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<p>Hudson River Trading (HRT) is looking for GPU Systems Engineers to help scale and evolve our exceptionally sophisticated HPC/AI research environment. </p>
<p>Joining our Research and Development team, you will collaborate with experts responsible for the compute, storage, operating systems, and automation tools that enable our trading and research to run 24/7 across the globe. We design, grow, and operate infrastructure at a large scale, including exabyte-scale storage and massive CPU and GPU clusters in globally distributed data centers. As such, this is a high-impact role with broad scope, from HPC/AI cluster design and performance tuning, to troubleshooting and automation for thousands of nodes.</p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p>
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<li>Design, build, and optimize large-scale distributed GPU compute clusters</li>
<li>Identify and resolve GPU workloads’ performance bottlenecks across compute, storage, and networking layers</li>
<li>Collaborate with research and development teams to profile, benchmark, and fine-tune GPU-based workloads</li>
<li>Automate system deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting across thousands of nodes</li>
<li>Collaborate with research, and engineering teams to support evolving workloads</li>
<li>Own critical infrastructure projects — from concept to implementation and support</li>
<li>Test and deploy new hardware and software, and partner with vendors to resolve complex issues</li>
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<h4><strong>Qualifications </strong></h4>
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<li>5+ years of experience in large-scale Linux systems engineering in HPC, AI or distributed infrastructure roles.</li>
<li>Extensive experience in Linux system installation, performance tuning, and troubleshooting</li>
<li>Expertise in troubleshooting distributed GPU workloads</li>
<li>Deep knowledge around GPU optimization and performance  </li>
<li>Proficiency in Python scripting and automation frameworks 
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<li>CUDA or C/C++ experience is a plus</li>
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<li>Experience with NVIDIA technologies beyond CUDA, such as NCCL, GPUDirect RDMA, and NVLink </li>
<li>Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g. Salt, Ansible, Puppet, Chef)</li>
<li>Comfortable diagnosing complex system issues at the hardware, OS, and network levels</li>
<li>Strong communication and organizational skills; able to collaborate across diverse technical teams</li>
<li>Thrive in fast-paced environments and excited by high-impact work</li>
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<p>The estimated base salary range for this position is 150,000 to 300,000 USD per year (or local equivalent). The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role will also be eligible for discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package.</p><div><p><strong>Culture</strong></p>
<p><span>Hudson River Trading (HRT) brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. We have built one of the world's most sophisticated computing environments for research and development. Our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading. <br /><br /><span>At HRT we welcome a variety of expertise: mathematics and computer science, physics and engineering, media and tech. We’re a community of self-starters who are motivated by the excitement of being at the cutting edge of automation in every part of our organization—from trading, to business operations, to recruiting and beyond. We value openness and transparency, and celebrate great ideas from HRT veterans and new hires alike. At HRT we’re friends and colleagues – whether we are sharing a meal, playing the latest board game, or writing elegant code. We embrace a culture of togetherness that extends far beyond the walls of our office.</span><br /><br />Feel like you belong at HRT? Our goal is to find the best people and bring them together to do great work in a place where everyone is valued. HRT is proud of our diverse staff; we have offices all over the globe and benefit from our varied and unique perspectives. HRT is an equal opportunity employer; so whoever you are we’d love to get to know you.</span></p>
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<div>Please be advised: Use of AI tools by an applicant during interviews or assessments is strictly prohibited, unless otherwise instructed or agreed upon. We employ various methods to evaluate the authenticity of candidate responses. If we determine that AI assistance was used by an applicant during an interview or an assessment, we reserve the right to immediately end the interview or assessment, disqualify the applicant’s candidacy and/or rescind any job offers extended.</div>
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GPU Systems Engineer

<p>Hudson River Trading (HRT) is a quantitative trading firm at the forefront of technological innovation. We build and deploy cutting-edge systems within one of the world’s most advanced computing environments to power our global trading operations. Our non-siloed, collaborative coding environment empowers talented engineers to make significant contributions and see their impact daily. At HRT, you'll be challenged to solve the most complex problems in trading alongside many of the brightest minds in the field.</p>
<p>We are seeking highly motivated and skilled <span>Research Engineers</span> who will work very closely with our Algo Developer (Quant Research) trading teams. These roles require exceptional programming fundamentals, a strong user focus, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with constantly evolving requirements. Multitasking and context switching are inherent aspects of this role, through which you will gain insight into the ideation and execution of some of the world's most sophisticated trading strategies.  </p>
