The Role
WorldQuant is seeking a Head of SecMaster to lead our firmwide reference data and SecMaster products. This is a critical leadership position responsible for driving innovation, scalability, and excellence in our reference data solutions.

What You’ll Do

• Strategic Leadership: Partner with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy scalable reference data and SecMaster solutions that align with business requirements and strategic goals.
• Architectural Oversight: Collaborate with and lead our engineering team to define and implement a robust platform architecture that supports the firm’s growth and scalability objectives.
• Customer-Centric Approach: Lead all business initiatives and provide global support to internal customers for all reference data offerings, ensuring exceptional service and alignment with their needs.
• Agile Processes: Drive and participate in Agile frameworks, continuously improving and expanding platform capabilities to adapt to dynamic business requirements.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience: A minimum of 10 years of experience in the financial services industry, with a strong focus on reference data and SecMaster solutions.
• Leadership: Proven ability to act as a business and technical thought leader, sharing best practices and driving innovation.
• Project Ownership: Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects involving collaboration across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Mentorship: A track record of mentoring and collaborating with engineers to foster growth and excellence.

Problem-Solving Skills: A rapid learner with exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities, capable of navigating complex challenges effectively.

Our Benefits:

Core Benefits:

• Fully paid medical and dental insurance for employees and dependents, flexible spending account, 401k, fully paid parental leave, generous PTO (paid time off) that consists of:

• twenty vacation days that are pro-rated based on the employee’s start date, at an accrual of 1.67 days per month, three personal days, and
  ten sick days.
• Perks: Employee discounts for gym memberships, wellness activities, healthy snacks, casual dress code
• Training: learning and development courses, speakers, team-building off-site
• Employee resource groups

Pay Transparency:

WorldQuant is a total compensation organization where you will be eligible for a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and benefits.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state.  We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on job function and level, benchmarked against similar stage organizations.  When finalizing an offer, we will take into consideration an individual’s experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.

The Base Pay Range For This Position Is $150,000 – $250,000 USD.

At WorldQuant, we are committed to providing candidates with all necessary information in compliance with pay transparency laws.  If you believe any required details are missing from this job posting, please notify us at WQHR_US@WorldQuant.com, and we will address your concerns promptly.

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The Role: 

• We are seeking candidates with quantitative portfolio management experience and intimate knowledge of systematic strategies

Job Responsibilities (include, but not limited to the following)

• Develop systematic strategies that use statistical signals associated with various market inefficiencies applied to a broad variety of asset classes including global equities and/or ETFs, futures, currencies and options
• Independently lead, manage and grow quantitative investment portfolio (portfolio will have a separately identifiable track record)
• Autonomy to build your own research pipeline and grow your team

• 2+ years’ experience in developing systematic strategies including a verifiable track record with positive PnL and Sharpe
• Strong programming skills in mainstream quant programming languages, such as Python and C++
   

The Independent Portfolio Manager Opportunity:

• Transparent and formula-based compensation
• Meaningful allocation with growth potential based on performance and scalability
• Access to a deep and broad menu of datasets supported by a dedicated data team
• Cross-asset execution led by a multi-regional trading team
• Opportunity for select engagement with the CIO Office in support of your research and strategy development

• Core Benefits: Fully paid medical and dental insurance for employees and dependents, flexible spending account, 401k, fully paid parental leave, generous PTO (paid time off) that consists of:
  • twenty vacation days that are pro-rated based on the employee’s start date, at an accrual of 1.67 days per month,
  • three personal days, and
  • ten sick days.
• Perks: Employee discounts for gym memberships, wellness activities, healthy snacks, casual dress code
• Training: learning and development courses, speakers, team-building off-site
• Employee resource groups

Pay Transparency:

WorldQuant is a total compensation organization where you will be eligible for a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and benefits.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state.  We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on job function and level, benchmarked against similar stage organizations.  When finalizing an offer, we will take into consideration an individual’s experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.

The Base Pay Range For This Position Is $150,000 – $200,000 USD.

At WorldQuant, we are committed to providing candidates with all necessary information in compliance with pay transparency laws.  If you believe any required details are missing from this job posting, please notify us at WQHR_US@WorldQuant.com, and we will address your concerns promptly.

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Project Overview

This is a cutting-edge initiative to integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) with WorldQuant's proprietary strategy management tools. The project aims to provide AI-assisted insights, automate routine analytical tasks, and enable natural language interactions for Portfolio Managers to more efficiently analyze, maintain, and enhance their trading strategies. This involves building foundational infrastructure, developing robust data pipelines for metrics and features, and creating a secure, user-centric interface with a strong focus on protecting intellectual property.

