Quantitative Development Analyst

About Us:

Manulife Investment Management’s Quantitative Development team is a small, dynamic group with a broad mandate to design, engineer, and implement investment-focused tools, data solutions, and models.

Manulife manages over $800 billion in public and private investments across the Wealth and Asset Management segment. Our team is designed to help the firm deliver more alpha, more efficiently.

Our Mission:

• Partner with equity, fixed income, multi-asset, and trading groups to enhance investment processes.
• Provide quantitative analysis on strategies to Chief Investment Officers and investment teams.
• Develop robust, investment-centric, infrastructure with our data and technology partners.
• Effectively communicate research, process, and output to non-technical audiences.

Our DevOps model and cloud-based infrastructure ensure agile and governed deployment, benefiting both our team and our clients.

Role and Responsibilities:

As a Quantitative Development Analyst, you will play a crucial role in our team, engaging in diverse projects that require a blend of investment, analytics, technology, and data engineering skills. You will help us build new solutions while also helping us maintain, scale, and enhance existing ones.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with investment teams across equities, fixed income, derivatives, multi-asset solutions, and trading at various stages of creation (research & development, deployment, implementation/production).
• Enhancing technology infrastructure to streamline the process of bringing prototypes to production standards, ensuring scalability and efficiency.
• Working with Advanced Analytics teams on data models to support artificial intelligence research in the investment domain.
• Engaging with end users to understand their needs, demonstrate solutions, and gather feedback for continuous improvement.

Qualifications:

• 2+ years work experience in financial markets and experience in developing technology-driven solutions.
• Proficiency in programming with Python or R.
• Strong desire and ability to learn new things, with an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information to non-technical audiences.
• Knowledge of investment data/tools including Aladdin, FactSet, Bloomberg, S&P Capital IQ, Morningstar.
• Experience with databases such as PostgreSQL, Databricks, MS SQL Server, Qdrant, and MongoDB.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure tools like Kubernetes, Airflow, Linux, and Docker on Azure/AWS a plus.
• Competence in data visualization tools such as Streamlit, Shiny, Power BI, Tableau, Plotly, and Dash a plus.
• Nice to have: Fully bilingual (French/English): The successful candidate will be required to communicate in English in order to support clients from various jurisdictions outside of Quebec.

What We Offer:

• Exposure to important quantitative projects supporting the front office.
• Opportunities to work with the latest cloud-based technologies and support the deployment of models and reporting solutions utilizing Dev Ops framework.
• A collaborative environment that encourages innovation and continuous learning.
• Comprehensive training and development programs to enhance your skills and career growth.

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About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit https://www.manulife.com/en/about/our-story.html.

Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact recruitment@manulife.com.

Salary range is expected to be between

If you are applying for this role outside of the primary location, please contact recruitment@manulife.com for the salary range for your location. The actual salary will vary depending on local market conditions, geography and relevant job-related factors such as knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience, and education/training. Employees also have the opportunity to participate in incentive programs and earn incentive compensation tied to business and individual performance.

Manulife offers eligible employees a wide array of customizable benefits, including health, dental, mental health, vision, short- and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance coverage, adoption/surrogacy and wellness benefits, and employee/family assistance plans. We also offer eligible employees various retirement savings plans (including pension and a global share ownership plan with employer matching contributions) and financial education and counseling resources. Our generous paid time off program in Canada includes holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days, and we offer the full range of statutory leaves of absence. If you are applying for this role in the U.S., please contact recruitment@manulife.com for more information about U.S.-specific paid time off provisions.