Director, Quant Development

Position Description : Leads the strategy, development, and delivery of enterprise software and data solutions that support capital markets and prime brokerage functions. Directs teams in modernizing platforms, improving data quality, strengthening system performance, and implementing scalable architectures across complex business domains. Oversees engineering initiatives from concept through deployment, ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory expectations, and enterprise technology standards. Guides multidisciplinary teams through solution design, data integration, system analysis, and cross-platform modernization efforts. Conducts code reviews and debugs complex issues in Python and SQL. Provides leadership in evaluating emerging capabilities, shaping engineering practices, and driving continuous improvement across applications and data ecosystems. Evaluates and integrates new technologies including Python quantitative libraries, time-series database, and cloud computing platforms.

Manages the planning and execution of development activities and ensures engineering teams deliver high-quality solutions aligned to business and operational needs. Participates in architectural decision-making, including system design reviews, dependency analysis, and evaluation of solution alternatives. Coordinates the development and enhancement of data workflows, integration patterns, and information design supporting analytical, operational, and regulatory requirements. Guides performance and reliability initiatives by establishing expectations, assessing system behavior, and supporting improvements across applications and data environments. Supports efforts to improve data accuracy, reconcile multi-source data inputs, and establish processes that strengthen analytics, reporting, and downstream usage. Manages automation initiatives that streamline operations, reduce manual steps, and strengthen monitoring and delivery efficiency. Collaborates with partners across technology and business lines to define requirements, shape delivery plans, and align solutions with long-term strategic goals. Ensures documentation, specifications, and operational materials meet internal standards, governance requirements, and audit expectations. Provides coaching and support to engineering teams, promoting continuous learning, technical growth, and effective delivery practices. Contributes to initiatives that introduce new capabilities, modern delivery methods, and ongoing improvements across platforms and teams. Serves as a technical and strategic thought leader in quantitative development, influencing long- term technology direction. Recommends development tools, testing approaches, and model validation standards. Provides quantitative and technical solutions to complex problems and delivers technical assessments for strategic initiatives. Advises senior leadership on quantitative and technical strategy. Leads independent, complex quantitative, technical, and functional analysis across multiple initiatives. Develops original solutions to advance quantitative development capabilities. Education and Experience : Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and six (6) years of experience as a Director, Quant Development (or closely related occupation) designing and developing Operational Data Store (ODS) and warehousing applications within a prime brokerage environment using Oracle PL/SQL and Python. Or, alternatively, Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and four (4) years of experience as a Director, Quant Development (or closely related occupation) designing and developing Operational Data Store (ODS) and warehousing applications within a prime brokerage environment