Senior Lead Securities Quantitative Analytics Specialist - C++ Engineer

Wells Fargo

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Work type
On-site
Location
New York, NY · Charlotte, NC
Salary
$215,000–$355,000 / yr
Posted
11 days ago
Closes
Jun 8, 2026 (soon)

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Above market

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About Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company is one of the largest banks in the United States, providing banking, investment, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance products and services nationwide. Industry: Banking & Financial Services

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TL;DR · Senior Lead Securities Quantitative Analytics Specialist - C++ Engineer

Wells Fargo is hiring a Senior Lead Securities Quantitative Analytics Specialist to join their Front Office Financial Software Engineering team, where you will design and implement high-performance APIs for a comprehensive mortgage analytics library in C++. Your daily tasks include enhancing the firm’s proprietary analytics library, generating and deploying performance improvements, and collaborating with various teams to ensure the library's safety, reliability, and usability. The role requires expertise in C++17 and Python 3, as well as experience with API design, platform-specific ABIs, calling conventions, compiler behavior, and dynamic linking. Ideal candidates have a master’s degree in a quantitative discipline and hands-on experience developing financial modeling software for buy-side or sell-side institutions. This position plays a crucial role in supporting the bank's investment portfolio management and strategic balance sheet analysis.

What you'll do

  • Design and implement high-performance APIs for mortgage analytics in C++
  • Enhance the firm’s proprietary quantitative library to improve performance and usability
  • Generate, test, and deploy new ideas to boost system efficiency and team productivity
  • Ensure the safety, reliability, and user-friendliness of the financial modeling tools
  • Develop portable and stable C interfaces with deep knowledge of platform-specific ABIs
  • Write dynamic linking code for advanced financial modeling capabilities
  • Collaborate on mortgage prepayment and default analysis models

What we're looking for

  • 7+ years of quantitative analytics experience in finance or related field
  • Proficient in C++17 and Python 3 for software development
  • Experience designing and developing C APIs (JNI, SWIG)
  • Deep understanding of platform-specific ABIs and calling conventions
  • Knowledge of compiler behavior, object file formats, dynamic linking
  • Ability to write portable and stable C interfaces for complex systems
  • Familiarity with agile technologies such as Git, Jira, Confluence

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