Principal Solutions Engineering - Risk Analytics

Simcorp

7+ Years | New York, NY, United States (Hybrid) | Full Time | 1 day ago

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Job Summary

SimCorp is seeking a Principal Solutions Engineer - Risk Analytics with deep expertise in multi-asset risk to join their Americas Solution Engineering Team. This role focuses on the quantitative aspects of investment processes, including risk, performance attribution, and portfolio optimization. The engineer will act as a key subject matter expert, presenting risk solutions, demonstrating software, explaining risk modeling to clients and prospects, and supporting sales teams with complex risk use cases. The role also involves gathering feedback for product enhancement.

Must Have

Provide subject-matter expertise on multi-asset class investment risk analytics.
Strong understanding of fixed income products and derivatives.
Ability to demo Axioma risk analytics tool and explain underlying modeling assumptions.
Gather requirements and handle objections with prospects.
Support sales across discovery, RFP, demo, and POC.
Degree in a quantitative field such as mathematics, statistics, finance, econometrics, financial engineering, or operations research.
7+ years of experience in quantitative finance.
Knowledge of risk analytics used at buyside firms.
Ability to present complex analytical or technical frameworks.
Strong problem-solving skills.

Good to Have

Professional designations (CFA, FRM).
Understanding of APIs (Java, Python, R, Webservices, Matlab).

Perks & Benefits

Attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension.
Flexible working hours.
Hybrid work model.
Opportunities for professional development.

Job Description

What makes Us, Us

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp!

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered. If you like what we’re saying, keep reading!

Why This Role Is Important To Us

We are looking for a Principal Solutions Engineer - Risk Analytics, with deep expertise in multi-asset risk who would be part of our Americas Solution Engineering Team. The Performance & Risk Solutions Engineering (“PreSales”) team is focused on the quantitative parts of the investment process across risk, performance attribution, and portfolio optimization.

You will act as a key subject matter expert in multi-asset class risk on behalf of the firm. Working with clients and prospects, you will present the risk solutions including both demoing the software and explaining the risk modeling. You will support the sales teams navigating complex risk use cases across asset managers, asset owners, and hedge funds. This role is also critical to bringing feedback to the product team to enhance the product.

What You Will Be Responsible For

Provide subject-matter expertise on multi-asset class investment risk analytics: ex-ante risk/tracking error, stress testing, and single security analytics.
Strong understand of fixed income products and derivatives.
Ability to both demo Axioma risk analytics tool and explain the underlying modelling assumptions that go into the analytics.
Gather requirements and handle objections with prospects.
Work with product to bring prospect feedback to help improve product.
Support sales across discovery, request for proposal (RFP), demo, and proof of concept(POC).

What we value:

Degree in a quantitative field such as mathematics, statistics, finance, econometrics, financial engineering, or operations research.
7+ years of experience in quantitative finance.
Knowledge of risk analytics used at buyside firms: hedge funds, asset owners, and asset managers.
Professional designations are valued (CFA, FRM).
Understanding of the use of APIs (Java, Python, R, Webservices, Matlab) is a plus.
Ability to present complex analytical or technical frameworks.
Strong problem-solving skills with persistence with perfection.
Willingness to travel as required.
Ability to work in the office 2-3 days a week per our hybrid policy.

Benefits

Attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, in SimCorp we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide a good work and life balance: flexible working hours and a hybrid model. And opportunities for professional development: there is never just only one route - we offer an individual approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take.

Next Steps

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

If you would like to know more about the job, please contact Magdalena Nowakowska, Senior Manager, Global Talent Acquisition, Magdalena.Nowakowska@simcorp.com. If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

SimCorp USA welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Who We Are

SimCorp is a leading provider of investment management solutions to the world’s largest asset managers, fund managers, asset servicers, pension and insurance funds, wealth managers, banks and sovereign wealth funds.

Here you will get to work with skilled and collaborative colleagues. We are more than 3800 employees from 50+ nationalities working at supporting our 200+ clients across the globe.

We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view, together we are building a culture where difference is valued. You will be part of a thriving team and a company that continues to grow, offering a lot of stimulating and interesting opportunities.

Visit our career pages to learn why other people choose to work to SimCorp: www.simcorp.com/career

SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated in our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients. While seeking to deliver client value, we believe it is vital to consider our people and our planet in every business decision we make. Acting responsibly is not optional. It is essential.

SimCorp welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Candidates who require accommodation during the recruitment process should contact the People & Culture team at HumanResourcesNA@simcorp.com.

For New York City only: The salary range for this position is $174,000 - 220,000 USD. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including health care, leave, and retirement plans. Your total compensation may vary based on role, location, department and individual performance.

Please note: Only applications sent through our system will be processed.

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About Us

SimCorp is a provider of industry-leading integrated investment management solutions for the global buy side. Founded in 1971, with more than 3,000 employees across five continents, SimCorp is a truly global technology leader that empowers more than half of the world’s top 100 financial companies through its integrated platform, services, and partner ecosystem. SimCorp is a subsidiary of Deutsche Börse Group. As of 2024, SimCorp includes Axioma, the leading provider of risk and management and portfolio optimization solutions for the global buy side.

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