There are some financial firms where technology doesn't take a back seat.

The D. E. Shaw group invites all interested Columbia students to apply for
positions with our firm.  We currently have openings in our investment
management and technology ventures businesses, including roles in
information technology, computer architecture, business development, computational chemistry, and accounting.

You may apply anytime by sending a resume and cover letter to
jobs@deshaw.com.

Headquartered in New York, the D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with approximately US $34 billion in aggregate investment capital.  Since its organization in 1988 by a former Columbia university computer science professor, the firm has earned an international reputation for financial innovation, technological leadership, and an extraordinarily distinguished staff.  Current employees include a recent U.S. Women's Chess Champion, multiple Putnam Fellows, winners of more than 20 International Math Olympiad medals, and a lot of people who are just incredibly strong in CS, EE, math, and finance.  They didn't necessarily think of themselves as "financial types," and neither did we.  We thought of them as people with extraordinary talent. From the start of their tenure with the firm, our employees enjoy access to some of the world's most advanced computing resources and may be involved in helping to develop numerical techniques and software which automatically trade millions of dollars worth of securities each day in markets around the globe.  This makes our technical environment one in which high-quality software and mathematical analysis is imperative and has a very real dollar value.  If you're interested in applying your talents to challenging problems of software architecture and engineering in an intellectually stimulating environment, then we'd love to see your resume.  Our working environment is intense but surprisingly casual.  We provide unusual opportunities for growth.  And we compensate extraordinary people extraordinarily well.

Sincerely,
Strategic Growth
The D. E. Shaw group