Our Employees
We have highly-skilled, dedicated professionals who enjoy working across groups and executing innovative ideas. Our diverse set of employees include music majors, brewery aficionados, amateur astronomers, public theater buffs, and an international math champion.
Be Among the Best
We have an intense level of intellectual curiosity and a profound passion for our work. Our collaborative work environment is designed to bring out your best.
Financially Empowering Students
Magnetar Academy was established in 2011 by the founders of Magnetar with a simple mission: to educate students in making smart financial decisions. In 2016, the Magnetar Foundation and the University of Chicago partnered to scale financial education across the U.S. A product of this partnership, finEDge – a single-semester high school financial literacy program – is now taught in high schools across 13 states.
We hire on an as-needed basis driven by business need. Once a role is opened, the job description will be immediately posted on our Careers page.
Given our size, we place a lot of value on candidates who are willing to roll up their sleeves and take on any work, no matter your level. We seek out candidates who are smart, collaborative, driven, and have that natural intellectual curiosity to help us challenge ourselves and stay committed to our emphasis on innovation.
At Magnetar, our culture is based on our core values of insight, integrity and passion.
We chose Evanston to call home as this location has many benefits – most notably being centrally located to both downtown Chicago and many suburbs.
In addition to our Evanston headquarters, we have offices around the globe to best serve our clients’ needs and manage our investments.
In 2023, Magnetar made donations to 55 separate charities. This includes matching grants to charities of employees' choosing.
In 2011, our founders established the Magnetar Youth Investment Academy with a simple mission: educate students in making smart financial decisions. Since then, the Magnetar Foundation partnered with the University of Chicago to expand our impact to serve over 30,000 high school students through more than 1,400 classes in over 200 schools.
Since the Magnetar Youth Investment Academy was established in 2011, employees have volunteered more than 22,000 hours towards financial education initiatives – like coaching a high school team at the Magnetar Team Challenge stock trading competition, or supporting the development of the new finEDge financial education curriculum. In addition, the Magnetar Capital Foundation has donated $16+ million to support the cause.
