BlackRock
Vice President, Quantitative Investment Lead - SMA Solutions
$140K–$200K
Princeton, NJ · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- At least 7 years in optimization, quantitative investing, and/or data engineering.
- Education
- Undergraduate degree required; an advanced degree (Master’s) in a technical field is a plus.
About the job
Leads quantitative research and infrastructure development for SMA strategies, with a focus on fixed income portfolio optimization and investment process improvements.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain backtesting and sample-testing infrastructure and optimization-based fixed income portfolio processes.
- Conduct quantitative analyses, build software solutions, and collaborate with portfolio managers and technology teams to enhance investment workflows.
- Communicate recommendations, document and support optimization solutions, and identify process improvements across order generation, trading, and workflow management.
What they ask for
- At least 7 years of experience in optimization, quantitative investing, and/or data engineering.
- Experience programming in Python, with a deep understanding of its core libraries and concepts.
- Knowledge and experience addressing data quality, scalability, and reliability.
- Undergraduate degree required.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree (Master’s) in a technical field such as Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics.
- Experience with relational/non-relational and cloud databases; financial markets or fixed income; or BlackRock Aladdin.
Pay
USD$140,000.00 - USD$200,000.00 base salary
Tools
Python, SQL, Aladdin APIs
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