<p>Research Engineers at HRT work on a wide variety of projects. Examples include:</p>
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<li>Designing highly customized quantitative systems that enable Algo Developers to easily express and backtest new predictive signals.</li>
<li>Building world-class research tooling to speed up Algo Developers’ research iteration.</li>
<li>Aiding the development and deployment of very large deep learning models for HRT’s live trading.</li>
<li>Improving HRT’s monetization systems which turn our predictions into profitable trades.</li>
<li>Evaluating sim vs. live differences to improve the fidelity of our simulations.</li>
<li>Building systems to monitor and manage live trading.</li>
<li>Specializing in specific time horizons, from high frequency trading to mid-to-low frequency hedge fund-style strategies.</li>
<li>Working across a very wide variety of asset classes (from equities to fixed income to options) and regions (from North America to Asia Pacific) – you’ll interact with markets across the world!</li>
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<p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p>
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<li>Design, develop, and maintain robust, performant, and scalable software systems.</li>
<li>Optimize existing codebases for performance, reliability, and efficiency.</li>
<li>Debug complex issues across distributed systems in a time-sensitive environment.</li>
<li>Optimize both the mechanics and ergonomics of Algo Developer research workflows; this requires developing a deep intuition for research methodologies.</li>
<li>Balance the short term goals of individual trading teams with the longer term goals of HRT’s generalized trading platforms across trading teams. Because we don’t work in a pod environment, REs on different trading teams are expected to share technology and ideas.</li>
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<p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p>
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<li>Completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. If you are currently pursuing your Bachelor's degree, please apply to our Campus/New Grad opportunities.</li>
<li>Previous experience at a top-tier finance <em>or</em> technology company with an excellent track record of rapid advancement and superlative reviews.</li>
<li>Experience with supporting internal users is preferred; bonus if you have <em>real</em> hands-on experience with quant research and/or ML/Deep Learning platforms.</li>
<li>Experience with python numerical, ML and data-oriented libraries is a big plus (e.g. pandas, scikit, pytorch, etc.)</li>
<li>Candidates should be prepared for technical interviews in either Python or C++. While there is no hard language requirement for RE roles, proficiency in one of these languages will be assessed during the interview process.</li>
<li>Kindness and empathy is a real requirement. No “smart jerks” at HRT. </li>
<li>Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and design principles.</li>
<li>Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.</li>
<li>HRT ships every day. The ability to thoughtfully, methodically, and reliably deploy new software and features is a critical skill. </li>
<li>If you have management experience, that’s always a bonus – but even so, expect to code!</li>
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<p>The estimated base salary range for this position is 200,000 to 300,000 USD per year (or local equivalent). The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role will also be eligible for discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package.</p>
<p>For more info about interviewing at HRT, see this <span><a href="https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/hrtbeat/engineering-and-interviewing-at-hrt/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer ugc">blog</a>!</span></p><div><p><strong>Culture</strong></p>
<p><span>Hudson River Trading (HRT) brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. We have built one of the world's most sophisticated computing environments for research and development. Our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading. <br /><br /><span>At HRT we welcome a variety of expertise: mathematics and computer science, physics and engineering, media and tech. We’re a community of self-starters who are motivated by the excitement of being at the cutting edge of automation in every part of our organization—from trading, to business operations, to recruiting and beyond. We value openness and transparency, and celebrate great ideas from HRT veterans and new hires alike. At HRT we’re friends and colleagues – whether we are sharing a meal, playing the latest board game, or writing elegant code. We embrace a culture of togetherness that extends far beyond the walls of our office.</span><br /><br />Feel like you belong at HRT? Our goal is to find the best people and bring them together to do great work in a place where everyone is valued. HRT is proud of our diverse staff; we have offices all over the globe and benefit from our varied and unique perspectives. HRT is an equal opportunity employer; so whoever you are we’d love to get to know you.</span></p>
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<div>Please be advised: Use of AI tools by an applicant during interviews or assessments is strictly prohibited, unless otherwise instructed or agreed upon. We employ various methods to evaluate the authenticity of candidate responses. If we determine that AI assistance was used by an applicant during an interview or an assessment, we reserve the right to immediately end the interview or assessment, disqualify the applicant’s candidacy and/or rescind any job offers extended.</div>