The Role:

We are seeking a talented and motivated Full-Time Software Engineer to play a key role in the development and enhancement of this AI-driven platform. You will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining critical components of the system, primarily focusing on the Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers that form the backbone of the platform. This includes enhancing existing MCPs, such as our proprietary command-line interface for strategy data, developing new MCPs for internal data system integration, strategy analysis, and performance metrics, and contributing to the secure and effective use of LLMs.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy robust and scalable MCP servers and related tools in Python.
• Enhance existing MCPs, including our internal data access tools, to ensure reliable access to strategy metadata, historical PnL data, and PnL attribution by risk factors.
• Develop new MCPs, including but not limited to MCPs for direct data system integration, MCPs for strategy analytics, and MCPs for performance reporting.
• Design and implement secure prompt engineering techniques to interact with LLMs, ensuring effective information retrieval while minimizing the risk of intellectual property leakage.
• Collaborate with project managers, technical leads, and other developers to define technical specifications and integrate various data sources.
• Work on API development and integration, ensuring seamless data flow between different systems (internal knowledge management systems, simulation systems, data warehouses).
• Implement data parsing and manipulation logic for various formats (JSON, CSV).
• Contribute to the design and implementation of data pipelines for strategy metrics and features.
• Address and resolve bugs and issues in existing MCP tools and infrastructure.
• Participate in code reviews, and contribute to unit and integration testing efforts.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for developed components.
• Stay updated with emerging technologies and methodologies in AI, LLMs, prompt engineering, and financial technology.

What You’ll Bring:

Core Skills:

• Strong proficiency in Python programming.
• Proven experience in API development, integration, and consumption.
• Solid understanding of database interaction, data access patterns, and data modeling.
• Experience with data parsing and manipulation libraries and techniques (e.g., pandas, JSON, CSV).
• Understanding of or experience with prompt engineering principles for Large Language Models
• Awareness of data security and intellectual property protection considerations in the context of AI and LLM applications

Domain-Specific Knowledge (Highly Beneficial):

• Familiarity with financial data (e.g., PnL, Sharpe ratio, alpha, risk factors, AUM).
• Experience with quantitative trading systems, market data systems, or strategy management platforms (familiarity with internal data systems or command-line data tools is a significant plus).

Technical Environment Familiarity (Helpful):

• Experience working in a Linux environment.
• Understanding of Command Line Interface (CLI) tools and development.
• Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., Git).

Soft Skills

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team.
• High attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality software.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new technologies and complex systems.

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering

The Role: 

• We are seeking candidates with quantitative research experience and intimate knowledge of systematic strategies across a broad variety of asset classes including global equities and/or ETFs, futures, currencies and options

Job Responsibilities (include, but not limited to the following)

• Support Portfolio Managers with alpha research, modelling, portfolio construction, optimization, and implementation of quantitative trading strategies
• Build and maintain tools and systems used throughout the quantitative research and portfolio management processes

• PhD or Masters degree from a top university, with a major in computer science, mathematics, statistics, physics, engineering, or quantitative finance discipline
• 2-8 years’ experience in quantitative research and/or quantitative development for systematic strategies
• Demonstrated ability to program in Python and/or C++, with a strong background in data structures and algorithms
• Working knowledge of Linux
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Strong moral integrity and work ethic

• Core Benefits: Fully paid medical and dental insurance for employees and dependents, flexible spending account, 401k, fully paid parental leave, generous PTO (paid time off) that consists of:
  • twenty vacation days that are pro-rated based on the employee’s start date, at an accrual of 1.67 days per month,
  • three personal days, and
  • ten sick days.
• Perks: Employee discounts for gym memberships, wellness activities, healthy snacks, casual dress code
• Training: learning and development courses, speakers, team-building off-site
• Employee resource groups

Pay Transparency:

WorldQuant is a total compensation organization where you will be eligible for a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and benefits.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state.  We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on job function and level, benchmarked against similar stage organizations.  When finalizing an offer, we will take into consideration an individual’s experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.

The Base Pay Range For This Position Is $150,000 – $200,000 USD.

At WorldQuant, we are committed to providing candidates with all necessary information in compliance with pay transparency laws.  If you believe any required details are missing from this job posting, please notify us at WQHR_US@WorldQuant.com, and we will address your concerns promptly.

