Associate, Application Developer, QRG GCS

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description

Summary

The Ares Quantitative Research Group (QRG) is a pioneer in the application of quantitative analytics to private markets. QRG works across asset classes – credit, private equity, private real estate, and infrastructure – to provide investible insights to Ares’ investment teams, to deepen relationships with Ares’ investors, and to help develop new products for the firm. The group is a leader in private market performance measurement, having played a key role in the development of the Direct Alpha and Excess Value measures. It regularly deals with questions that are novel, benefiting from the opportunities created by the under-researched nature of private assets. QRG consists of two teams, Research and Data Science, and Quantitative Portfolio Strategies.

We are seeking a talented and motivated C# Application Developer to join our dynamic Research and Data Science team. This role collaborates closely with quant researchers and data scientists on our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in full stack C#.NET web and desktop application development, with a passion for building complex, innovative apps for our growing user base. As a C# Application Developer, you will play a crucial role in building and maintaining solutions for data management, data analysis and data visualization, including APIs to facilitate collaboration across the firm.

Reporting relationships

Reports to: Vice President, Quantitative Research Group

Primary functions & responsibilities

• Collaborate with users to gather and document requirements
• Use Agile methodology to build a roadmap, manage the backlog and plan releases
• Develop robust, scalable and user-friendly software products using C#
• Perform unit testing, integration testing and oversee acceptance testing to ensure the final product meets users’ needs and requirements
• Work with users to put your products through their paces on real life use cases and iterate to fix issues and make improvements
• Serve as the product owner in agile development forums (weekly stand-ups, iteration planning, and reviews)
• Act as a product evangelist, promoting your products through demos and at cross-team meetings to drive product awareness and user engagement
   

Qualifications

Experience Required:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience coding in C#.NET
• Proficiency with a web UI framework and a desire to work with Blazor
• Adept at working with SQL Server
• Competency with data visualization tools
• Solid understanding of microservice architecture and REST APIs
• Familiarity with, or a desire to learn Python
• Familiarity with, or a desire to learn Databricks
• Experience using GitHub for version control, managing code repositories, and implementing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Advanced Excel skills

Education Required:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Quantitative Finance or a related field
• Professional certification in a financial discipline is a plus (e.g., CFA, CAIA, CIPM, FDP, FRM)

General Requirements:

• Strong foundation in quantitative methods
• Knowledge of private market asset classes or an eagerness to learn about them
• Successful track record taking C# projects from start to finish
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills

Reporting Relationships

Compensation

The anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. Total compensation may also include a discretionary performance-based bonus. Note, the range takes into account a broad spectrum of qualifications, including, but not limited to, years of relevant work experience, education, and other relevant qualifications specific to the role.

$125,000 - $145,000 / annum

The firm also offers robust Benefits offerings. Ares U.S. Core Benefits include Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision plans; 401(k) program with company match; Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA); Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution; Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance; Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance; Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit.

Ares offers a number of additional benefits including access to a world-class medical advisory team, a mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry, a mindfulness and wellbeing app, financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor, new parent leave, reproductive and adoption assistance, emergency backup care, matching gift program, education sponsorship program, and much more.

There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.