Schonfeld
Quant Strategist - Credit
São Paulo, Brazil. Posted 4 months ago
The role
You will design and implement key parts of a cross-asset analytics framework. You will implement credit pricing and risk models for corporate bonds, loans, and securitized products.
What you will do
- Implement credit pricing and risk models within a shared cross-asset framework
- Integrate vendor libraries like Intex and Monis into the platform
- Ensure credit analytics adhere to common patterns for calibration, market data, curve dependencies and lifecycle management
- Collaborate with Credit Quants to translate model specifications into code
Required qualifications
- MSc or PhD in a STEM discipline
- At minimum, 5+ years in a compiled language (C++, C#, Rust…) and Python development experience
- Expertise in credit products (Securitized, Convertible Bonds, Loans...)
- Hands-on experience with Intex, Monis or equivalent credit analytics platforms
- Demonstrated ability to design shared library components; clean APIs, extensibility, separation of concerns
- Track record of delivering strategic technical initiatives from start to finish
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Great problem solver
Benefits
- Greenfield build-out
- Cross-asset scope
- Direct impact
- Modern stack and tooling
- Small, elite team with high autonomy and rapid decision cycles
- Learning and educational offerings
About the company
Schonfeld is a global multi-manager hedge fund that invests across Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income strategies. The firm leverages internal and external portfolio manager teams to capitalize on market inefficiencies.