Tech Lead - Portfolio Management Technology

Job Description

The RoleAHL Portfolio Management is responsible for all of AHLs fund optimisation and allocation research along with monitoring our fund performance and reviewing our quant process. As manager of the PM Tech team, you will be responsible for AHLs simulation, analytics,and reporting infrastructure; for monitoring our gearing, allocations and implementation shortfall; along with developing and supporting our production optimisers and the engineering needed to implement any outcomes of Portfolio Management research. You will work with Quants and Engineers across AHL and Technology to make this possible. Its a very collaborative role, requiring linking together much of our platform into a consistent high-level view. The role will report into the Co-Head of Front-OfficeEngineering. We are looking for an agile and hands-on technology manager with excellent engineering skills, good financial markets experience, and a good working knowledge of statistics. Our TechnologyOur systems are almost all running on Linux and most of our code is in Python, with the full scientific stack: numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn to name a few of the open-source libraries we use extensively. We implement the systems that require the highestdata throughput in Java and C++. We use Airflow for workflow management, Kafka for data pipelines, Bitbucket for source control, Jenkins for continuous integration, Grafana + Prometheus for metrics collection, ELK for log shipping and monitoring, Docker and Kubernetes for containerisation,OpenStack for our private cloud, Ansible and Terraform for architecture automation, and Slack for internal communication. We heavily utilise ArcticDB ( https://arcticdb.io/ ) our in-house developed DataFrame Database. Our technology list is never static: weconstantly evaluate new tools and libraries. Working HereMan Technology has a small company, no-attitude feel. It is flat structured, open, transparent and collaborative, and you will have plenty of opportunity to have enormous impact on the firm. We are actively engaged with the broader technology community.

• We host and sponsor Londons PyData and Machine Learning Meetups
• We open-source some of our technology. See https://man-group
• We regularly talk at leading industry conferences, and tweet about relevant technology and how were using it. See @manquanttech

Were fortunate enough to have a fantastic open-plan office overlooking the River Thames, and continually strive to make our environment a great place in which to work.

• We organise regular social events, from photography to climbing, karting, wine tasting and monthly team lunches
• We have annual away days and off-sites for the whole team
• We have a canteen with a daily allowance for breakfast and lunch, and an on-site bar for in the evening
• As well as PCs and Macs, in our office youll also find numerous pieces of cool tech such as light cubes and 3D printers, guitars, ping-pong and table-football, and a piano.

We offer competitive compensation, a generous holiday allowance, various health and other flexible benefits. We are also committed to continuous learning and development via coaching, mentoring, regular conference attendance and sponsoring academic and professionalqualifications. Technology and Business SkillsWe strive to hire only the brightest and best and most highly skilled and passionate technologists. Essential

• Substantial quant development engineering experience
• Excellent team management and communication skills
• A knowledge of a modern data-science stack
• Demonstrable programming experience, ideally in Python, Java, (C++ desirable)
• Experience of the challenges of dealing with large data sets, both structured and unstructured
• Used a range of open source frameworks and development tools e.g. NumPy/SciPy/Pandas, Spark, Kafka, Flink
• Working knowledge of one or more relevant database technologies e.g. Oracle, Postgres, MongoDB, ArcticDB.
• Proficient on Linux

Advantageous

• An excellent understanding of financial markets and instruments
• An understanding of quantitative portfolio allocation approaches
• Prior experience of working with financial market data
• Experience of web based development and visualisation technology for portraying large and complex data sets and relationships
• Relevant mathematical knowledge e.g. statistics, time-series analysis.

Personal Attributes

• Strong academic record and a degree (or equivalent industrial experience) with high mathematical and computing content e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics from a leading university
• Strong interpersonal skills; able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with your team, quantitative researchers, traders and senior business people alike
• Intellectually robust with a keenly analytic approach to problem solving
• Self-organised with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with competing business demands and priorities
• Focused on delivering value to the business with relentless efforts to improve process
• Confident communicator; able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views.

Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equality of opportunity. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business, and this isembedded in our culture and values. We run a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion across our firm and industry. https://diversity. Man Group is also a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter. Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two Mankind days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trustscommunity volunteering programme. We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local marketsand may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.