Quantitative Financial Engineer: Risk & Analytics

AKTRA INC; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

AKTRA INC is seeking a Financial Engineer in McLean, VA to support financial modeling and analytics initiatives in an enterprise environment. The role requires strong quantitative skills and a disciplined software engineering mindset.

Responsibilities include developing and maintaining financial models, building scalable analytics, and collaborating across risk, finance, and technology teams to implement and validate models.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in R or SAS
• Professional experience with Python
• Master’s degree in Financial Engineering, Quantitative Finance, Applied Mathematics, or related quantitative field
• Solid understanding of financial modeling, risk analytics, or capital markets
• CFA designation or active pursuit of CFA is a strong plus

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain financial models using R or SAS
• Build scalable, production-quality analytical solutions
• Analyze large financial datasets to support modeling, forecasting, and risk analysis
• Collaborate with risk, finance, and technology teams to implement and validate models
• Ensure clean code standards, documentation, and reproducibility

Skills

R

SAS

Python

Education

Master’s degree in Financial Engineering

Job description

AKTRA INC is seeking a Financial Engineer in McLean, VA to support financial modeling and analytics initiatives in an enterprise environment. The role requires strong quantitative skills and a disciplined software engineering mindset.

Responsibilities include developing and maintaining financial models, building scalable analytics, and collaborating across risk, finance, and technology teams to implement and validate models.