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<p><span>You can review our <a href="https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/global-applicant-privacy-notice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer ugc">Global Applicant Privacy Notice</a>, which explains how we process applicant information.</span></p>
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Research Engineer

<p>At Hudson River Trading (HRT) the Applied AI team’s mission is to increase the speed and quality of work across the firm’s most consequential workflows. We build AI systems that help researchers and developers iterate faster, automate increasingly complex work, and enable autonomous exploration at a scale that would not otherwise be possible.</p>
<p>We apply frontier models and agentic systems to how quantitative research, software development, and other critical work at HRT gets done. We combine cutting-edge commercial and open-source models and tools with infrastructure, research, and systems of our own.</p>
<p>Our work spans the full stack required to make this successful: AI infrastructure, research engineering, post-training and reinforcement learning, agent evaluation, security and alignment, and deployment into real workflows.</p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p>
<p>Depending on your experience and interests, your work may include:</p>
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<li>Building scalable infrastructure for training, evaluating, and operating language models and AI agents</li>
<li>Developing research environments, evaluation systems, and experimentation platforms that allow us to measure and improve agent performance</li>
<li>Improving model and agent capabilities through post-training, reinforcement learning, prompting, tool design, and workflow optimization</li>
<li>Designing sandboxing, policy enforcement, monitoring, and other safeguards for increasingly capable autonomous systems</li>
<li>Partnering with teams across HRT to identify work AI can newly perform, develop effective solutions, and turn successful experiments into durable systems</li>
<li>Evaluating new models, techniques, and products, and making informed decisions about when to build, buy, or adapt them</li>
<li>Sharing technical knowledge and establishing effective practices for building and working with AI across HRT</li>
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<p><strong>Profile</strong></p>
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<li>You are an excellent engineer who can turn ambiguous problems into working systems</li>
<li>You learn unfamiliar technical and business domains quickly and enjoy moving between them</li>
<li>You care about advancing what AI systems can reliably accomplish</li>
<li>You use rigorous measurement and experiment design to guide decisions</li>
<li>You are comfortable operating across research and production engineering</li>
<li>You communicate clearly and collaborate well with people from different technical backgrounds</li>
<li>You are curious about the capabilities, limitations, and risks of increasingly autonomous systems</li>
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<p>We do not expect any candidate to have prior experience in every area covered by the team. We value demonstrated depth, strong engineering judgment, and the ability to learn.</p>
<p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p>
<p><em>Required:</em></p>
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<li>Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience required</li>
<li>Strong Python proficiency required</li>
<li>Excellent software design, debugging, and problem-solving skills required</li>
<li>Experience building and operating substantial software systems required</li>
<li>Demonstrated engagement with modern AI systems, tools, or research required</li>
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<p><em>Experience in one or more of the following is helpful:</em></p>
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<li>Machine learning research or engineering, including post-training, fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, or alignment</li>
<li>AI-agent architecture, evaluation, or tool-use environments</li>
<li>Distributed systems, model serving, orchestration, or high-throughput research infrastructure</li>
<li>Security sandboxing, policy enforcement, adversarial testing, or governance for AI systems</li>
<li>Forward-deployed engineering: working closely with users to discover, build, and operationalize new capabilities</li>
<li>Linux, systems performance, networking, C++, or TypeScript</li>
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<p>The estimated base salary range for this position is 200,000 to 300,000 USD per year (or local equivalent). The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role will also be eligible for discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package.</p><div><p><strong>Culture</strong></p>
