following citadel's acquisition of our prior firm. It is not a healthy culture, and the work environment is toxic.

One of the best hedge funds out there.  Everyone is incredibly intelligent and talented.  You are expected to perform and you are rewarded / compensated highly for performance.  Incredibly difficult firm to get into.

Don't come here unless they made you a huge offer that you can't refuse. Talent and hard work doesn't always pay off here. There are a lot of politics going on and multiple teams working on things that are related.

Excellent trading infrastructure and systems - as a Quant Researcher you have good access to in-house prop data for trading. I made a lot of money but ended up leaving due to exceeding drawdown limit 

I have been working at Citadel Securities full-time

Pros

Smart colleagues, fast pace, results oriented

Cons

Internal promotion harder compared to external hire, comp might be below market value

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Director of quantitative research 3 salaries reported	$230,000 per year
Software engineer 3 salaries reported	$183,333 per year
Analyst 5 salaries reported	$167,200 per year
Trader 4 salaries reported	$256,250 per year
Quantitative developer 3 salaries reported	$250,000 per year

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