Director, Quantitative Development

Job Description

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Director, Quantitative Development

The Role

The Advanced Strategies and Research (ASR) Quant Development team within Fidelity’s Asset Management Technology group is seeking a highly motivated and curious Director of Quantitative Development. In this role you will contribute to a dynamic and fast-paced development team supporting researchers in prototyping and delivering new systematic investment strategies. You will provide high impact solutions on various projects including alpha research, portfolio construction, and risk management.

This position will be based in Boston, MA.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• Demonstrated experience leading quant projects from research to production to insure stability of critical applications and processes
• A hands-on technical leader with experience developing teams to their full potential
• In depth understanding of mathematics and statistics and their application in quant finance
• Expert in Python with experience across the development stack (full stack)
• Proficient in object-oriented programming (OOP) and design patterns
• Experience in at least one unit testing framework and understanding of test-driven development (TDD) concepts and methodologies
• Experience implementing CI/CD and DevOps best practices
• A creative problem solver and a curiosity fueled by keeping up with advanced methodologies and industry trends, especially in the finance community
• Strong presentation and communication skills, with a knack for engaging with quant researchers and investment professionals
• Bachelors or equivalent with 10+ years of experience in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or equivalent
• Progress towards CFA (or equivalent) a plus

The Team

The Quant Development team is part of Asset Management’s Quantitative Research & Investment Technology group. We partner with Asset Management’s Advance Strategies and Research team on cutting edge projects including systematic investment strategies, portfolio construction, risk management, alpha research, and GenAI. We build high quality, robust, and highly-scalable solutions that are used to improve Asset Management’s efficiency and decision-making processes.

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