Quantitative Developer

Duke Careers•Durham, NC

14d•$90,000

About The Position

The Quantitative Developer works with business teams and the senior developers to design and build production systems. They are responsible for building quantitative analytics for reporting and decision making. They surface these results through APIs to make them available to the firm. The Quantitative Developer will be called on to help develop PowerBI dashboards from time to time. In this capacity they work with the reporting team. They spend effort ensuring data and analytics flowing into reports are of the highest quality. The Quantitative Developer may also be called upon leverage their quantitative finance knowledge to deliver ad hoc analyses as required.

Requirements

Advanced programming skills particularly with Python, SQL, or equivalent.
Advanced quantitative knowledge in the field of finance and risk management.
Advanced knowledge of investments and concepts related to asset management
1+ years of experience in the following:
Utilizing a general-purpose programming language to develop quantitative solutions to investment problems.
In querying, analyzing, and working with data languages and platforms (SQL) to investigate large and diverse data sets
Creating APIs in an enterprise environment for data access and quantitative functions.
Experience using LLMs and creating agents to solve business problems.
Experience developing projects from concept to completion with production ready code.
Demonstrated ability to learn and apply newly emerging technologies depending on the problem.
Strong collaboration and communication skills within and across teams to design, and execute business and research questions.
Contribute to a motivated work environment by working effectively to achieve common goals.
Ability to multitask and work under pressure, meeting deadlines.
Unwavering commitment to ethical behavior and professionalism.

Nice To Haves

Expert programming skills with experience delivering production ready code and solutions.
Expert knowledge of investment concepts
Expert quantitative skills in the field of finance and risk management
Strong knowledge of DevOps and CI/CD frameworks.
Strong knowledge of Azure concepts. Azure certifications are a big plus.

Responsibilities

Work with relevant business teams, Finance, Risk, Public Securities, etc., to understand the business needs, goals, etc.
Work with senior developers and architects to design and develop solutions.
Create code using Python, SQL, etc. and validate function with business teams.
Develop tests for code and validate outputs. Work with business teams and architects to ensure full test coverage.
Create release notes and documentation for any code that is developed
Work with senior developers to create and maintain deployment pipelines for projects.
Develop quantitative APIs for business needs
Work with reporting team to create quantitative solutions for reporting.
Create PowerBI dashboards as needed.
Provide feedback on the evaluation of new quantitative technologies.
Work with senior developers to maintain existing systems.
Develop new features and functionality as required.
Provide feedback to the rest of the engineering team on ways to improve existing processes.
Monitor deployed processes and provide support for any issues
Provide quantitative and systems support to business teams as requested.
Develop quantitative tools for business needs that might not rise to the level of full engineering project.
Work with senior developers to break down projects into development tasks and subtasks and estimate level of effort on them
Keep state of assigned tasks in the work tracking system up to date
Participate in any project planning or status meetings

Benefits

Duke provides comprehensive and competitive medical and dental care programs, generous retirement benefits, and a wide array of family- friendly and cultural programs to eligible team members.

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