A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job, it's about investing in a brighter future together.
Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service. We will do this by protecting and growing our core business, amplifying our strengths and diversifying where we have the right.
Our Values are key to driving our success, and are at the heart of everything we do:
Clients Come First - Always | Execution Supersedes Intention | Together We Win | Diversity Improves Results | Truth Builds Trust
If our mission, values, and purpose align with your own, we would love to hear from you!
Your opportunity
Work on a high-performing asset allocation team managing billions of AUM
Work closely with the investment team, including a Nobel laureate in economics, on designing systematic investment strategies and research
Use key technical skills including senior-level Python development to build and maintain systematic model implementations
Upgrade and support the daily data pipeline as it flows through the entire system such as holdings, signals, optimized portfolios, proposed trades and daily reports
Combination of self-directed work and teamwork. Initiative and creativity are highly valued.
What to expect when you join our firm
Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
Generous Holiday policies
Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
All-inclusive approach to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
Complimentary subscription to Headspace - the mindfulness app
Corporate membership to ClassPass and other health and well-being benefits
Unique employee events and programs including a 14er challenge
Complimentary beverages, snacks and all employee Happy Hours
Must have skills
3+ years of financial industry experience preferably in a front office or front office supporting role building production tools and systems responsible for generating trades
3+ years of solid Python programming skills to cleanse, manipulate, and present data, particularly using quantitative data analysis libraries such as Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, etc.
6+ years of full-time experience developing and maintaining enterprise scale applications with many tens of thousands of lines of code
Building Python-based software capable of running backtests
SQL, including cleaning and working with very large data sets
Bloomberg and its APIs
Linux command line
Microsoft Office, including Excel and Excel VBA
Must be willing to work an early start schedule to accommodate pre-market-open data work
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including ability to explain complicated technical information in a simple way to non-technical audiences
Ability and willingness to refactor code produced by others and make production-ready
Enjoyment from collaborating with others in a fast-paced team environment
Drive and self-reliance
Must adhere to compliance rules, including for personal trading, that are common for regulated investments firms
Bachelor's degree in math, statistics, computer science, or equivalent technical field from an accredited college or university
Nice to have skills
Experience with:
Apache Airflow
Azure Cloud
Azure DevOps and Git
Docker containers
Microsoft SQL Server
Databricks
Experience supporting investment teams that use large options data sets
Experience supporting asset allocation/multi-asset teams
Potential for growth
Mentoring
Leadership development programs
Regular training
Career development services
Continuing education courses
You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm, and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.
At Janus Henderson Investors we're committed to an inclusive and supportive environment. We believe diversity improves results and we welcome applications from all backgrounds. Don't worry if you don't think you tick every box, we still want to hear from you! We understand everyone has different commitments and while we can't accommodate every flexible working request we're happy to be asked about work flexibility and our hybrid working environment. If you need any reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process, please get in touch and let us know at recruiter@janushenderson.com.
Compensation information
The base salary range for this position is $150,000 - $165,000. This range is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different. This role will remain open through December 31, 2024.