Aquatic
Research Institutes
10open roles
$263kmedian advertised pay
10H-1B filings in 12 months
Scaling fasthiring pace, 77 of 100
Overview
Creating a Leading-Edge Research & Development Company. Driven by a passion for applied scientific research and a deep commitment to a culture of innovation, Jonathan Graham founded Aquatic to provide a home for exceptional talent.
How Aquatic hires
Truth index
C 65/100
Ghost roles
58%
Stale roles
0%
Reposted roles
0%
Aquatic scores C on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 12 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 58% look like ghost listings, 0% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed
Jobs
$150k – $200k per year · In office · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago · New York
Python
C++
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In office · Internship · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago
Python
C++
Machine Learning
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$150k – $300k per year · In office · 5+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago · New York
Python
Rust
C++
Polars
Dagster
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$150k – $300k per year · In office · 6+ years exp · Chicago · New York
Terraform
Ansible
HPC
Linux
TCP/IP
BGP
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$150k – $300k per year · In office · 4+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago
Python
Java
C++
Nomad
CI/CD
Kubernetes
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In office · Internship · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago · London · New York
Python
Machine Learning
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$150k – $300k per year · In office · 10+ years exp · Chicago
Python
C++
Bash
Dask
AI/ML
Spark
Ray
DevOps
GCP
GitHub Actions
SLURM
CI/CD
AWS
Amazon S3
HPC
Linux
Unix
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$150k – $200k per year · In office · PhD · Chicago · New York
Python
C++
Machine Learning
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$150k – $200k per year · In office · 3+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago · New York
Python
Machine Learning
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$150k – $300k per year · In office · 4+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Chicago · New York · London
Python
Java
C++
Machine Learning
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Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$263k
Typical range
$120k – $300k
Open positions
10
9
Jobs
Junior
33.3%
Middle
22.2%
Senior
33.3%
Staff
11.1%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 3 | $200k | $120k – $200k |
| Middle | 2 | $300k | $300k |
| Senior | 3 | $300k | $225k – $300k |
| Staff | 1 | $300k | $300k |
Highest paying role
Quantitative Researcher
$300k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Aquatic
By role, level and city, against the market · 10 jobs with pay
Visa sponsorship
10 ▲ 67%
H-1B filings in 12 months
2
Green card filings
$193k
Median offered salary
Who they sponsor
Software developers
4
Statisticians
4
Other financial specialists
1
In the register as Aquatic Group LLC, Chicago, IL (+1 more)
Other sponsors in the same field
Mayo Clinic 479 filings
Brookhaven National Laboratory 368 filings
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital 344 filings
Emory University 257 filings
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US Department of Labor · latest filing Jun 17, 2026 · Visa details by country
Growth
Hiring Momentum
77/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
12
4 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
497 days
faster than 3% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
40% ▼
Finance
40% ▲
Networking
20% ▲
Activity Timeline
Added Microsoft Office to stack
Oct 2026
Added Rust to stack
Oct 2026
Added Polars to stack
Oct 2026
Added Dagster to stack
Oct 2026
New location: London
Oct 2026
New location: New York
Oct 2026
Added Terraform to stack
Oct 2026
Added TCP/IP to stack
Oct 2026
Added BGP to stack
Oct 2026
Added Ansible to stack
Oct 2026
Added Nomad to stack
Sep 2026
Added Kubernetes to stack
Sep 2026
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Aquatic over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
26
Postings analysed
9
Stack modernity
74/100
Languages
Python
C++
Bash
Java
Frameworks & libraries
Dask
Ray
Dagster
Polars
Cloud & platforms
Linux
AWS
Amazon S3
GCP
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26 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
3
Countries
2
Busiest office
Chicago
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Chicago
United States
HQ
Chicago
11 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 91% engineering 50-200 est. staff $247k Avg Salary
hires for Data Science, Backend, DevOps
New York
United States
Engineering / R&D
New York
8 open roles 3 posted in 90 days 88% engineering 10-50 est. staff $246k Avg Salary
hires for Data Science, Backend, Networking
London
United Kingdom
Regional office
London
2 open roles 100% engineering 1-10 est. staff $300k Avg Salary
hires for Data Science