Senior Quantitative Engineer - Quantitative Research

About Northern Trust:

Northern Trust, a Fortune 500 company, is a globally recognized, award-winning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.

Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the world's most successful individuals, families, and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service, expertise, and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.

MAJOR DUTIES

• Work with Quantitative Research Team at Northern Trust to design, develop and maintain large-scale distributed computing programs, tools and applications
• Build, test, and deploy proprietary quantitative models and machine learning algorithms
• Develop, and deploy automated processes to support prototyping and proof-of-concept
• Produce data visualizations and reporting
• Understand, ingest and integrate large, complex financial, ESG and alternate data sets for research
• Operate as a hands-on technologist and deliver within a team as an individual developer and product manager

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS

• Experience in developing, deploying and managing technology applications and databases for large financial services firm
• Hands-on experience with Python and relevant packages such as pandas, numpy, scikit-learn, tensorlfow etc. and large datasets - Financial, ESG and alternate
• Experience in implementing quantitative investment strategies including machine learning algorithms
• Understanding of the complexities of Quantitative Research and Portfolio management
• Understanding of statistics, probability and economics and its applications in quantitative finance and portfolio construction
• Understanding of asset classes, market participants and institutions and various client types

EXPERIENCE

• 7+ years' experience in developing technological solutions, data science and analytics in financial services preferably at a buy side firm
• Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or equivalent experience
• Experience with some of the following areas: Distributed Computing, Data Science, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Platform Development
• Exceptional quantitative and analytical skills
• Preferably some experience with Snowflake and Azure environment

Working with Us:

As a Northern Trust partner, greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.

Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.

We'd love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world's most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater

Reasonable accommodation

Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please email our HR Service Center at MyHRHelp@ntrs.com .

We hope you're excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.

Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.