Lead AI Quant Engineer

Franklin Templeton

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
San Ramon, CASan Mateo, CA
Salary
$189,200–$233,800 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
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Above market

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About Franklin Templeton

Franklin Templeton is a global investment management organization offering a wide range of mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investment solutions to retail and institutional investors worldwide. Industry: Investment Management & Asset Management

Franklin Templeton currently has 17 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $140,000–$174,500 across 17 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Lead AI Quant Engineer

The Lead – AI Quant Engineer joins the team to lead complex AI or quantitative systems, moving research concepts into secure, scalable, and supportable platforms. The role involves building production LLM or agent-based systems, including tool orchestration, retrieval, and reliability engineering. Day-to-day responsibilities include identifying manual processes for AI-powered improvements, managing model risk, and ensuring data quality and reproducibility. The candidate will utilize a core stack of Python, SQL, numerical and optimization libraries, and machine-learning or LLM frameworks within cloud or hybrid data platforms. Key technical requirements include expertise in time-series analysis, portfolio construction, and distributed systems. The work focuses on solving technical problems in asset management, specifically regarding quantitative equity, factor models, portfolio optimization, and investment-risk technology within a governed enterprise environment.

What you'll do

  • Apply AI to improve system design, architecture, and team workflows.
  • Identify and automate repetitive or error-prone processes using AI-powered improvements.
  • Develop and deploy production LLM or agent-based systems with tool orchestration and retrieval.
  • Build scalable, secure, and supportable platforms for moving research concepts into production.
  • Implement CI/CD, automated testing, and model validation within a version-controlled environment.
  • Manage model risk, data quality, and governance through human-in-the-loop controls and audit trails.
  • Communicate technical trade-offs and AI limitations to senior stakeholders.

What we're looking for

  • 4+ years of experience applying AI to improve system design and scale team workflows.
  • Experience in quantitative engineering, data science, machine learning, or software engineering.
  • At least three years of experience leading complex AI or quantitative systems.
  • Expert-level Python skills and strong command of numerical methods, optimization, statistics, and risk analytics.
  • Experience building production LLM or agent-based systems, including tool orchestration and reliability engineering.
  • Strong architecture and distributed systems experience to move research concepts into secure, scalable platforms.
  • Master's or Doctoral degree in a quantitative discipline, Computer Science, Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related field (preferred).
  • Experience in asset management, quantitative equity, or investment-risk technology (preferred).

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