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The Role: 

• We are seeking candidates with quantitative portfolio management experience and intimate knowledge of systematic strategies

Job Responsibilities (include, but not limited to the following)

• Develop systematic strategies that use statistical signals associated with various market inefficiencies applied to a broad variety of asset classes including global equities and/or ETFs, futures, currencies and options
• Lead, manage and grow quantitative investment portfolio
• Contribute to broader firm research and strategic initiatives

• 2+ years’ experience in developing systematic strategies including a verifiable track record with positive PnL and Sharpe
• Strong programming skills in mainstream quant programming languages, such as Python and C++

The Book Portfolio Manager Opportunity:

• Transparent and formula-based compensation
• Opportunities to contribute to other research and strategy initiatives
• Access to WorldQuant’s alpha pool, portfolio management tools and innovative technology platforms
• Access to a deep and broad menu of datasets supported by a dedicated data team
• Cross-asset execution led by a multi-regional trading team
• Participation in internal research conferences and forums
• Autonomy to build your own strategies along with several opportunities for collaboration and mentorship
• Access to AI and Machine Learning opportunities applied to financial markets

• Core Benefits: Fully paid medical and dental insurance for employees and dependents, flexible spending account, 401k, fully paid parental leave, generous PTO (paid time off) that consists of:
  • twenty vacation days that are pro-rated based on the employee’s start date, at an accrual of 1.67 days per month,
  • three personal days, and
  • ten sick days.
• Perks: Employee discounts for gym memberships, wellness activities, healthy snacks, casual dress code
• Training: learning and development courses, speakers, team-building off-site
• Employee resource groups

Pay Transparency:

WorldQuant is a total compensation organization where you will be eligible for a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and benefits.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state.  We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on job function and level, benchmarked against similar stage organizations.  When finalizing an offer, we will take into consideration an individual’s experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.

The Base Pay Range For This Position Is $150,000 – $200,000 USD.

At WorldQuant, we are committed to providing candidates with all necessary information in compliance with pay transparency laws.  If you believe any required details are missing from this job posting, please notify us at WQHR_US@WorldQuant.com, and we will address your concerns promptly.

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We are seeking a Portfolio Manager to manage risk and generate returns while utilizing cutting-edge agentic AI solutions within our Quantitative Trading divisions. This role sits at the intersection of Portfolio Management and Artificial Intelligence, requiring active engagement with autonomous cognitive systems for strategy development.

As a Portfolio Manager focused on Agentic Systems, you will manage a live trading book while working with cognitive reasoning architectures that enable autonomous systems to solve complex financial problems and reason through multi-step solutions. You will utilize and interact with agentic systems including planning algorithms, memory architectures, reflection mechanisms, and collaborative reasoning patterns that support autonomous decision-making in quantitative trading environments. You will adjust hyperparameters of reinforcement learning training processes to optimize system performance and contribute to deep learning model development for the PM model layer and custom agentic workflows.

• Portfolio Management: Take risk, manage P&L, and make trading decisions within defined risk parameters while developing expertise in quantitative portfolio management principles
• Agentic Systems Utilization: Deploy and work with cognitive reasoning systems for quantitative modeling problems, leveraging planning, tool use, memory, reflection, and collaboration capabilities
• Reinforcement Learning Tuning: Adjust hyperparameters of reinforcement learning training processes to improve autonomous system performance and decision-making quality
• Model Development: Contribute to deep learning model building for PM model layer applications specific to portfolio management objectives
• Custom Agentic Development: Build and customize agentic workflows and tools tailored to portfolio management needs and specific trading strategies
• Human-in-the-Loop Oversight: Execute human-in-the-loop decisions and checks ensuring that traded strategies meet quant trading acceptance criteria

This position combines portfolio management with cutting-edge agentic AI technology. Your work will directly impact:

• Research-to-production cycles for quantitative strategies
• Complex, multi-step financial workflows through autonomous systems
• Enhanced decision-making through human-AI collaboration

This role offers the unique opportunity to develop as a portfolio manager while shaping the future of quantitative finance through the strategic utilization of agentic AI systems that solve complex financial problems and drive measurable business value.

What You’ll Bring:

• Advanced degree in a quantitative field (Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Engineering, or related discipline)
• Minimum of 10 years of experience, PM experience is not required but preferred
• Familiarity with financial markets
• Experience with python-based deep learning model development
• Willingness to learn portfolio management discipline, including P&L responsibility and risk management
• Hands-on experience with agentic AI frameworks
• Deep knowledge of the core capabilities of agentic systems: planning, tool use, memory, reflection, and collaboration
• Experience applying reinforcement learning methodologies to develop autonomous systems that learn and improve through policy optimization, reward modeling, and outcome-based feedback loops
• Ability to adjust hyperparameters and tune training processes for reinforcement learning systems

Pay Transparency:

WorldQuant is a total compensation organization where you will be eligible for a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and benefits.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state.  We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on job function and level, benchmarked against similar stage organizations.  When finalizing an offer, we will take into consideration an individual’s experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.

The Base Pay Range For This Position Is 150,000 USD.

At WorldQuant, we are committed to providing candidates with all necessary information in compliance with pay transparency laws.  If you believe any required details are missing from this job posting, please notify us at WQHR_US@WorldQuant.com, and we will address your concerns promptly.

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