Quant Developer

Australian Ethical Investment Ltd; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangements

Wellbeing program with extra leave

Birthday Leave

Volunteer days

Employee Share Plan

Job summary

Australian Ethical Investment Ltd is seeking a technically strong Quant Developer to build data, research and investment systems powering systematic equity strategies. The role focuses on data platforms, research infrastructure, and collaboration with investment professionals to develop alpha signals and models.

The candidate should have 3+ years in quantitative development, strong SQL and Python, and relevant tertiary qualifications.

Qualifications

• Strong SQL and Python skills for data, research and investment systems.
• 3+ years of experience in quantitative development or investment systems.
• Experience building database of securities for research and production.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage data platforms for domestic and international systematic equity strategies.
• Develop and maintain datasets used across research and portfolio management.
• Design scalable research infrastructure for testing and implementing ideas.
• Partner with investment professionals to develop alpha signals, factor models and research capabilities.
• Own data integrity across global equity markets and corporate actions.
• Develop automated, production-ready data and investment systems.
• Improve efficiency and reliability of research workflows.
• Contribute to proprietary investment, risk and analytics capabilities.

Skills

SQL

Python

Quantitative development

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications

CFA designation

Tools

Snowflake

Job description

Are you a technically strong Quant Developer ready to build the data, research and investment systems that power systematic equity strategies within a purpose-led, growing ASX-listed investment manager?

About Us

Australian Ethical is one of Australia’s fastest-growing super fund and ethical investment managers. We are ASX-listed with over $14 billion in funds under management and offer a selection of award-winning managed funds and superannuation products.

Our purpose is to invest for a better world, and we have been pioneers in this space for almost 40 years. For us, investing has two aims – generating solid financial returns and a positive impact for people, planet, and animals. At Australian Ethical, we prove that money can be a force for good. We do this by staying true to our purpose, which is embedded throughout our organisation and drives our everyday activities as a business, investor, brand, employer, and corporate citizen. We’re a registered B Corp and fully committed to an inclusive, equitable and forward-thinking workplace culture.

Your New Role

The Quant Developer will play a pivotal role in building and maintaining the data and research infrastructure that power our systematic equities strategies. With particular emphasis on enabling systematic equity research, portfolio construction, and implementation the role will contribute to the broader strategic objectives of Australian Ethical to achieve growth in funds under management.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Build and manage the investment data platforms that underpin domestic and international systematic equity strategies
• Develop and maintain high-quality market, fundamental, benchmark and corporate action datasets used across research and portfolio management
• Design and enhance scalable research infrastructure that enables portfolio managers and researchers to test, evaluate and implement investment ideas
• Partner closely with investment professionals to develop new alpha signals, factor models and quantitative research capabilities
• Own data integrity across global equity markets, ensuring accuracy through complex corporate actions, security lifecycle events and benchmark changes
• Develop automated solutions and production-quality systems supporting portfolio construction, optimisation and trade implementation
• Improve the efficiency, reliability and scalability of investment research and operational workflows
• Contribute directly to the development of proprietary investment, risk and analytics capabilities within a collaborative quantitative investment environment

What we’re looking for

You have a passion for equity markets and quantitative investing, along with strong SQL and Python skills. You combine analytical rigour with a deep understanding of market data, corporate actions, and security master management, enabling you to deliver high-quality data solutions that support investment research and portfolio management.

If you have all or most of the following, we’d love to hear from you:

• 3+ years of experience in quantitative development. investment systems development, financial data engineering or similar
• Demonstrated track record of supporting quant research projects, enhancing and developing new strategies
• Experience building a database of securities for the purposes of research and production
• Ability to work effectively with portfolio managers and researchers in a high performing investment team
• Exposure to systematic equity strategies, quantitative modelling, or portfolio optimisation techniques
• Proficiency in SQL and Python essential, Snowflake highly regarded
• Ideally, experience working in a production investment environment, including supporting live portfolios and trading workflows
• Relevant Tertiary Qualifications
• CFA designation highly regarded

What’s in it for you

• A competitive salary, including short-term and long-term incentives, including access to an Employee Share Plan
• Hybrid work arrangements
• Wellbeing program that includes additional leave above statutory requirements
• Birthday Leave
• Purpose-aligned volunteer days
• 20 days paid annual leave with an additional 3 paid days of annual leave between Christmas and New Year.
• The opportunity to play a highly visible leadership role in shaping how a purpose-led organisation delivers strategic, enterprise-wide transformation.

Want to know more about what it’s like to work at Australian Ethical? Check out our LinkedIn Life Page here: Australian Ethical LinkedIn Life Page or our Careers and Culture page here: Australian Ethical Work With Us.

At Australian Ethical we embrace diversity in our people and thinking. We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital or disability status.