Quantitative Engineer (Fintech)

Location: New York, NY, United States

Salary: $190,000–$270,000 per year, plus competitive equity.

Company

hirify.global is an AI-powered fintech platform that helps financial advisors build, manage, automate, and explain personalized investment portfolios.

What you will do

• Maintain and expand a tax-aware portfolio optimizer using advanced optimization techniques.
• Develop expertise in the market microstructure of ETFs, mutual funds, ADRs, money market funds, and alternative investments.
• Build workflow infrastructure with the core engineering team.
• Oversee daily portfolio optimization pipelines serving thousands of client accounts.
• Develop rigorous testing frameworks and quality pipelines for investment products.
• Build and test complex investment ideas and apply quantitative techniques, including machine learning, to large datasets.

Requirements

• Bachelor's, master's, or Ph.D. degree in a STEM field.
• At least 3 years of professional Python programming experience.
• Experience building production-level workflow infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of statistics and analytical problem-solving skills.
• Interest in highly optimized numerical computation, quantitative finance, and collaborative cross-functional work.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Professional experience in financial markets.
• Experience solving complex problems with numerical optimization techniques.
• Familiarity with commercial risk and optimization solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• High-impact work in a fast-growing fintech startup.
• Ownership, trust, and support from investment and engineering experts.
• Competitive salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits.
• Unlimited paid time off, medical insurance, and a 401(k) with matching.
• Paid lunches at the New York office.
• Career growth and professional development opportunities.