Quantitative Product Engineer

The Role:Quantitative Product Engineer

The Location: Chicago, IL

The Team:
Quantamental Solutions team is part of the Investment Management Product Management Segment, responsible for S&P Global Market Intelligence's overall product strategy for quantitative and quantamental products, encompassing differentiated data, analytical platform, and Research products.

The Impact:
The purpose of this role is to work as part of the Quantamental Solutions team to support the "Buy Side" Product Management and Market Development function, with focus on clients in the Institutional Asset Managers space and Hedge Funds and additional focus on supporting and developing quantitative products and data sets.

This role is responsible for the product development and support of new and existing quantitative products of S&P Global Market Intelligence globally. This position will partner with stakeholders in technology, operations, sales support and the broader product management team to build and maintain technology and processes to deliver robust production systems and data integrity for our quantitative products which include quantitative investing software solutions, alpha factors, alpha models and risk models.

What's in it for you:
This position provides the opportunity to play highly involved product role for our quantitative based clients. Our Hiring Manager says: "Successful candidates will have a passion for product management and investment analysis, proficient in mathematics, technology and modern data science techniques. In addition, candidates should be able to work well in a team, be highly self-motivated with the ability to execute independently".

Responsibilities:
Perform research and modelling, as part of various proof-of-concept activities, including building prototypes and assessing the appropriateness of specific product capabilities. Participate in projects and monitor product development plan, keeping the team informed about deadlines/obstacles/changes in the project plan.

Be responsible for the daily production of quantitative scores and models. Liaise with product and technology teams across the organization to ensure a stable and positive client experience. Build and support robust technology processes for timely delivery of our data feeds and production systems. Trouble-shoot data and process problems when they occur and build automatic safe guards to avoid reoccurrence.

What We're Looking For:

• •You will have strong understanding of data driven quantitative investment workflows and data science techniques
• •You will have the passion to work with traditional and alternative data to develop investment and risk management solutions.
• •You will have the ability to present to technical audiences commanding sufficient subject matter expertise and gravitas
• •You will be able to multi-task and manage multiple project/go-to-market at a given time and under tight deadlines

Basic Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years in a quantitative investment management or technology environment
• University degree in financial engineering, economics, mathematics, statistics, or hard science preferred
• Masters in Finance or similar and/or (working towards) CFA or FRM designation preferred
• Passion for asset management, capital markets and portfolio risk management
• Strong IT and programming skills with knowledge of Python, R, Java, C#, SQL
• Deep analytical mind-set, creative problem solving ability and understanding of financial datasets, cloud computing and big data processing
• Organized and detail oriented, understands the product development and support process
• A professional, highly dedicated personality, with the ability to work and thrive in an entrepreneurial and team environment
• Results oriented, organizational skills and team player able to take ideas and feedback in a professional and courteous manner
• Probes more deeply when confronted with inconsistent or interesting findings. Thoroughly checks soundness of own/team work
• Demonstrated ability to communicate ideas effectively, strong verbal and written communication skills. Ability to explain complex concepts in simple terms
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects at a given time and under tight delaines as well as to balance conflicting themes and client objectives

At S&P Global Market Intelligence, we know that not all information is important-some of it is vital. Accurate, deep and insightful. We integrate financial and industry data, research and news into tools that help track performance, generate alpha, identify investment ideas, understand competitive and industry dynamics, perform valuation and assess credit risk. Investment professionals, government agencies, corporations and universities globally can gain the intelligence essential to making business and financial decisions with conviction.

S&P Global Market Intelligence is a division of S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI), which provides essential intelligence for individuals, companies and governments to make decisions with confidence. For more information, visit www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence .

EEO Statement:
S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer committed to making all employment decisions without regard to race/ethnicity, gender, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status (including domestic partnerships and civil unions), sexual orientation, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. Only electronic job submissions will be considered for employment.

If you need an accommodation during the application process due to a disability, please send an email to: EEO.Compliance@spglobal.com and your request will be forwarded to the appropriate person.

20 - Professional (EEO-2 Job Categories-United States of America), PDMGDV202.2 - Middle Professional Tier II (EEO Job Group), SWP Priority - Ratings - (Strategic Workforce Planning)

Job ID: 259363
Posted On: 2021-03-04
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States