Associate Director, Quantitative Developer – Global Analytics Platform

at  Apollo

Position Overview
Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes.
Come to Apollo and join a community of extraordinary people who are committed to a culture of excellence and collaboration in everything that we do. We invest in our people for the long term and are committed to supporting their development at every stage of their career.
The Role
The GQA team is seeking a hands-on quantitative technical Associate Director to focus on the development, enhancement, and maintenance of Apollo’s Global Analytics platform. This position will play a critical role in the delivery of first-class analytics solutions to users across Apollo’s Credit, Private Equity, and Product groups, offering the right candidate the opportunity to interface with investment professionals while building new and scaling existing capabilities.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background developing, scaling, and implementing high-quality, maintainable Java and C# software code as well as excellent communication skills and ideally some exposure in the financial services industry.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop Apollo’s real-time analytics library as well as the end-of-day portfolio analytics system.
• Analyze quantitative library and systems to identify performance inefficiencies and scaling opportunities.
• Enhance analytics library to incorporate new features and maintain existing feature.
• Provide troubleshooting support for quantitative analytics library and end of day portfolio analytics.
• Work directly with business teams across Apollo to understand technical requirements and implement high performance code enhancing analytics infrastructure.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science required
• At least 10 years of software development experience implementing extensible, maintainable, high-quality code.
• Experience in quantitative development (or similar) within the financial services/finance industry is a huge plus
• Language Requirements:
• Expert-level skills in core Java programming with concurrency proficiency
• Strong C# skills with very good knowledge and experience in multi-threaded programming
• Excellent hands-on experience in RESTful web services development and microservices architecture and implementation
• In-depth knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Software Development Requirements:
• Comfortability with TDD and full software development lifecycle required
• Familiar with design patterns and utilize standard clean code practices
• Good SQL programming is required with MS SQL Server
• Library/Tool Requirements:
• Spring boot
• No code tools such as Talend
• Numerix

About Apollo
Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes.
Our Purpose & Core Values
Our clients rely on our investment acumen to help secure their future. We must never lose our focus and determination to be the best investors and most trusted partners on their behalf. We strive to be:
The leading provider of retirement income solutions to institutions, companies, and individuals.
The leading provider of capital solutions to companies. Our breadth and scale enable us to deliver capital for even the largest projects – and our small firm mindset ensures we will be a thoughtful and dedicated partner to these organizations. We are committed to helping them build stronger businesses.
A leading contributor to addressing some of the biggest issues facing the world today – such as energy transition, accelerating the adoption of new technologies, and social impact – where innovative approaches to investing can make a positive difference.

We are building a unique firm of extraordinary colleagues who:

• Outperform expectations
• Challenge Convention
• Champion Opportunity
• Lead responsibly
• Drive collaboration

As One Apollo team, we believe that doing great work and having fun go hand in hand, and we are proud of what we can achieve together.
Our Benefits
Apollo relies on its people to keep it a leader in alternative investment management, and the firm’s benefit programs are crafted to offer meaningful coverage for both you and your family. Please reach out to your Human Capital Business Partner for more detailed information on specific benefits.
Apollo Global Management, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries and affiliates) is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. The firm and its affiliates do not discriminate in employment because of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or because of any other criteria prohibited under controlling federal, state or local law.
Pay Range
125,000-175,000
The base salary range for this position is listed above. This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on personal, team, and Firm performance. Compensation ranges are based on several factors including job function, level, and geographic location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed here.

• Develop Apollo’s real-time analytics library as well as the end-of-day portfolio analytics system.
• Analyze quantitative library and systems to identify performance inefficiencies and scaling opportunities.
• Enhance analytics library to incorporate new features and maintain existing feature.
• Provide troubleshooting support for quantitative analytics library and end of day portfolio analytics.
• Work directly with business teams across Apollo to understand technical requirements and implement high performance code enhancing analytics infrastructure