Systematic Credit Strategist — Client‑Facing & Research

Loomis, Sayles & Company; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Loomis Sayles & Company seeks a Systematic Credit Strategist for its Alpha Strategies Group, focusing on research, portfolio construction, and client-facing communication. The role blends quantitative research with strategy development to drive out-performance and asset gathering across a multi-asset framework.

The team manages approximately $9 billion in AUM and collaborates across credit and equities, leveraging fundamental research and quantitative insights to evolve the strategy and support

Qualifications

• Demonstrated quantitative and statistical rigor including data analysis, factor research, back-testing, and performance analysis strongly preferred.
• Experience troubleshooting real-world research or optimization challenges (e.g., infeasible solutions, data issues).
• Solid understanding of fixed income analytics, spread measures, and risk attribution.
• Background in corporate credit and high yield with well-developed intuition for issuers, capital structures, and credit risk.
• Strong verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex ideas clearly and concisely.
• Collaborative mindset, intellectual curiosity, and willingness to take ownership of work from idea generation through implementation.
• Proficiency in MATLAB required, SQL, Python, Bloomberg, Office 365
• Willingness to travel

Responsibilities

• Support the continued evolution of the strategy through collaborative effort
• Contribute constructively to process improvements that enhance the strategy’s resilience, transparency, and scalability.
• Work closely with team members to maintain existing portfolio construction and rebalancing processes including help resolving technical issues
• Monitor live portfolios, analyzing behavior and holdings relative to objectives, risk budgets, and market conditions.
• Partner with centralized teams such as credit research, quantitative research, trading, risk management, and technology to ensure the strategy benefits from shared expertise across the firm.

Skills

Quantitative analysis

Data analysis

Statistical rigor

Communication skills

Education

Advanced degree in Finance or related quantitative discipline

Tools

MATLAB

SQL

Python

Bloomberg

Office 365

Job description

Loomis Sayles & Company seeks a Systematic Credit Strategist for its Alpha Strategies Group, focusing on research, portfolio construction, and client-facing communication. The role blends quantitative research with strategy development to drive out-performance and asset gathering across a multi-asset framework.

The team manages approximately $9 billion in AUM and collaborates across credit and equities, leveraging fundamental research and quantitative insights to evolve the strategy and support