Job Description:
The Role
The Asset Management Quant Research Engineering team is looking for a Director of Quantitative Development who wishes to take on the challenge of building an elite quant research platform. We are looking for individuals who bring expertise in quant data orchestration and quant research infrastructure from premier competitor firms. This role is primarily focused on hands-on development and delivery, which requires a combination of both strong technical and influencing skills, as well as participation in architecture, design, analysis, and evangelizing activities.
Primary Location: Boston, MA
Additional Locations; Merrimack, NH; Raleigh, NC
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
* Bachelor's degree (or higher) in either Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Business Information Systems, Mathematics or Finance related field.
* 5+ years of software engineering experience, including in senior and/or team leadership roles, at peer firms using agile methods and modern SDLC processes to deliver quality technological solutions in a transparent, reliable way.
* Exposure to quant research processes, methodologies, and tools
* Expertise in data infrastructure in support of quant research processes, including multi-tiered caching across different database technologies and storage substrates.
* Deep experience with data orchestration systems, with a track record of designing and delivering systems that will efficiently implement code to refresh datasets daily. Exposure to automated data dependency analysis.
* A proven track record of architecting complex systems to work efficiently and reliably in critical applications. Ability to recognize business risk and surface it to key decision-makers.
* A servant leader who is focused on promoting a team culture of accountability and continuous improvement and removing drag forces to enable team success.
The Value You Deliver
* Deliver a data orchestration solution to support quant research use cases, allowing researchers to save and restore intermediate outputs of their research quickly, efficiently, and at scale.
* Design and build a cloud-based system which updates orchestrated data following a schedule, performing dependency analysis to avoid duplicate work.
* Work with quant researchers to understand their needs and shape the solution to better suit them, and to support them as they evaluate prototypes.
* Partner with engineers supporting the functional programming framework used by researchers which will read and write from your data orchestration components, shaping the overall solution architecture.
* Provide leadership on software quality and design best practices, working with peers and earlier-career engineers to ensure the quality and scalability of the entire solution.
The Team
Asset Management Technology (AMT) provides worldwide technology and support to all the Investment Management, Research, Trading, and Investment Operations functions. This role will be part of our Quantitative Engineering team, which is responsible for architecting, developing, and maintaining systems that support quantitative trading.
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Company Overview
Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients' money.
Join Us
At Fidelity, you'll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples' lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don't need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity-we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you've always imagined.
Fidelity's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).
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