Quantitative Index Architect

Legal & General; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Generous pension

Life assurance

Healthcare plan

25 days holiday

Electric car scheme

Job summary

Legal & General is hiring a Systematic Index Strategist in London to join the Systematic Solutions team within Asset Management. You will maintain and enhance the research infrastructure, owning the PostgreSQL database, data ingestion, GitHub repositories, and reusable analytical frameworks.

You will work with investment researchers to produce research code, backtest strategies and productionise tools that improve efficiency, governance and decision making across equity and fixed income markets.

Qualifications

• Strong Python programming skills and experience working with large datasets and analytical frameworks.
• Experience with SQL and database management, ideally PostgreSQL.
• Good understanding of software development principles, version control and collaborative development practices.
• Experience developing data pipelines, automation workflows or research infrastructure within an investment, research or technology environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining and enhancing the team's PostgreSQL database and research infrastructure to support investment and research activities.
• Developing and supporting data ingestion, validation and monitoring processes across a range of internal and external data sources.
• Managing GitHub repositories and promoting development best practice, including version control, documentation and code governance.
• Refactoring and productionising research code into scalable and reusable analytical frameworks.
• Building and maintaining Python libraries, utilities and automated workflows that support investment research and portfolio analysis.
• Collaborating with Technology & Analytics teams to enhance data processes, tooling and development standards.
• Supporting the research, testing and implementation of systematic investment strategies across equity and fixed income markets.
• Performing quantitative analysis and backtesting using market, factor, fundamental and ESG datasets to support investment decision making

Skills

Python programming

SQL

Software development practices

Data pipelines

Quantitative research

Investment concepts

Education

Quantitative degree

Tools

PostgreSQL

GitHub

Job description

Legal & General is hiring a Systematic Index Strategist in London to join the Systematic Solutions team within Asset Management. You will maintain and enhance the research infrastructure, owning the PostgreSQL database, data ingestion, GitHub repositories, and reusable analytical frameworks.

You will work with investment researchers to produce research code, backtest strategies and productionise tools that improve efficiency, governance and decision making across equity and fixed income markets.