Job Description

9663//Cape Town//
R HIGHLY NEGOTIABLE PLUS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE BONUS
Our client began as a small start-up based in South Africa offering domestic investment strategies. They offer distinctive investment strategies spanning equities, fixed income, multi-asset, alternatives and sustainability to help institutional investors, those advising others and individuals navigate an ever-changing world. All the employees have the opportunity to own part of the firm. They also have their founding leadership in place. The distinctive owner culture allows them to commit to building a long-term, inter-generational business. It supports a business fully aligned with their clients' long-term investment objectives. They offer their people opportunity, trust and the freedom to operate. At the company they are committed to providing equal employment opportunities. They have a strong belief in giving individuals the freedom to be themselves and ensuring all diverse perspectives are heard. Their culture provides all of the people, no matter what their background, with the opportunity to build a rewarding career.
This role will report to the global head of investment analytics.
The team is responsible for developing scalable and robust investment analytics and portfolio metrics that assist with the active investment management process. The team embeds quantitative models directly into the decision-making process, as well as using a market-leading range of additional models and data to augment its traditional, analyst led research process. In this global role, you will engage directly with portfolio decision-makers on a regular basis and use your software development skills to make product enhancements which will have a significant impact on the investment decisions made by the team.
JOB DESCRIPTION WILL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:

• You will be required to play an active role in the development and enhancement of the analytics platform used in the investment research, portfolio construction and portfolio monitoring processes;
• You will be required to implement interactive decision support tools and services that increase users' productivity;
• You will be required to work on all aspects of the stack from data ingestion to front-end web development, using technologies such as Python and JavaScript;
• You will be required to work in a collaborative style. Play an active role in code reviews and contribute to cross-team learning;
• You will be required to engage directly with stakeholders to understand their needs and communicate how software product development and technology could be used to address them. Define clear implementation steps to deliver desired outcomes.

CORE COMPETENCIES REQUIRED, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

• You have the ability to build and maintain meaningful relationships;
• You have the ability to recognise and embrace change;
• You have a client focused and collaborative approach;
• You have high conviction and comfortable sharing opinions;
• You have the ability to analyse, interpret and assimilate information.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• You have a minimum of a B.Sc Honours degree in a relevant field such as computer science, engineering or similar - this would be beneficial;
• You have a minimum of 5 years current, relevant working as a quants developer in an investment company - - including best practice software development practices (code review; unit testing; automated deployment);
• You have a broad range of skills using open-source technologies such as Python, R, React.js, Linux, Docker, Git;
• You have knowledge of the asset management investment processes is not a strict requirement but is a material advantage, including experience in portfolio construction and management; risk and performance; portfolio back testing and signal extraction techniques.

SUPER smart team. Superbly focussed and highly innovative. Great leader who is up to date on investment process risk and technology. Huge projects in the pipeline for this year and next.