Strategist

Schonfeld; São Paulo; On-site; BRL 550,000 - 850,000; Full time

Job summary

Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund seeking a Quantitative Strategist to support across Emerging Markets Equity Derivatives, Macro and Delta One strategies, including Fixed Income, Index Rebalance and Special situations strategies.

As a Strategist, you will build pricing tools, rationalize risk and analytics, and develop a centralized model library for valuation, collaborating with PMs, quants and researchers on pricing, design and back-testing tasks.

Qualifications

• Strong Python skills.
• Experience developing equity or rates derivative models in enterprise settings.
• Experience in risk platform applications and understanding.
• Experience working with PM, quant and research functions.
• Delta-1 equity business experience preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; strong ownership and delivery record.

Responsibilities

• Support portfolio managers and traders in pricing tools and risk analytics.
• Develop centralized model library for valuation.
• Support pricing, analytics problems and back-testing.
• Assist with strategy design and back-testing analytics.
• Contribute to risk engine and platform development.
• Help with agentic coding workflows and end-user enablement.

Skills

Python

Equity derivatives

Rates derivatives

Risk platform

PM/Quant/Research collaboration

Delta-1 experience

Agentic coding

Communication

Ownership & delivery

Job description

The Role

We are seeking highly qualified and a talented Quantitative Strategist to support across Emerging Markets Equity Derivatives, Macro and Delta One strategies, which includes Fixed Income, Index Rebalance & Special situations strategies amongst others.

Strategist; Cross Asset Derivatives

The Role

We are seeking highly qualified and a talented Quantitative Strategist to support across Emerging Markets Equity Derivatives, Macro and Delta One strategies, which includes Fixed Income, Index Rebalance & Special situations strategies amongst others.

What You'll Do

As a Strategist, you will support portfolio managers and traders in building out pricing tools, rationalizing risk and analytics and developing a centralized model library for valuation. You will be helping with:

• Equity product modelling and risk representation
• Rates curve calibration and integration, including NDF
• D1: Dividend, funding and rates parameter modelling and calibration
• Development of agentic coding workflows and end-user enablement
• Portfolio Manager led pricing and analytics problems
• Strategy design and back-testing analytics
• Risk engine and platform development

What You'll Bring

What you need:

• Strong Python skills
• Experience developing equity or rates derivative models in enterprise settings
• Experience in risk platform application and understanding
• Experience working with PM, quant and research functions
• Experience with Delta-1 equity business preferred
• Experience with agentic coding practices
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong ownership experience and a track record of delivering results

Who We Are

Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that strives to deliver industry-leading risk-adjusted returns for our investors. We leverage both internal and external portfolio manager teams around the world, seeking to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income.

Our Culture

At Schonfeld, we'll invest in you. Attracting and retaining top talent is at the heart of what we do, because we believe that exceptional outcomes begin with exceptional people. We foster a culture where talent is empowered to continually learn, innovate and pursue ambitious goals. We are teamwork-oriented, collaborative and encourage ideas-at all levels to be shared. As an organization committed to investing in our people, we provide learning and educational offerings and opportunities to make an impact. We encourage community through internal networks, external partnerships and service initiatives that promote inclusion and purpose beyond the firm’s walls.