Company

PrincipalQuantDeveloper

$107–216k Boston, Massachusetts, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Principal Quant Developer. Skills: Quantitative Development, Software Engineering, Python, Java. Lead implementation of research project. Apply advanced analytics”

What You'll Achieve.

improve investment processes; provide an advantage to the organization

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Intuitive Problem Solving; quantitative techniques; quantitative methods; statistics; econometrics

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree in a quantitative or computational field, 8 years of experience in complex software development, working with investment professionals, Deep understanding and implementation of software excellence concepts, Advanced Experience in Analytical/Software Engineering skills, Sophisticated understanding of quantitative techniques and methods, statistics, econometrics, probability, linear regression, time series data analysis, Own the implementation of a research project, Ability to effectively connect with multiple partners

Nice to Have

Substantial Experience with AWS cloud environment development and deployment, Good experience in either equities, fixed income, or alternative asset classes

What You'll Do.

Lead implementation of research project

Apply advanced analytics

Apply quantitative concepts

Add scale to research

Add reliability to research

Add repeatability to research

Assist Research teams

Apply sophisticated analytics

Apply quantitative concepts

Develop analytical software solutions

Run Quantitative Tools

Support Quantitative Tools

Communicate with customers

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

partner with the investment teams; communicate the same with customers; connect with multiple partners; connect with quantitative researchers; connect with divisional partners; connect with senior management; partner with various investment teams; partner with projects

Communication Scope

communicate the same with customers

Process & Methodology

software development lifecycle, Estimation

Full Job Description

## ## Job Description: **The Role** Principal Quantitative Developer is a core software engineering role in our dynamic, fast-paced quantitative development team. You will be ‘embedded’ within the quantitative research team, and you will be partner with the investment teams on various projects including portfolio construction, risk management, and alpha research. You will contribute to building high quality, robust, and efficient analytical software solutions that will be used to improve investment processes. You and tour team will be responsible for developing, running, and supporting various Quantitative Tools in cloud environment and communicate the same with customers. * Lead/Own the implementation of a research project through the entire software development lifecycle applying a full-stack implementation. * Intuitively apply advanced analytics and quantitative concepts to support investment needs and develop new solutions. * Add scale, reliability, and repeatability to research through software development standard methodologies. * Assist Research teams in developing new models and products that will provide an advantage to the organization in the marketplace. * Thoughtfully apply sophisticated analytics and quantitative concepts to support investment needs and develop new solutions. * Adaptive and effective team player with strong collaboration **The Expertise and Skills You Bring** * Bachelor's degree (or above) in a quantitative or computational field such as Statistics, Computer Science or Applied Mathematics * 8 years of experience in complex software development and working with investment professionals * Deep understanding and implementation of software excellence concepts (Reliability, Extendibility, Resiliency, Flexibility, Pluggability, Intuitive Problem Solving, Risk mitigation, Tech debt, Scope, Estimation, Quality, CI/CD, Unit testing, Functional testing, Load testing, Parallel Processing, Resource Synchronization, Performance, Monitoring, Alerts,

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