Quant jobs / Northern Trust

Quantitative Engineer - Associate

Northern Trust’s tax-advantaged equity team seeks an engineer for investment platforms. The role implements analytics, portfolio tools and cloud data services.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Build portfolio-analytics applications.
Implement investment-data pipelines.
Support tax-aware optimisation tools.

What they ask for

Required

C#/.NET
Python
SQL
Azure
Software engineering

Preferred

CFA progress
Investment experience

Education: Relevant bachelor’s degree required.
Experience: One to four years in software or investment technology.
Languages and tools: C#
.NET
React
Python
SQL
Azure
Markets: equities

How to prepare

Build a portfolio analytics API.
Test tax-loss harvesting constraints.
Reconcile holdings data.

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Northern Trust and doesn’t handle applications.