Lead, Quant Engineer
Prudential FinancialResponsibilities
- Design and develop platform capabilities, services, and developer tooling using Python.
- Build and support data platforms, quantitative libraries, distributed computing infrastructure, and shared services for quantitative researchers and investment teams.
- Partner with quantitative researchers, technology teams, data specialists, and investment teams to align platform capabilities with business needs.
- Contribute to architecture, code reviews, testing, performance optimization, automation, and operational excellence.
- Drive continuous improvement and enable quantitative teams to build and operate investment analytics more effectively.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science.
- Significant experience building and delivering enterprise-scale software, analytics, and data platforms.
- Deep expertise in Python software development.
- Significant experience in data engineering, distributed computing, and large-scale data processing.
- Experience building quantitative analytics, risk management, portfolio management, investment research, or quant platforms.
- Experience partnering with quantitative researchers, investment teams, and technology organizations.
- Understanding of fixed income, credit, asset management, or broader financial markets.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Preferred experience with Ray, Dask, Apache Spark, Apache Beam, or similar distributed computing and data processing technologies.
- Preferred experience with event-driven architectures and messaging platforms such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
- Preferred experience with monorepos, automated testing, and Python developer tooling.
Benefits
- London-based hybrid work arrangement.
- Private medical insurance with the full employee premium paid by PGIM.
- 25 to 28 days of annual leave at full pay, based on years of service.
- Company retirement contribution of 10% of basic annual salary plus a maximum employer-matching contribution of 5%.
- Life assurance of eight times basic annual salary, up to a maximum benefit of £1.8 million.
- Income protection of 60% of basic annual salary for a limited payment term of five years, followed by a capital sum of two times basic annual salary.
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About Prudential Financial
Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) was founded on the belief that financial security should be within reach for everyone, and for over 150 years, we have helped our customers reach their potential and tackle life's challenges for now and future generations to come. Today, we are one of the world’s largest financial services institutions, offering individual and institutional clients a wide array of financial products and services. With operations in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America, we are known for delivering on our promises to our customers, and are recognized as a trusted brand and one of the world’s most admired companies. We also have one of the most recognized and trusted brand symbols: The Rock®, an icon of strength, stability, expertise and innovation. We measure our long-term success on our ability to deliver value for shareholders, meet customer needs, and attract and develop the best talent in our industry. We offer an inclusive work environment where employees can develop to their full potential, and give back to the communities where we live and work. (Pru.us/disclaimer)