Vice President, Quantitative Engineer
Ares Management Corporation22 hours ago
London, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery of quantitative model code, decision-support tools, research tooling, and business-process automation.
- Develop the software development toolkit, including source control, CI/CD infrastructure, testing, packaging, and deployment capabilities.
- Evaluate research data sources and build parsers, processors, signals, optimizers, and other model-supporting software.
- Support production models and maintain assigned repository areas as a code owner through reviews and contributions.
- Collaborate with Quantitative Research, Risk, Compliance, Portfolio Management, and engineering teams across the firm.
- Provide expert engineering guidance for technical projects, due diligence, client meetings, and vendor selection.
- Review and test code and systems according to software development standards.
- Mentor and coach engineers earlier in their careers.
Requirements
- 10+ years of relevant experience in quantitative engineering, software engineering, or related work.
- Expert commercial Python experience on large or fast-growing codebases, including NumPy and pandas or Polars; familiarity with QuantLib or similar fixed-income pricing libraries.
- Track record of building and operating production APIs and services.
- Hands-on knowledge of agent frameworks and LLM techniques such as MCP and RAG.
- Experience with lakehouse technologies, ETL pipelines, and PostgreSQL.
- Deep knowledge of fixed-income products including credit, interest rates, bonds, CDS, and related derivatives.
- Understanding of trade lifecycle, fixed-income data, third-party system integration, operational processes, mathematical models, and data platforms or providers.
- Experience leading technical projects, managing stakeholders, performing related business analysis, and communicating solutions effectively.
- Experience at a fast-paced startup, open-source contribution experience, or demonstrated ability to scale a codebase with 10–20+ full-time contributors.
- Experience mentoring or coaching engineers earlier in their careers.
- Additional asset-class experience, such as equities, is desired.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendData Engineering
About Ares Management Corporation
Ares Management Corporation is a global alternative investment manager that raises and manages funds across credit, private equity, real estate, and infrastructure for institutional and individual investors. It earns management and performance fees by investing and providing direct lending and other financing solutions to businesses and assets worldwide. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Los Angeles, Ares is a publicly traded company on the NYSE (ticker: ARES) with operations across multiple continents.