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I was wondering what are the requirements that big companies like Renaissance Technologies or TwoSigma look for? Other than programming skills, which I suppose are a "must", what else do you think they ask for? Did anyone have any experience in similar companies?
Can you help answer these questions from other members on NexusFi?
Rentec and TS are large firms these days, so they have many unspecialized "basic" positions that need to be filled on the engineering and systems side, and the criteria there aren't too different from that of entry software positions at large tech firms. e.g. Good school, good resume, keywords, pedigree of experience at previous firms, can solve algorithms problems in an interview setting etc.
So I presume you're asking more specifically what they look for in particular for investment-related positions like research, modeling, trading etc.
Both firms have an emphasis on research pedigree, and in particular if you have affiliation with a few research programs, there's a good chance that you'll be known either by referral or you'll pass the resume filtering. This especially applies to Rentec. Without namedropping specific persons who lead these groups, this includes applied math groups at obvious places: Stanford, Harvard, CMU, MIT, UCLA etc. because of an overrepresentation of alumni at Rentec/TS.
TS has a significantly higher tendency to employ people with prior financial experience or large tech firm experience. Lately this has included many VP/MD-level folks from bulge bracket banks, but this also means contemporaries from similar firms like DE Shaw, Voleon, and typical MANGA/FAANG firms like Google/Facebook etc. It's uncommon to cross from a top tier prop firm to TS, but I'm sure that will warrant an interview as well.
Python and C++ experience will likely differentiate you at both firms compared to other languages, as is typical of most top tier trading firms.
While I haven't worked at either, I've worked with people at both firms and have friends who've either worked at or currently work at both firms. Both are great firms. I think TS has been going through a difficult transition in the last 2 years, so it has lost some of its standing, but things can turn around quickly in our field.
