Senior Software Developer

**Company Description:** As a leading global investment management firm, AB fosters diverse perspectives and embraces innovation to help our clients navigate the uncertainty of capital markets. Through high-quality research and diversified investment services, we serve institutions, individuals, and private wealth clients in major markets worldwide. Our ambition is simple: to be our clients’ most valued asset-management partner. **Group Description:** We are seeking a Pune-based developer to join the Multi-Asset Technology team to provide technology solutions for our buy-side Multi-Asset Solutions investment unit. The job will focus on building tools to support the Research and Systematic investment process for a combination of quantitative and fundamental research analysts and portfolio managers. Specific Responsibilities: * Participate in support and development of multi-asset strategies involving portfolio optimization, monitoring, trade building and trade routing * Developing robust quality control processing, monitoring and workflow tools * Automation of existing manual processes * Provide support for overnight batch jobs **What makes this role unique or interesting (if applicable)?** The candidate will have an opportunity to work alongside an established team of developers and investment teams in supporting next generation systematic strategies. **Qualifications, Experience, Education:** This position requires: * A desire to grow their knowledge about the investment implementation lifecycle and various markets including equities, credit, rates, fx and volatility. * A desire to learn about modern software development using a CI/CD deployment methodology using Python, Azure, Kubernetes, SQL, etc * Must demonstrate good communication and strong analytical skills * Candidate must be willing to take full ownership of projects covering - analysis, technical design, implementation, testing, and deployment tasks **Experience and Education Required:** * Degree in Computer Science/Engineering * 3+ years’ experience in application development using Python * 2+ years’ experience programming SQL queries and stored procedures (Microsoft SQL Server) * 2+ years’ experience supporting quantitative research * Must be proficient with object oriented design principles * Advanced Excel programming experience a strong plus * Development experience in MATLAB a plus **Special Knowledge (if applicable):** * Experience with Git/GitHub * Familiarity with Dash for build web based dashboards, reports and user interfaces * Experience with market data vendors - Bloomberg * Experience with PnL and performance attribution reporting * Experience working in the finance industry, demonstrable curiosity in quantitative research and investment Location:  Pune, India Pune, India