Overview

Acadian is an equal-opportunity employer dedicated to promoting an environment of respect, acceptance, tolerance and cooperation. We value diversity and support differences in age, gender, race, national and ethnic origin, physical abilities, religious beliefs and sexual orientation. Acadian Asset Management is a global, systematic investment manager with offices in Boston, Singapore, London, and Sydney, managing over $151 billion for leading institutions worldwide.

Acadian supports a hybrid work environment; employees are on-site in the Boston office three days a week.

Position

Position Overview: Building on a multi-decade history in quantitative equity, Acadian has expanded into multi-asset class, alternative equity, and systematic credit. The investment data engineering function will build a platform to expand data capabilities at scale across asset classes. We are seeking a senior contributor to design, build, and support a data platform that will drive the investment process.

What You’ll Do

• Design & build a highly scalable, cloud-native data platform on AWS, leveraging diverse storage formats, high-performance compute, and containerized workloads.
• Develop & optimize pipelines to rapidly integrate new datasets and derived metrics with speed, reliability, and scalability.
• Architect & deploy scalable services by building REST APIs, containerizing workloads, and orchestrating deployments in Kubernetes for high availability and elasticity.
• Collaborate with portfolio managers and researchers to translate investment needs into technical specifications and data solutions that support the investment process.
• Design & build the business logic layer that transforms raw data into investment-ready insights, enabling researchers and portfolio managers to focus on alpha generation.
• Integrate with investment systems by participating in design reviews, promoting adoption, and ensuring smooth interoperability.
• Build domain expertise in investment data within the quantitative investing space and address challenges of working with financial data.
• Maintain mission-critical operations by managing daily production workflows and ensuring platform health with metrics, logging, and distributed tracing.
• Deliver well-tested, extensible, and high-quality solutions.

What We’re Looking For

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, science, or engineering with a strong academic record; CFA charter a plus.
• Personal qualities: Analytical, creative, and collaborative, with drive and humility to tackle complex problems and deliver results.
• Experience: Background in the quantitative investing space, with knowledge of financial data and its challenges, including timeliness, quality, and integration across varied sources.
• Technical expertise: Cloud & infrastructure in AWS (S3, EC2, ECS), Terraform, Kubernetes; REST API design at scale; observability (metrics, logging, distributed tracing); workflow orchestration (Dagster, Airflow); data modeling, profiling, performance tuning, and SDLC best practices.

How to Apply

To apply for this position or view Acadian’s open roles, please visit the Careers section of our website.

We will contact only selected candidates. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply, please email recruiting@acadian-asset.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Acadian Asset Management LLC is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, creed, color, sex, age, national origin, marital status, pregnancy or parenthood, veteran status, citizenship status, disability, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

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