Job Description:
The Role
Fidelity’s Asset Management Technology division is seeking a Senior Quantitative Developer to join their Fixed Income Embedded Quant Development Team. This is a senior engineering role within a fast-paced, collaborative environment, where you will work closely with quantitative researchers and investment professionals. As an embedded member of the research team, you will build high quality, robust, efficient, and scalable analytical solutions that directly support portfolio construction, risk management, and alpha generation. This role impacts the organization by improving the quality and time-to-market of Research initiatives through a combination of both analytical and software development skillsets.
The assignments will include gathering the ideas, conceptualizing them through a programming language, and creating a packaged solution that can be used by the investment professionals.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as Financial Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, or a closely related discipline, with at least six (6) years of experience as a Senior Quant Developer or in a similar role
Advanced technical degree strongly preferred
Experience in quantitative analytics, ideally in the fixed income market, including interest rate modeling and interest rate derivatives
Strong skills in quantitative finance, with an emphasis on applying numerical methodologies to financial problems, including finite-difference methods for PDE solvers, tree models, Monte Carlo simulation, and optimization techniques for curve fitting
Deep understanding of probability theory, linear regression, and time-series analysis
Expert-level software engineering skills in C++, with proficiency in Python, shell scripting, SQL, and Linux (preferably in a command-line environment)
Strong proficiency in object-oriented programming (OOP) principles and hands-on experience implementing design patterns in production code
Full-stack software development knowledge and critical thinking skills to design optimal solutions for high-performance fixed income analytics
Experience with cloud technologies, particularly AWS, and container orchestration platforms such as EKS
Experience implementing CI/CD and DevOps best practices, including Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment pipelines (using Linux and Jenkins), and code versioning with GitHub
Familiarity with Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC) practices and implementation
Strong presentation and communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage with quantitative researchers and investment professionals
Progress toward CFA (or equivalent) is a plus
The Team
The Quantitative Development team is part of Asset Management’s Quantitative Research & Investment Technology group. We partner closely with Fixed Income investment teams to deliver high-performance analytical tools that support portfolio management, risk analysis, and alpha research. Our mission is to operationalize reliable, high-quality solutions that enhance investment outcomes and drive innovation.
The base salary range for this position is $97,000-185,000 USD per year.Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors.
Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.
We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career. Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.
Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.
Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.