Senior Quantitative Developer, Fixed Income Trading Systems

Nuveen is looking for a Senior Quantitative Developer, Fixed Income Trading Systems to join our fixed income team, where you will play a central role in designing and building proprietary pricing models that enhance our trading and investment capabilities. This is a hands‑on role that sits at the intersection of quantitative research, software engineering, and market expertise, with a primary focus on fixed income securities and municipal bonds.

The Senior Quantitative Developer will serve as a trusted technical partner to traders and research professionals, translating complex analytical concepts into practical, production‑ready solutions while providing technical leadership to other developers and analysts.

• Design and develop statistical and quantitative models from conception through production deployment with a focus on fixed income securities, particularly municipal bonds.
• Build and maintain the software infrastructure surrounding quantitative models to support trading and investment capabilities.
• Construct proprietary pricing models, primarily expressed as spread adjustments to vendor benchmark values, informed by insights from traders and research professionals.
• Integrate data from trading systems, market offerings, security descriptive datasets, internal research, and third‑party vendor pricing feeds.
• Collaborate daily with trading and research teams, serving as a trusted technical partner who translates complex analytical concepts into practical, production‑ready solutions.
• Provide technical leadership to other developers and analysts to raise the overall capability of the team.

• Bachelor's Degree Required

• 5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred

• 5+ years of experience working as a Quantitative Developer or in a similar quantitative technology role within financial services.
• Designed and implemented quantitative models and production‑grade software within financial services environments.
• Applied regression modeling, ensemble methods, or time‑series analysis to real financial data using statistics and machine learning techniques.
• Built and deployed production‑grade software in cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Developed solutions using Python and SQL with hands‑on experience in data engineering practices.

• Applied quantitative or analytical skills within municipal bond markets.
• Integrated software systems with trading platforms, order management systems, or vendor data providers such as Bloomberg or ICE.
• Collaborated across technical and business functions to deliver analytical or technology solutions.
• Communicated technical and analytical concepts effectively to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders in a collaborative environment.
• Engaged with trading professionals on fixed income concepts and collaborated with development teams on software architecture decisions.
• Developed and maintained solutions using C++ and R.

The organization is committed to making financial well‑being possible for its clients, and is equally committed to the well‑being of our associates. That’s why we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to make a positive difference in the lives of our associates and their loved ones. Our benefits include a superior retirement program and highly competitive health, wellness and work‑life offerings that can help you achieve and maintain your best possible physical, emotional and financial well‑being.

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