Junior Quantitative Engineer: Data & Automation

HarbourVest Partners; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

HarbourVest Partners seeks a Junior Quantitative Investment Engineer to join the Quantitative Investment Science (QIS) team. You will translate business requirements into development specs, build prototypes using SQL and Python, and expand datasets for the cloud-based data analytics platform that supports data-driven investment decisions in private markets.

You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, QA, and investment professionals to deliver end-to-end solutions, while maintaining an

Qualifications

• Proficient in SQL and data analysis to support system design and testing.
• Strong Python programming skills for rapid prototyping.
• Experience with BI tools Tableau or Power BI.
• Experience onboarding large datasets with structured and unstructured data.
• Familiar with agile software development methodologies.
• Ability to elicit and document business requirements.

Responsibilities

• Capture requirements and translate into technical solutions.
• Develop prototypes and run data quality checks.
• Collaborate with investment teams, vendors, and IT.
• Create project artifacts and release notes.
• Onboard new data sets and ensure data integrity.
• Support end-to-end analytics within cloud platform.

Skills

Data analysis

Data modeling

Agile

Communication

Problem solving

DevOps understanding

Education

B.A. or equivalent

B.S. or equivalent

Tools

SQL

Python

Tableau

Power BI

CI/CD tools

Data pipelines

Job description

HarbourVest Partners seeks a Junior Quantitative Investment Engineer to join the Quantitative Investment Science (QIS) team. You will translate business requirements into development specs, build prototypes using SQL and Python, and expand datasets for the cloud-based data analytics platform that supports data-driven investment decisions in private markets.

You will collaborate with engineers, researchers, QA, and investment professionals to deliver end-to-end solutions, while maintaining an