Senior Lead Quantitative Developer - Front Office Model Governance
Wells FargoAbout the role
About this role:
Wells Fargo is seeking a Senior Lead Quant Specialist to develop new API for our Corporate and Investment Front Office Model Governance Team.
In this role, you will:
- Advise senior leadership to develop or influence objectives, plans, specifications, resources, and long-term goals for highly complex business and technical needs across Securities Quantitative Analytics
- Combine mathematical programming and market expertise, to build and generate systematic strategies
- Lead the strategy and resolution of highly complex and unique challenges requiring in-depth evaluation across multiple areas companywide
- Deliver solutions that are long-term, large-scale and require vision, creativity, innovation, advanced analytical and inductive thinking, and coordination of highly complex activities and guidance to others
- Use quantitative and technological techniques to solve complex business problems
- Conduct research on trading cost models, liquidity models, risk models, portfolio construction methodology, and signal generation
- Provide vision, direction and expertise to more experienced leadership on implementing innovative and significant business solutions that are large-scale cross-functional or companywide strategies
- Develop automated trading algorithms, create cutting-edge derivative pricing models and empirical models, to provide insight into market behavior
- Engage with all levels of professionals and managers companywide and serve as an expert advisor to leadership
- Work constructively in collaboration with business, model development, model validation, and information technology
- Play an integral role to the trading floor
Required Qualifications:
- 7+ years of Securities Quantitative Analytics experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
Desired Qualifications:
- 7+ years of Programming and Software Architecture experience and API development experience. (Application Programming Interface)
- 7+ years of Programming and Software Architecture experience and API development experience.
- 7+ years of hands-on coding experience in Java, C++ or Python
- 7+ years of experience working with large-scale systems of record for trade data, reference data and market data
- 7+ years of experience in data analytics and architectures, including enterprise warehouses / data lakes and operational flows
- 7+ years of data science experience
- Experience in start up businesses or “build from scratch experience”
- Ability to design, build and drive a long term project independently
- Outstanding communication skills and the ability to clearly communicate to non programmer non-technical team members.
- Experience leading data strategy and implementation at the enterprise level
- Knowledge of modern risk system architectures including upstream and downstream data handling, ETL and normalization processes and bi-temporality
- Master's degree or higher in computer science or finance/mathematics or data science
Pay Range
Reflected is the base pay range offered for this position. Pay may vary depending on factors including but not limited to achievements, skills, experience, or work location. The range listed is just one component of the compensation package offered to candidates.
$173,300.00 - $359,900.00Benefits
Wells Fargo provides eligible employees with a comprehensive set of benefits, many of which are listed below. Visit Benefits - Wells Fargo Jobs for an overview of the following benefit plans and programs offered to employees.
- Health benefits
- 401(k) Plan
- Paid time off
- Disability benefits
- Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
- Parental leave
- Critical caregiving leave
- Discounts and savings
- Commuter benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Scholarships for dependent children
- Adoption reimbursement
Posting End Date:
17 Jan 2025*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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