<p><span>Hudson River Trading (HRT) brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. We have built one of the world's most sophisticated computing environments for research and development. Our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading. <br /><br /><span>At HRT we welcome a variety of expertise: mathematics and computer science, physics and engineering, media and tech. We’re a community of self-starters who are motivated by the excitement of being at the cutting edge of automation in every part of our organization—from trading, to business operations, to recruiting and beyond. We value openness and transparency, and celebrate great ideas from HRT veterans and new hires alike. At HRT we’re friends and colleagues – whether we are sharing a meal, playing the latest board game, or writing elegant code. We embrace a culture of togetherness that extends far beyond the walls of our office.</span><br /><br />Feel like you belong at HRT? Our goal is to find the best people and bring them together to do great work in a place where everyone is valued. HRT is proud of our diverse staff; we have offices all over the globe and benefit from our varied and unique perspectives. HRT is an equal opportunity employer; so whoever you are we’d love to get to know you.</span></p>
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<div>Please be advised: Use of AI tools by an applicant during interviews or assessments is strictly prohibited, unless otherwise instructed or agreed upon. We employ various methods to evaluate the authenticity of candidate responses. If we determine that AI assistance was used by an applicant during an interview or an assessment, we reserve the right to immediately end the interview or assessment, disqualify the applicant’s candidacy and/or rescind any job offers extended.</div>
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<p><span>You can review our <a href="https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/global-applicant-privacy-notice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer ugc">Global Applicant Privacy Notice</a>, which explains how we process applicant information.</span></p>
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Applied AI Engineer

<p>Hudson River Trading (HRT) is seeking a Risk Engineer to join our Risk team in New York City. In this role, you will focus on building out our risk function and managing all aspects of risk faced by HRT. You will gain exposure to the exciting, fast-paced world of electronic trading while collaborating with exceptionally talented people across all aspects of the business. </p>
<p>This will be a challenging role with a wide mandate spanning the full remit of HRT’s global trading. The ideal candidate is highly motivated to learn new concepts quickly, possesses a solid understanding of the importance of risk management within a trading environment, and is equally comfortable working alone or collaborating as part of a wider team.</p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p>
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<li>Build and enhance in-house factor risk models for various asset classes, with a particular focus on equities</li>
<li>Customize vendor market risk models</li>
<li>Research and build new models to address trading and risk management challenges</li>
<li>Work with risk managers to enhance tail risk estimation for historical and hypothetical scenarios</li>
<li>Ingest, evaluate, and transform large data sets relevant to risk and performance analysis</li>
<li>Design and implement state-of-the-art performance analytics and risk decomposition applications </li>
<li>Work with developers to productionize risk models and risk management tools</li>
<li>Enhance and maintain the risk production codebase</li>
<li>Communicate with investment teams  </li>
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<p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p>
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<li>B.S. in Mathematics, Physics, CS, or Statistics; advanced degree a plus</li>
<li>2 - 5 years of experience as a quantitative analyst at a hedge fund, institutional asset manager, or investment bank</li>
<li>Excellent knowledge of linear algebra, applied probability, and statistics</li>
<li>Excellent knowledge of Python and Linux</li>
<li>Cross-functional communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate across all levels of an organization</li>
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<p>The estimated base salary range for this position is 200,000 to 300,000 USD per year (or local equivalent). The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role will also be eligible for discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package.</p><div><p><strong>Culture</strong></p>
<p><span>Hudson River Trading (HRT) brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. We have built one of the world's most sophisticated computing environments for research and development. Our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading. <br /><br /><span>At HRT we welcome a variety of expertise: mathematics and computer science, physics and engineering, media and tech. We’re a community of self-starters who are motivated by the excitement of being at the cutting edge of automation in every part of our organization—from trading, to business operations, to recruiting and beyond. We value openness and transparency, and celebrate great ideas from HRT veterans and new hires alike. At HRT we’re friends and colleagues – whether we are sharing a meal, playing the latest board game, or writing elegant code. We embrace a culture of togetherness that extends far beyond the walls of our office.</span><br /><br />Feel like you belong at HRT? Our goal is to find the best people and bring them together to do great work in a place where everyone is valued. HRT is proud of our diverse staff; we have offices all over the globe and benefit from our varied and unique perspectives. HRT is an equal opportunity employer; so whoever you are we’d love to get to know you.</span></p>
