Portfolio Associate

The role

You will operate systematized investment logic to create client portfolios and trades. You will oversee processes that ingest market data and apply portfolio construction logic, risk controls, and client constraints. You will also partner with technologists and researchers to improve investment implementation systems.

What you will do

• Executing and overseeing the systematized logic used to generate client portfolios and trades every day
• Working with technologists and researchers to construct new investment implementation systems or overhaul old ones
• Driving initiatives to improve the quality, reliability, and efficiency of the systems you own
• Evolving the methods and best practices used by the broader investment community
• Overseeing processes that ingest market data and apply portfolio construction logic, risk controls, and client specific constraints
• Overseeing logic for choosing instruments and delivering trades to the trading department
• Communicating understanding and assessment to senior investment managers, traders, and developers
• Partnering with technologists and researchers to increase efficiency or implement new logic

Required qualifications

• 4-year degree from an accredited undergraduate institution with an anticipated graduation date in Spring/Summer 2027
• Relevant internship experience at an investment bank or asset management firm
• Analytical, highly logical, and structured
• Deeply interested in understanding financial markets
• Think in terms of systems and look for ways to solve problems through the evolution of those systems
• Hold a high degree of personal responsibility and ownership

Benefits

• Training program of structured classes and on-the-job apprenticeship
• Taking ownership of increasingly complex systems and processes
• Oversight and mentorship responsibilities
• Opportunities to grow your career across Bridgewater

Before you apply

• We do not provide immigration sponsorship for this position

About the company

Bridgewater Associates is a premier asset management firm focused on delivering unique insight and partnership for global institutional investors. Founded in 1975, it is a community of independent thinkers committed to excellence.