Founded in 2001 by John Overdeck and David Siegel in NYC, Two Sigma develops systematic tools using engineering and data science to make investment decisions for clients such as government agencies, educational institutes, non-profits, and pension funds. The company is a financial sciences firm that combines rigorous inquiry, data analysis, and invention to solve challenges in investment management, securities, private equity, insurance technology, and venture capital. Two Sigma's modelers and engineers develop ideas backed by information and improved by iteration, building sophisticated predictive models with extraordinary computing power and vast amounts of data. The company is an equal opportunity workplace that does not discriminate based on legally protected characteristics.