Investment Engineer

About the position

Bridgewater Associates is a premier asset management firm, focused on delivering unique insight and partnership for the most sophisticated global institutional investors. Our investment process is driven by a tireless pursuit to understand how the world’s markets and economies work — using cutting edge technology to validate and execute timeless and universal investment principles. Founded in 1975, we are a community of independent thinkers who share a commitment for excellence. By fostering a culture of openness, transparency, and inclusion, we strive to unlock the most complex questions in investment strategy, management, and corporate culture. Our culture is tied to our mission, which is to understand how the world’s markets and economies work, and to translate that into world-class investment performance. This requires an extraordinary team, defined by the best individuals and the best portfolio of people, operating in an idea meritocracy. In this, we are uncompromising on our shared values of excellence, truth, integrity, humility, and courage. Our aspiration of a vibrant idea meritocracy requires diversity of thought – this comes from diversity of background, identity, experience, and so much more. We pursue inclusion because it’s how we unlock the power of that diversity and make sure the best ideas get heard. To sustain this way of being through lots of years and lots of circumstances, we invest in meaningful work and meaningful relationships – the purpose and joy that comes from tackling something challenging and worthy, alongside people who make us better versions of ourselves.

Responsibilities

• Own automated investment systems and continuously evolve models and algorithms.
• Enable thorough research and testing of new trading ideas.
• Set the vision for the technology roadmap to enable maximum productivity.
• Generate new ideas on how to beat the markets.
• Translate abstract investment ideas into quantifiable measures.
• Design and build large-scale systems that are easy to understand and evolve.
• Scrutinize outputs and signals, evaluate performance of existing systems, and improve investment logic.

Requirements

• Minimum of 6 months of professional experience building systems, ideally related to investing.
• Passion and knack for building data models and algorithmic systems that solve complex investment problems.
• Deep interest in markets, finance, and investing.
• Deep interest in technology and state of the art methods.
• Excellent communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.
• Desire to work with the best people in a highly entrepreneurial and collaborative environment.

Benefits

• Competitive suite of benefits.
• Opportunities for personal growth and professional development.