The Role
We are seeking a highly qualified and talented technologist to join our Risk Technology team. Technology within Risk is split into four areas: Infrastructure, Applications, Financial Engineering and Rapid-Application-Development (RAD). The RAD team within Risk is responsible for supporting the Macro, Quant, Tactical and Fundamental trading and Risk business.
What you’ll do
The Software Engineer in RAD will work closely with risk managers, analysts and portfolio managers and will be responsible for delivering solutions that support functions such as Risk Management, Business Development, and Portfolio Managers. You will weigh the technical decisions in your work to consider the tactical and strategic goals of the team. You will be responsible for helping deliver solutions that automate and optimize the risk management process in domains such as stress testing, risk models, instrument and portfolio analytics, large scale data management, risk decomposition, VaR, Stress, and Liquidity. The ideal candidate has a mindset of dynamically and creatively applying the best modern technologies to help solve business problems in a rapidly changing environment.
What you’ll bring
What you need:
- Commercial experience working in financial services
- Expertise with Python, KDB+ and Java
- Expertise with relational databases
- Expertise with production environments and delivery mindset
- Experience working with quantitative risk members, traders, and portfolio managers
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
We’d love if you had:
- Experience with OO programming (Java preferably)
- Experience with cloud-based environments (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure)
- Experience within buy side financial institutions
Who we are
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a global multi-strategy, multi-manager investment platform that harnesses the transformative power of people to perform in all market environments. Our dynamic culture inspires better outcomes for our team, our investors, and our partners. We aim to consistently deliver risk-adjusted returns, with people driving performance.
We specialize in four core strategies: Quantitative Trading, Fundamental Equity, Tactical Trading, and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income. We capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets, drawing from a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure, and risk analytics.
We invest through internal portfolio managers and external partner funds, pursuing alignment among investors, investment professionals, and the firm. Our footprint spans 7 countries and 19 offices.
Our Culture
Talent is our strategy. We believe our success is because of our people, so putting our talent above all else is our top priority. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative, and encourage ideas—at all levels—to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning & educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact.
We foster a sense of belonging among all of our employees with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the forefront of this mission. Our employees value diversity across identity, thought, people and perspective which serves as the foundation of our culture. As a firm, we are committed to creating a hiring process that is fair, welcoming and supportive.
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What We Do
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a global multi-manager platform that invests its capital with Internal and Partner portfolio managers, primarily on an exclusive or semi-exclusive basis, across quantitative, fundamental equity and tactical trading strategies. We have created a unique structure to provide global portfolio managers with autonomy, flexibility and support to best enable them to maximize the value of their businesses.
Over the last 30+ years, Schonfeld has successfully capitalized on inefficiencies and opportunities within the equity markets. We have developed and invested heavily in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics. Our portfolio exposure has expanded across the Americas, Europe and Asia as well as multiple asset classes and products. We look for ways to align the interests of investors, investment professionals and the firm, highlighted by the opportunity for investment professionals to co-invest in our funds and their individual strategies.
