Quantitative Developer

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This role is for a Quantitative Developer with 7+ years of model implementation experience in financial services, strong Python skills, and a graduate degree in Economics or related field. Contract length is unspecified; remote work is available (CST/EST preferred).
🌎 - Country
United States
💱 - Currency
$ USD
💰 - Day rate
Unknown
Unknown
🗓️ - Date discovered
April 18, 2025
🕒 - Project duration
Unknown
🏝️ - Location type
Remote
📄 - Contract type
W2 Contractor
🔒 - Security clearance
Unknown
📍 - Location detailed
Irving, TX
🧠 - Skills detailed
#Scala #Statistics #Pandas #NumPy #Version Control #Libraries #Code Reviews #Regression #Programming #Python #Leadership
Role description

💼 SVP – Quantitative Model Implementation Expert (W2 only)

📍 Remote (CST/EST preferred), Irving, TX

🏦 Client: Leading Banking/Financial Services Firm

🕒 Contract | W2 | Must have financial services domain experience

Are you passionate about model implementation and want to make a direct impact in a collaborative, high-caliber quantitative modeling team? We're hiring a Quantitative Model Implementation Expert to join a group of model developers working on scalable, efficient, and standardized implementation of new economic models.

SVP – Quantitative model

Team of 26 model developers

New model implementation

Looking for someone with Model implementation

Experience with Quantitative model

Strong python programming skills

Implementing models

What think should be hard coded, basically someone who can review the codes of the team

CST or EST time zone Irving Texas

Not require phd in macroeconomics, graduate degree is required.

Ideal candidate is a Economist, model implementation is highly preferred.

Interview process for both roles will be 1 interview panel for an hour.

Mostly regression models, management of fairly simply models.

Using pandas and NumPy in simple ways or standardized models

🧠 What You’ll Do:

Design and enforce best practices in model implementation

Build standardized libraries and modular functions/classes to simplify modeling

Implement and maintain a series of interconnected regression and time-series models

Conduct code reviews and provide guidance to junior developers to ensure clean, maintainable, and scalable code

Optimize Python-based model performance using Pandas, NumPy, and related tools

Help determine what aspects of models should be hard-coded for performance and maintainability

✅ What We’re Looking For:

7+ years of model implementation experience (post-Master’s) in a financial institution

Strong foundation in econometrics, particularly OLS and time-series models

Expert-level Python programming and experience building production-grade code

Previous experience managing interconnected models and implementing models with modular code

Knowledge of economic concepts — ideal candidate has an economics background

Hands-on experience with code review, version control, and collaborative team environments

Strong communicator and detail-oriented problem solver

Familiarity with model governance is a plus

🎓 Education:

Graduate degree required (Master’s in Economics, Quantitative Finance, Statistics, or related field)

PhD not required, but a plus

📝 Interview Process:

1 interview panel (1 hour total)

💡 This is an excellent opportunity for someone who loves bridging quantitative modeling and clean implementation — especially those looking to grow into a technical leadership role within a dynamic financial environment.

📩 Please share me your updated resume to discuss this further.