We are looking for someone who can work with our senior lab members to build out project scopes and lead the R&D execution alongside data scientists, ML Engineers, analysts, PMs, traders, and more. You will be part of a high-profile Al R&D team enabling creative and impactful solutions across Quant Projects, Fixed Income, Risk Management, Investment Strategy, Finance, and more.
Ideal Skill set:
- Significant experience in modelling research regarding ML
- Research scoping and experimental design experience necessary
- Familiarity with Investment Management practices, specifically with regard to Fixed Income is preferred
- Familiarity with all other Investment Management practices, data, and tasks is preferred
- Experience developing and executing statistical techniques to carefully test hypotheses
- Experience building custom deep learning architectures to address specific problem statements
- Comfortable and autonomous working with ML Engineers to bring models into production
- Proficient with python and associated ML frameworks/libraries
- Familiarity with research code management and best practices
- Able to refine clean, maintainable, production-ready code, and interact with code created by other researchers
- Participation or completion of the CFA or related financial knowledge is valuable
- Knowledge of or experience with mathematical optimization techniques such as Markowitz, mixed-integer, etc. is preferred
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Academic Background:
- Undergraduate degree in related STEM field(s) with Modeling work required
- Graduate Degree or equivalent industrial experience in applied modeling workflows required.
- Strong coursework in mathematics, information theory, and other topics related to theoretical reasoning in ML is necessary
- Strong written and oral communication skills
Special Factors
Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
About Vanguard
At Vanguard, we don't just have a mission-we're on a mission.
To work for the long-term financial wellbeing of our clients. To lead through product and services that transform our clients' lives. To learn and develop our skills as individuals and as a team. From Malvern to Melbourne, our mission drives us forward and inspires us to be our best.
How We Work
Vanguard has implemented a hybrid working model for the majority of our crew members, designed to capture the benefits of enhanced flexibility while enabling in-person learning, collaboration, and connection. We believe our mission-driven and highly collaborative culture is a critical enabler to support long-term client outcomes and enrich the employee experience.