IT Principal Front-Office Engineer

Summary:

• Location: Boston, MA
• Work Mode: Hybrid

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the technical lead embedded within the Risk team.
• Drive design and implementation of small-scale applications and proof of concepts to improve risk analysis, develop AI-enabled workflows, and enhance reporting systems and processes.
• Work closely with risk analysts and investment teams to build robust systems and tools that power risk infrastructure, analytics, and decision-ready reporting.
• Design systems, rapidly iterate over them, and deliver them across the finish line.

Requirements:

• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to think critically and independently.
• Effective communication skills to articulate complex ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Full-stack development knowledge with a minimum of 5 years of professional experience programming in Python.
• Experience with key Python Libraries (pandas, NumPy).
• Experience in front-end development and user experience (UX) design.
• Experience using Version Control (Git).
• Experience using Agentic Programming tools (Github Copilot, Claude).
• Proven ability to design, build, and scale application systems in data-rich environments.
• Strong SQL skills.
• Solid understanding of financial markets and multi-asset investment risk domain.
• Practical experience in developing and maintaining models, tools, and reports.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with Pythonic front-end and data visualization libraries (e.g., Plotly, Dash).
• Familiarity with financial data platforms (such as Bloomberg, FactSet, Aladdin, eFront, Moodys).
• Experience with statistical and time-series data analysis using pythonic libraries (such as Scikit-Learn, SciPy, cvxpy).