Quantitative Finance Specialist

Aizen Recruitment, international executive search and middle management recruitment company, based in London, Paris, Dakar, Istanbul, Mumbai, Accra, are looking for one of its client, startup in the finance industry, a Quantitative Finance Specialist (PHD, newly graduated)

Location: Paris, France

Permanent contract

Research and validate algorithms and solutions around Asset Portfolio Optimization, linked to

User Preferences.

As a Quantitative Finance Specialist, you are responsible for:

– Researching and enhancing the existing algorithms to optimize our portfolios

– Establishing a theoretical approach that fits different user profiles

– Adapting the algorithms to our “tailor-made” approach: geography, sectors and

ethical causes

– Translating this approach into a pre-processed and real-time implementation

– Validating these portfolios using market data

Skills and Education:

• Financial Algorithms
• Data Visualization tools
• Finance Software
• Object Oriented Programming
• Performance optimization

TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT:

– Microservices architecture using 3 stacks:

• Front-end / services: Node.js/Express.js/MongoDB/Redis
• Back-end / services: Java/REST/Postgresql
• Data: Python

– Git/Jetbrain tools/Eclipse

– API, Finance and AI Algorithms

– Cloud/devops infrastructure

QUALIFICATIONS:

With a PhD, preferably in Financial Mathematics, Data Science or related, with a proven

track record of exploring and validating solutions involving data.

Autonomous and rigorous, with an excellent level in technical skills, good communication and

listening skills, as well as a knowledge of the best practices in the Finance field.