Quant Developer - Wealth Management (m/f/x)
Scalable Capital GmbH3 days ago
Berlin, GermanyMid Level
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate production-grade Python services with software engineers and quantitative developers.
- Translate quantitative investment models into automated portfolio-management and trading workflows.
- Develop optimization algorithms balancing investment objectives, risk, transaction costs, taxes, and client preferences.
- Build and maintain taxation logic in collaboration with the tax core team.
- Contribute to systems and workflows supporting the Altersvorsorgedepot (AVD).
- Design APIs and integrations connecting the robo-advisor with internal services and external systems.
- Build scalable, cost-efficient cloud infrastructure for burst workloads and high-volume trade processing.
- Own software quality through automated testing, continuous integration, deployment, and production monitoring.
- Collaborate with investment managers, traders, wealth managers, and the Robo backend team.
Requirements
- Excellent university degree in computer science, mathematics, natural sciences, or a similar field.
- Knowledge of econometrics focused on portfolio optimization and risk modelling.
- Working knowledge of the fundamentals of capital taxation.
- Passion for global financial markets and Python.
- Experience with convex optimization and exposure to cvxpy, scipy, or cvxopt.
- Interest in Docker, CI/CD pipelines, serverless architecture, Terraform, relational databases, SQL, and AWS.
- Excellent communication skills and fluent written and spoken English.
- Proactive, independent working style with good time management and collaborative values.
- Applicants must explain their motivation and fit in the message to the Hiring Manager.
Benefits
- International, diverse, inclusive, and growing team working on impactful financial products.
- Latest hardware and tools.
- In-house knowledge sharing, career development sessions, and an individual Education Budget.
- Free German language classes.
- International relocation support where required.
- Opportunity to work from abroad.
- Attractive compensation package and company pension scheme.
- Monthly contribution covering 50% of the Deutschland Jobticket.
- Complimentary Scalable Capital PRIME+ Broker subscription.
- Flexible and discounted sports activities through Urban Sports Club.
About Scalable Capital GmbH
Scalable Capital builds a digital investing and banking platform for retail customers in Europe, combining brokerage (stocks, ETFs, crypto, derivatives), savings plans, and interest-bearing accounts under a full German banking licence. Its business spans Scalable Broker subscriptions and fees, and Scalable Wealth, a managed ETF portfolio service also offered as a white‑label solution to banks. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Munich, it operates across multiple European markets.