Quantitative AI/ML Engineer for Investment Analytics

Principal Financial Group

Des Moines, Chicago (IA, IL)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 165,000

Full time

40 hours ago

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Job summary

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

The role offers hybrid work with at least three days in the Des Moines, IA or Chicago, IL offices.

Qualifications

8+ years of related experience or 2+ years with a Master’s degree
Production-grade machine learning or forecasting systems deployment experience
Strong Python and ML frameworks experience (Scikit-learn/TensorFlow/PyTorch)
Experience with ML operations: orchestration, artifacts, CI/CD, cloud operations
Knowledge of data structures, software architecture, data modeling, and scalable design
Ability to own projects from concept through implementation
Excellent cross-functional communication and collaboration

Responsibilities

Operationalize machine learning solutions to support investment decisions
Build scalable, cloud-native ML workflows using AWS services
Develop data validation, feature engineering, model evaluation, and forecast controls
Support forecasting, risk management, portfolio optimization, and performance measurement
Integrate generative AI and large language models into secure workflows
Accelerate experimentation, deployment, and adoption of AI solutions
Contribute to internal research and technical publications