Vanguard
Quantitative Model Developer, Specialist
Malvern, PA · Mid
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 4 days ago
PythonDistributed SystemsCode ReviewVector DatabasesCI/CDMachine LearningDeep LearningLLMsRAGAgentic AIMLOpsAI OrchestrationStatisticsTest AutomationResearchCollaborationProblem Solving
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About the role
- Translates quantitative research into scalable, production-grade investment capabilities while maintaining the highest standards of reliability, reproducibility, and operational rigor.
- Contributes throughout the model lifecycle including feature engineering, training, validation, deployment, observability, and ongoing performance evaluation.
- Special Factors Sponsorship Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
Requirements
- Required Skills & Experience:
- Production Model Deployment: Experience translating quantitative models, research, or analytical solutions into production environments.
- Investment Management / Financial Markets: Experience working in asset management, quantitative investing, systematic investing, factor investing, portfolio construction, trading systems, or financial markets.
- Quantitative Investment Research: Experience translating quantitative investment research into production systematic investment capabilities.
- LLM Technologies: Experience with vector databases, embeddings, context engineering, prompt engineering, LLM orchestration, agentic AI frameworks, or LLM evaluation.
- 2+ years of experience in quantitative software development, financial engineering, machine learning/AI engineering, quantitative research technology, or a related quantitative technology field.
- Python: Demonstrated experience developing production-quality software using Python and modern software engineering practices.
- Machine Learning / Statistical Modeling: Experience developing, testing, and deploying machine learning, statistical learning, or optimization models.
- Cloud Technologies: Experience developing or deploying applications in cloud-based environments.
- Software Engineering: Working knowledge of system design, automated testing, version control, CI/CD, monitoring/observability, and production support.
- Education: Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, Quantitative Finance, Economics, or a related quantitative discipline.
- Generative AI: Experience designing or building applications using generative AI or large language models (LLMs).
Skills
- Experience developing or deploying applications in cloud-based environments.
- Quantitative Analysis: Strong quantitative, statistical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Preferred Skills & Experience
- MLOps: Experience with machine learning operations, including model deployment, monitoring, validation, and governance.
- Advanced AI/ML: Experience with deep learning, knowledge graphs, agentic AI systems, or other emerging AI technologies.
- Cloud / Distributed Systems: Experience with cloud-native architectures or distributed computing.
- Advanced Degree: Master's degree or PhD in a quantitative or technical discipline preferred.
- Special Factors
- Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
- About Vanguard
- To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients.
Company info
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Visa & Work Authorization
- Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
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