Quantitative Developer (Fintech)

Location: On-site in San Francisco or New York City, United States

Salary: $200,000–$300,000 per year plus equity

Company

hirify.global builds financial products that help people manage their money and build wealth through direct indexing and investment technology.

What you will do

• Design, validate, and refine methodologies for long-only and long-short direct indexing engines.
• Develop portfolio construction, rebalancing, performance attribution, and tax-loss harvesting approaches.
• Research trade-offs between tracking error, tax efficiency, risk, and transaction costs across market regimes.
• Analyze market data, execution data, tax lots, corporate actions, and commercial risk models.
• Build backtesting frameworks and conduct factor and attribution analyses before models reach production.
• Collaborate with quantitative developers, backend engineers, product, design, and operations teams to integrate research into systematic trading systems.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in engineering, computer science, applied mathematics, physics, or another quantitative field.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, intellectual curiosity, attention to detail, and ability to explain complex ideas.
• Knowledge of investment management, portfolio theory, factor models, and tax-aware investing.
• Strong programming background in an object-oriented language.
• Ability to work independently, take ownership, and collaborate effectively in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to work on-site in San Francisco or New York City.

Nice to have

• Cash equities experience.
• Experience with convex optimization tooling and commercial risk models such as Barra.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity grants.
• Fully paid health, vision, and dental insurance.
• 401(k) plan and flexible unlimited paid time off.
• Monthly fitness and mental health allowance.
• Daily in-office lunch and dinner.
• Visa sponsorship and immigration support.

Hiring process

• Apply by contacting the hirify.global careers team.