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<div>Please be advised: Use of AI tools by an applicant during interviews or assessments is strictly prohibited, unless otherwise instructed or agreed upon. We employ various methods to evaluate the authenticity of candidate responses. If we determine that AI assistance was used by an applicant during an interview or an assessment, we reserve the right to immediately end the interview or assessment, disqualify the applicant’s candidacy and/or rescind any job offers extended.</div>
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<p><span>You can review our <a href="https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/global-applicant-privacy-notice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer ugc">Global Applicant Privacy Notice</a>, which explains how we process applicant information.</span></p>
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Risk Engineer

<p>Hudson River Trading (HRT) is seeking a Research Data Expert to join our Data team. Data is a cornerstone of HRT’s trading strategies, serving as the raw fuel that powers research, automated trading, and risk management.</p>
<p>In this role, you will own a specific area of expertise, working on sourcing junior data engineers, platform engineers, and alpha researchers to build and maintain trading strategies. You will also be responsible for providing fully featurized datasets to statistical modeling researchers.</p>
<p>HRT does not have information siloes. You will be collaborating directly with our researchers and will be responsible for driving  the business forward through rigorous data analysis and delivery. You will also manage the full end-to-end pipeline from vendor downloads to trading-ready data. As an expert in one area, you will mentor junior data engineers, assisting and validating their work, and will partner with our sourcing team to identify optimal opportunities for data procurement. Furthermore, you will be responsible for ensuring high-quality service by implementing rigorous data checks and alerts.</p>
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<li>Develop and maintain fully featurized datasets for statistical modeling research</li>
<li>Serve as the subject matter expert for a designated data domain</li>
<li>Provide technical support and guidance to researchers on vendor data and derived datasets</li>
<li>Mentor and direct junior data engineers, including performing code and data output validation</li>
<li>Partner with the sourcing team to identify and evaluate new data procurement opportunities</li>
<li>Analyze data to identify and improve alpha</li>
<li>Manage the full end-to-end data pipeline, from raw vendor ingestion to refined feature sets</li>
<li>Provide on-call support for data issues during normal business hours</li>
<li>Design and implement automated data quality checks and monitoring alerts</li>
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<h2><span>Qualifications</span></h2>
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<li>Strong programming skills (Python/R preferred) and proficiency in data science methodologies</li>
<li>5+ years of professional experience in a specific data domain (e.g., alternative data, fundamentals, security reference, or economic data)</li>
<li>Proven track record of building alpha through detailed data analysis</li>
<li>Exceptional attention to detail</li>
<li>Undergraduate degree in a STEM field</li>
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<p>The estimated base salary range for this position is 200,000 to 300,000 USD per year (or local equivalent). The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This role will also be eligible for discretionary performance-based bonuses and a competitive benefits package.</p><div><p><strong>Culture</strong></p>
<p><span>Hudson River Trading (HRT) brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. We have built one of the world's most sophisticated computing environments for research and development. Our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading. <br /><br /><span>At HRT we welcome a variety of expertise: mathematics and computer science, physics and engineering, media and tech. We’re a community of self-starters who are motivated by the excitement of being at the cutting edge of automation in every part of our organization—from trading, to business operations, to recruiting and beyond. We value openness and transparency, and celebrate great ideas from HRT veterans and new hires alike. At HRT we’re friends and colleagues – whether we are sharing a meal, playing the latest board game, or writing elegant code. We embrace a culture of togetherness that extends far beyond the walls of our office.</span><br /><br />Feel like you belong at HRT? Our goal is to find the best people and bring them together to do great work in a place where everyone is valued. HRT is proud of our diverse staff; we have offices all over the globe and benefit from our varied and unique perspectives. HRT is an equal opportunity employer; so whoever you are we’d love to get to know you.</span></p>
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<div>Please be advised: Use of AI tools by an applicant during interviews or assessments is strictly prohibited, unless otherwise instructed or agreed upon. We employ various methods to evaluate the authenticity of candidate responses. If we determine that AI assistance was used by an applicant during an interview or an assessment, we reserve the right to immediately end the interview or assessment, disqualify the applicant’s candidacy and/or rescind any job offers extended.</div>
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<p><span>You can review our <a href="https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/global-applicant-privacy-notice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer ugc">Global Applicant Privacy Notice</a>, which explains how we process applicant information.</span></p>
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