Pros: Impactful technical work. Good pay. Nice offices.

Cons: Security and secrecy are higher than at a lot of companies, though probably about average for systematic trading firms.

Pros: Great benefits that do right by their employees. Good work-life balance, and I rarely ever received any messages outside of work hours.

Cons: - Incredibly corporate. - Very much a "keep your head down and don't ask questions" kind of place. If you question the ethics of the company at all, you will get shot down. - The entire job and EOY reviews are centered around ladder-climbing. - A very soul-sucking job. It revolves around always gunning for the next promotion, salary increase, and title. - Not much of a culture really other than "we're nice", which just really means they are corporate nice. There's so much politics and passive aggressiveness everywhere.

Pros: Great culture, compensation, and benefits.

Cons: Not too many if you like the work!