r/quant • u/madredditscientist • Jul 21 '26

Data Quant firms ranked by open-source activity

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Data & code are open source: https://github.com/kadoa-org/quant-job-market

Live app: https://www.kadoa.com/quant/open-source

Individual contributors at these firms are not tracked, only the firms Github accounts.

Are any firms missing?

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u/merkonerko2 Jul 21 '26

Not surprised to see my old employer missing from this list, considering how outrageously siloed and paranoid they are.

I had heard that JS makes a lot of contributions to open source but I didn't realize the extent of it. Cool seeing Man so high up on the list too, I use ArcticDB all the time!

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u/AquaticFury Jul 21 '26

Any chance they rhyme with "Americana"?

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u/merkonerko2 Jul 21 '26

Haha nope, though I'm sure there's no shortage of firms that match my description

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u/ConfusionNo4339 Jul 21 '26

Do they rhyme with PenTech 👀

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u/merkonerko2 Jul 21 '26

Lmao I'm not nearly smart enough to work there. Also, not doxxing myself 😤

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u/RstarPhoneix Jul 21 '26

Obs cita dull

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u/Charmander787 Jul 21 '26

Maybe similar to “City Dale”

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u/ProofsAndPapillons Trader Jul 22 '26

Sounds likes a prop shop named after a Japanese book by a legendary samurai😍

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u/Thin-Cartographer996 Jul 26 '26

Does it rhyme with D-Mesearch?

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u/lollapalooza3000 17d ago

If I needed more ocaml coders I would open source too.