AI-Driven Quantitative ML Engineer for Private Markets

Principal International; Iowa (LA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Principal Asset Management seeks a Quantitative Developer to scale ML/AI solutions for investment decisions, risk management, and portfolio performance. You will collaborate with investment professionals, researchers, data engineers, and software engineers to turn business needs and research models into production-ready solutions.

The role emphasizes deploying scalable ML workflows in an AWS-based environment, with hybrid work arrangements and strong emphasis on governance, testing, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM field with 8+ years of related experience or Master's with 2+ years.
• Proven experience deploying production-grade ML or forecasting systems.
• Strong Python and ML framework experience (TensorFlow / PyTorch / Scikit-learn).

Responsibilities

• Scale ML/AI solutions for investment decisions, risk management, and performance.
• Collaborate with investment, data, and software teams to productionize models.
• Operationalize ML workflows and ensure cloud deployment and governance.

Skills

Python

ML frameworks

ML operations

Data modeling

Software architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Master's degree in related field

Tools

Scikit-learn

TensorFlow

PyTorch

Spark ML

AWS Lambda

Step Functions

S3

DynamoDB

Job description

Principal Asset Management seeks a Quantitative Developer to scale ML/AI solutions for investment decisions, risk management, and portfolio performance. You will collaborate with investment professionals, researchers, data engineers, and software engineers to turn business needs and research models into production-ready solutions.

The role emphasizes deploying scalable ML workflows in an AWS-based environment, with hybrid work arrangements and strong emphasis on governance, testing, and