Clearwater Analytics

Staff Quantitative Developer

Clearwater Analytics$179K — $243K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's/master's degree in engineering or a related field.
  • 9+ years of enterprise software development experience using a modern language (Java, Python, JavaScript, etc.).
  • Experience with designing and implementing distributed systems using a microservices architecture.
  • Professional experience with running software systems on a public-cloud provider.
  • Exceptional leadership and mentorship skills, including having led an engineering team.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical strategy and operational excellence across Clearwater's architecture.
  • Establish relationships with stakeholders across divisions and departments.
  • Mentor less-experienced engineers.
  • Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies.
  • Identify innovations and encourage sharing best practices.
  • Drive improvements in process efficiency and delivery of results.
  • Lead multi-team projects to ensure timely and quality delivery.

Benefits

  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Paid time off (PTO)
  • Parental leave
  • Medical leave
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance
Full Job Description
About the Role

As a Risk Quantitative Developer, you will play a critical role within the Quant team, helping to enhance and expand our Multi-Asset-Class risk analytics capabilities, including instrument valuation and risk estimation methods. You will work closely with cross-functional teams of developers and interact directly with clients to deliver solutions that focus on both developers and end-users, with a primary emphasis on risk management.

Responsibilities

Quantitative Development
  • Design, implement, and maintain pricing libraries and risk models covering Fixed Income, Credit, and Derivatives instruments.
  • Build platform capabilities for scenario analysis, risk sensitivities (DV01, CS01, Greeks), P&L attribution, and cash flow generation.
  • Identify and advocate for new models and design patterns to support an evolving instrument universe and client base.

Technical Development
  • Design and build robust, maintainable software systems with a focus on performance, correctness, and extensibility.
  • Write clean, well-tested code and contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, and shared libraries.
  • Proactively identify and resolve technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and gaps in test coverage.

Collaboration & Mentorship
  • Mentor engineers at all levels and contribute to a culture of continuous learning.
  • Engage directly with clients to deliver customized risk solutions and platform integrations.
  • Communicate complex quantitative topics clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.


Required Qualifications

Experience & Skills
  • 9+ years of quantitative development in financial services, preferably in a front-office or risk technology environment.
  • Expertise in risk and valuation analytics across Fixed Income, Credit, and/or Derivatives asset classes.
  • Strong Python proficiency; experience with C++ or Java is a plus.
  • Solid grounding in quantitative finance: yield curve construction, credit spread modeling, and standard risk sensitivities.
  • Experience with distributed systems and microservices on public cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • Proven ability to lead technical delivery across multi-team projects as a tech lead or senior contributor.

Education
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mathematics, Physics, Financial Engineering, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.


Salary Range
$179,400.00 - $243,136.45
This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), PTO, parental leave, and medical leave, STD/LTD insurance benefits.

About Clearwater Analytics

Clearwater Analytics is a global SaaS solution for automated investment data aggregation, reconciliation, accounting, and reporting. Clearwater helps thousands of organizations make the most of investment portfolio data with cloud-native software and client-centric servicing. Every day, investment professionals worldwide trust Clearwater to deliver timely, validated investment data and in-depth reporting. Clearwater aggregates, reconciles, and reports on more than $5.5 trillion in assets across thousands of accounts daily for our Fortune 500 clients.
Learn more about Clearwater Analytics
Size
1,500 employees
Market Cap
$4.4 billion
Industry
NASDAQ

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