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Senior Quantitative Engineer

Northern Trust’s senior engineer develops a quantitative investment platform. The work turns research models into tested systems for signals and portfolio decisions.

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.

Implement investment models.
Modernise numerical libraries.
Guide model-code review and production delivery.

What they ask for

Required

Python and PySpark
Quantitative finance
Statistics
Software engineering
Data analysis

Preferred

Front-office development
Cloud deployment

Education: Bachelor’s qualification in computing, engineering or IT required.
Experience: At least twelve years in software engineering and quantitative analysis.
Languages and tools: Python
PySpark
R
Java
Databricks
Markets: equities, fixed-income

How to prepare

Implement and test a research signal.
Compare numerical outputs across platforms.
Scale a portfolio calculation.

What to study

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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.