Junior Quantitative Investment Engineer
HarbourVest Partners2 days ago
Boston, MA, USAEntry Level
Base Salary
$95k - $105k/yr
Responsibilities
- Capture business requirements and translate them into technical solutions, integrations, system designs, tests, transformations, and reports.
- Develop applications, quick functional prototypes, data functionality tests, and automated or manual testing using SQL, Python, and other relevant technologies.
- Identify, document, onboard, and validate new large datasets, including structured and unstructured data.
- Investigate and remedy data exceptions and irregularities across internal data sources and external vendors.
- Create and maintain task boards, use cases, application documentation, release notes, and technical writeups.
- Collaborate with investment teams, platform users, developers, researchers, QA, vendors, suppliers, and IT teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree, or equivalent experience.
- One to three years of relevant business analyst experience, preferably in investment management or FinTech, including internship or co-op experience.
- Proficiency in SQL, data analysis, and Python.
- Understanding of conceptual and logical data modeling and design.
- Experience onboarding large structured and unstructured datasets while validating data quality.
- Experience with business intelligence tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or equivalent.
- Understanding of DevOps, CI/CD practices, and related tools.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, communication, collaboration, and requirements-documentation skills.
- Experience with investment data management, especially IBOR or other book-of-records systems, is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement with 18 remote workdays per quarter, subject to manager approval.
- Comprehensive total rewards package that may include retirement contributions, health insurance, income protection, paid time off, leave benefits, and well-being programs.
- Eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus and potential long-term reward programs depending on role and firm performance.
About HarbourVest Partners
HarbourVest Partners is a privately held, Boston-based private markets investment firm that manages diversified programs for institutional investors. Founded in 1982, it runs global strategies across primary fund commitments, secondary transactions, direct co-investments, private credit, and real assets/infrastructure, managing over $138 billion. The firm structures commingled funds and separate accounts and earns management fees and performance-based carry for sourcing, evaluating, and managing private equity and credit portfolios worldwide.