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Quant Engineer- Assistant Vice President

iCapital · New York, New York, United States · On-site

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About iCapital

Helping Financial Advisors and Wealth Managers incorporate alternative strategies at scale. Helping Asset Managers open new lanes of distribution.

About the role

iCapital is looking to hire a Quant Engineer to join the Portfolio Analytics team. The team consists of Quant itative Researchers and Quant itative Developers to research, define, and implement models that will guide clients in portfolio construction, asset allocation, and risk management.

What they're looking for

  • 6+ years of professional experience in quant itative financial modeling, data science, or software development
  • Strong programming skills in Python for data analysis, modeling, and software development
  • Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences
  • Able to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
  • Knowledge of JAVA/Scala/C++ is a plus
  • Distributed Systems experience is a plus
More about this role

iCapital is looking to hire a Quant Engineer to join the Portfolio Analytics team. The team consists of Quant itative Researchers and Quant itative Developers to research, define, and implement models that will guide clients in portfolio construction, asset allocation, and risk management. The Quant Developers have a core mission of developing robust and scalable quant itative models to deliver portfolio risk analytics capabilities as part of the firm’s commercial technology platform for financial advisors and asset managers. This role will implement statistical, machine learning, and quant itative financial models, applied to a combination of proprietary, public, and third-party data, to deliver analytics for multi-asset portfolios including alternative assets.

  • Develop robust and scalable quant itative financial models and collaborate closely with quant researchers to produce proprietary risk analytics models as part of the firm’s software platform.
  • Test, validate, and document quant itative methodologies to ensure accuracy, robustness, and transparency.
  • Develop centralized financial calculation engines powering the firm’s commercial technology platform.
  • Document and...

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