Director – Systematic Liquid Alternatives Portfolio Construction Technology
| Company | Fidelity Investments |
|---|---|
| Location | Boston, MA, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a computational field such as Computer Science, Master’s degree is preferred
- Minimum of 10 years of proven professional experience working in financial services (Asset Management or Global Capital Markets experienced preferred)
- Experience in the liquid alternatives, including managed futures, alternative risk premia, global macro, risk parity, convertible arbitrage, l/s equity, merger arbitrage and multi-strategy
- Demonstrated experience with portfolio construction systems
- Experience managing teams of developers as a “player/coach”
- Experience with Java and Python and one or more of the following: micro-services and RESTful APIs, SpringBoot, Web front-end technologies such as Angular, JavaScript, CSS
- Strong experience in system architecture, design patterns and software engineering fundamentals such as OOP, functional programming, data modeling
- Experience working on AWS/Azure cloud environment and working knowledge of CI/CD & DevOps
- Advanced understanding of data structures
- Proven ability to design highly scalable and low latency systems
- Proven ability to capture requirements and formulate plans by partnering with various stakeholders
- Strong communication, interpersonal and relationship building skills to influence decisions and engage across Fidelity and at all levels of the organization
- Proven experience engaging with senior internal and external clients and partners
Responsibilities
- Designing and developing new systematic portfolio construction / implementation applications and technologies for liquid alternatives
- Partnering with the Systematic Liquid Alternatives team and with multi asset class quant research and investments organizations to design, build, and support a comprehensive portfolio construction ecosystem
- Combining hands-on development with management of a team of software and quantitative developers
- Setting strategic direction and encouraging others to deliver results and impact to achieve that strategy
- Partnering with other Fidelity business and technology leaders to identify and define strategic priorities based on an understanding of business value needs and enable execution of these initiatives
- Bringing new ideas, approaches, and insights to improve the contributions of the team and enable them to develop new skills and capabilities
- Building a balance of technology and non-technology skills to fully appreciate the broad needs of customers
- Ongoing development of expertise and knowledge to empower others with that knowledge
- Collaborating with senior leaders in AM Tech to propagate standard processes while ensuring the culture and environment supports the attraction, retention, and development of talent
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree is preferred