People Matter.

Everything we do begins with people. That's why we value the human element – curiosity, insight, intuition.

We are constantly on the lookout for exceptionally skilled talent in the functional areas of investment research, marketing and client service, trading, and administrative support. Please introduce yourself to us if you have particular expertise or skills to contribute to our team.

 
If you believe you are qualified for any of these
positions and wish to apply, please submit your information to:

     Cindy Rigney
     Director of Human Resources &
          Corporate Insurance
     First Quadrant Human Resources
     800 E. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 900
     Pasadena, California 91101
     hr@firstquadrant.com
   



SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
SENIOR INVESTMENT STRATEGIST
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE – INVESTMENT SPECIALIST
SENIOR UNIX/LINUS ADMINISTRATOR
RISK ANALYST
SENIOR INVESTMENT ACCOUNTANT
APPLICATIONS SYSTEMS ANALYST II
SENIOR EQUITY TRADER
INVESTMENT RISK SPECIALIST

 



SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
This position is part of a small team responsible for delivering high-quality, modern applications in a timely way, by performing software development activities throughout the software product lifecycle. More>

SENIOR INVESTMENT STRATEGIST
Senior Investment Strategists have two functional roles. First, they act as Investment Strategists where they systematize and quantify individual investment strategies for use in the management of an array of equity and/or derivatives portfolios. Second, they also act as product managers where they are responsible for determining for an individual product which individual strategies to include, and how to weight the included strategies on a relative basis. By making such decisions, they determine the nature of the product (within the bounds of the larger objectives of the firm).

The strategies they manage will typically be used by them in the product they manage and also by other Senior Investment Strategists in the products that they manage. This gives them visibility to rewards from a wider array of products through their Investment Strategist role, in combination with visibility to rewards from the specific product they manage.

Their goal as product manager is to produce the best return forecasts at the product level by choosing the optimal combination of strategies, while their goal at the Investment Strategist level is to provide a partial source of return forecasts that will be useful to themselves and to other Senior Investment Strategists in producing composite forecasts for their respective products. Senior Investment Strategists are not directly responsible for optimizing and trading the strategies (these responsibilities fall to Portfolio Engineering and Trading), nor are they directly responsible for marketing the strategies, but they are responsible for ensuring that portfolio strategies are effectively implemented. More>



RESEARCH ASSOCIATE
The Research Associate works with the pool of researchers to support their endeavors in research and development on new and existing investment products. Support is also provided for Client Service, Marketing and Sales activities through the provision of analysis, reports, and exhibits. Their principle objective is to aid these other groups with their own objectives. More>



RESEARCH ASSOCIATE – INVESTMENT SPECIALIST
The purpose of this role is to analyze the investment process and performance of the firm’s strategies, and to communicate it to clients and internal groups.  This role will assist in the production of research papers on market trends and other topics of interest to investors. This role will develop a high degree of understanding of the investment process, and will be able to assist clients in determining how best to use the firm’s products.
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SENIOR UNIX/LINUS ADMINISTRATOR
The UNIX/Linux Administrator will be responsible for the design, implementation, maintenance, support and security of UNIX (Sun Solaris 10 running on Intel/AMD hardware) and Linux (RedHat/Fedora or similar OS) systems. More>

ResearchAnalyst

RISK ANALYST
Risk Analyst helps develop analytical models and reporting systems used to support the investment process and portfolio risk management. More>

SENIOR INVESTMENT ACCOUNTANT
Provides accurate performance reporting to clients including reconciling accounts and preparation of customized reports by performing the following duties. More>

APPLICATIONS SYSTEMS ANALYST II
This position is responsible for supporting and maintaining the existing business applications at First Quadrant, including but not limited to Trading Desk, Portfolio Accounting, and Marketing applications. The job also entails systems/business analysis, and the specification and integration of new business systems. More>

SENIOR EQUITY TRADER
The Senior Equity Trader will be responsible for executing securities transactions.  This individual will work with other traders, portfolio strategists and specialists and the portfolio engineering group to implement trade recommendations from First Quadrant portfolio rebalancings. More>

Investment Risk Specialist

INVESTMENT RISK SPECIALIST
Research and implement portfolio risk allocation and risk measurement/control processes.  This includes being responsible for continuing to develop infrastructure related to such research and operational duties. This would involve both research and operational components of our portfolio optimization process. More>

 

First Quadrant is an Equal Opportunity Employer. First Quadrant will recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, religion, sex, gender, age, medical condition, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation or national origin. All employment and promotion decisions shall be consistent with the principle of equal employment opportunity, and only valid qualifications will be required. All human resource actions, such as compensation, benefits, transfers, training, discipline, layoff, recall and termination will be administered without regard to race, religion, sex, gender, age, medical condition, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation or national origin.