Lead Software Engineer [Multiple Positions Available]

DESCRIPTION:

Duties: Lead the design, implementation, and validation of data pipelines, reporting solutions, and portfolio optimization processes to enhance systematic portfolio management. Drive cross-functional collaboration between business and technology stakeholders, define requirements, set priorities, and ensure delivery of high-quality solutions. Mentor team members, oversee best practices, and foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. Ensure alignment with organizational goals and regulatory standards while managing resources and project timelines. Oversee private and public cloud computing infrastructure, version control, software releases, and the development of reusable software development kits (SDKs) to improve software maintainability, scalability, and minimize operational risk. Represent the team in executive forums, communicate progress, and advocate for resources and support. Identify opportunities for automation, formulate innovative solutions, and supervise collaboration with internal teams and external vendors to improve the portfolio construction workflow. Lead a team responsible for developing and optimizing financial analytics and data processing workflows for securitized products. Lead the development and maintenance of systems for historical back testing of portfolio strategies, incorporating mean-variance analysis, advanced portfolio optimization techniques and performance evaluation. Support quantitative research by designing tailored back testing frameworks and optimization tools for financial model validation and strategy testing.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum education and experience required: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field of study plus 6 years of experience in the job offered or as Software Engineer, Programmer Analyst, or related occupation.

Skills Required: This position requires three (3) years of experience in each of the following: Designing and developing software solutions to support systematic portfolio management and optimization in financial services environments employing optimization solvers including Gurobi, MSCI Open Optimizer and Axioma, technologies including React, Java, JavaScript, Python, Relational, NoSQL and Object-Oriented Databases; Analyzing Bloomberg, FactSet, MSCI and internally-sourced quantitative financial data to generate performance metrics and translate results into actionable insights for both technical and non-technical stakeholders; Collaborating with quantitative researchers and portfolio managers to implement analytics, modeling frameworks, and investment strategy tools including asset correlation and covariance matrices, risk factor exposure, mean- variance and performance attribution analysis ; Developing financial applications using advanced Python programming, leveraging numerical and data analysis libraries including NumPy, pandas, and optimization libraries, Gurobi; Building and maintaining RESTful APIs using Python web frameworks including Flask and FastAPI to support integration with investment platforms; Using Jupyter Notebook for prototyping, visualization, and exploratory analysis of financial data and models; Architecting and managing cloud-native solutions, including serverless computing with platforms AWS Lambda, Amazon SQS, and Microsoft Azure to support scalable application deployment; Modernizing and automating ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes using tools including Apache Airflow for workflow orchestration and Docker for containerization and environment consistency; Optimizing financial data querying and persistence across Apache Cassandra, Amazon S3, and MSSQL databases; Improving code quality and reliability with software engineering practices of Test and Behavior Driven Development using behave and pytest-bdd; Conducting unit testing using unittest and integration testing using pytest; Utilizing parallel and asynchronous programming using asyncio and multiprocessing to speed up grid search hyperparameter tuning for optimization strategy back testing; Conducting version releases using continuous integration and continuous delivery tools including Jenkins and Spinnaker.  

Job Location: 575 Washington Blvd, Jersey City, NJ 07310.

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set, and location. For those in eligible roles, discretionary incentive compensation which may be awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process. In a