Director, Quantitative Research Platform & Architecture
UBS
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Job summary
UBS in New York is seeking a Director, Research Platform Lead to guide the Quantitative Research Platform's ongoing development and evolution. The role demands deep software architecture expertise, leadership in engineering practices, and long-term ownership of platform capabilities and research products.
You will work with the embedded Quantitative Research Platform team to advance architecture, principles, and production-quality software systems, ensuring scalable, maintainable, and robust
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or advanced degree in Computer Science.
- Ideally 5+ years of recent hands-on Python development experience.
- Ownership of production-quality Python codebases.
- Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
- Experience designing scalable, maintainable software systems.
- Ability to translate research requirements into robust software.
Responsibilities
- Lead ongoing development and evolution of the Quantitative Research Platform.
- Define architectural standards, software engineering practices, and development principles.
- Partner with researchers and platform teams to deliver scalable capabilities.
- Improve reliability, maintainability, transparency, reproducibility, and governance.
- Take ownership of research products and models to ensure production readiness.
Skills
Education
Job description
UBS in New York is seeking a Director, Research Platform Lead to guide the Quantitative Research Platform's ongoing development and evolution. The role demands deep software architecture expertise, leadership in engineering practices, and long-term ownership of platform capabilities and research products.
You will work with the embedded Quantitative Research Platform team to advance architecture, principles, and production-quality software systems, ensuring scalable, maintainable, and robust
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