Careers at Swib

Sophisticated Work. In a Great City. Making a Difference. The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) manages more than $178 billion in assets, including those of the fully-funded Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS). SWIB operates at a level more often seen in top-tier global asset managers than in typical public pension funds. SWIB is a home for top talent. Approximately 61 percent of SWIB’s investment professionals are Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholders. The City of Madison, the state capitol and home of Wisconsin’s flagship university, makes regular appearances on lists of best places to live, eat, and play. SWIB offers a modern workspace, hybrid work options, and competitive compensation and benefits. Serving over 703,000 WRS beneficiaries, SWIB is driven by a clear mission: securing the financial future of those who serve Wisconsin. When you work at SWIB, you know your work matters. Job Description: SWIB does not sponsor employment-based visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and be able to maintain that authorization throughout employment without requiring SWIB sponsorship. About the Technology Team The Technology Team at the State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) implements, develops, and supports industry-leading systems and platforms for a diverse and complex portfolio of investment strategies. We serve as trusted advisors and strategic partners to the business, using technology to advance SWIB’s goals and contribute to its continued growth and success. Our team keeps technology aligned with SWIB’s future direction while operating a secure, reliable, and standards-driven technology environment. Position Overview The Senior Business Systems Engineer provides technical leadership for the business systems architecture supporting SWIB’s front- and middle-office investment functions across public and private markets. In this role, you will design and implement solutions, improve the processes used by business systems engineers and consultants, and help ensure that SWIB’s investment systems remain effective, scalable, and supportable. You will apply deep investment-industry expertise to analyze business needs, develop solution designs and prototypes, create testing strategies, and guide implementation. You will partner closely with Investment Management, Operations, Technology, vendors, and other stakeholders to translate complex business needs into practical technology solutions. Essential activities: Work with Technology Owners, Business Owners, and Operations to research and implement new solutions and identify the support needs of those solutions. Analyze Investment Management, Operations, and Technology teams’ needs, both internal and external of SWIB, to ensure business needs are continuously being met through the design, development, or deployment of software (whether through upgrades or new programs). Serve as the architect/designer for the investment management applications and systems SWIB utilizes, and how those applications, systems, and component pieces interact, including creating test plans, scenarios, and procedures for new software implemented. Identify gaps and risks in SWIB’s systems architecture, design, and projects. Make recommendations to business and Technology management about the best way to address or minimize these gaps and risks. Lead, facilitate, and coordinate the software or solution architecture and design (including, where applicable, the code needed) of solutions (e.g., applications and systems). Implement software testing, using either manual or automated programs and exploratory testing, and evaluate results, including documenting and reporting defects or problems with software and oversee future maintenance and upgrades Continue to mature and evolve knowledge of investment and asset management business practices, both from a textbook and a practical perspective Understand general and investment industry-specific technology trends and forecast future technology shifts. Research new investment management technologies to help drive SWIB’s business capabilities forward and maintain a high degree of awareness of common industry-specific trends, products, vendors, and services The ideal candidate: Bachelor’s Degree required with a preference focus within Information Systems, Computer Science or Finance. 5 plus years of investment management experience. Have in-depth knowledge of one or more ABOR/IBOR applications such as SimCorp Dimension(preferred), Eagle STAR/PACE, Charles River, Portia, Golden Source, Advent Geneva, BlackRock Aladdin, or equivalents with a focus on the use of such systems from a public and/or private markets perspective. Substantial knowledge of investment industry operational and functional capabilities. Substantial knowledge of investment industry strategies, processes, and technologies. Ability to objectively influence successful outcomes and work cross-functionally. Experience working with Agile methodology. Ability to document and communicate technical knowledge effectively. Ability to envision solutions, communicate those solutions and help form tangible outputs from those conceptual solutions. Communicating complex technology subjects in layman’s terms. Detailed familiarity with common investment practices and securities. Ability to design technology solutions to solve business problems. Ability to translate business requirements into technology specifications and design systems to meet the needs of the business. Proven ability to develop solutions utilizing Python, R, SQL, or others. SWIB Offers: Competitive total cash compensation, based on AON (formerly McLagan) industry benchmarks Comprehensive benefits package Educational and training opportunities Tuition reimbursement Challenging work in a professional environment Hybrid work environment The position requires U.S. work authorization. Pursuant to our Hybrid Remote Work Policy, all staff have the flexibility to work remotely but are required to have a weekly presence in our offices, the frequency of which is dependent on their distance from office or the job position. Staff are not required to reside locally; however, we offer relocation reimbursement to the Dane County area per our policy. All SWIB employees are subject to SWIB’s Ethics Policy and Personal Trade Approvals Policy. These policies include restrictions on outside business activities and employment and have limits on personal trading. You may request copies of these policies from SWIB’s talent acquisition team and any questions can be answered by SWIB’s compliance team.

Sophisticated Work. In a Great City. Making a Difference. The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) manages more than $178 billion in assets, including those of the fully-funded Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS). SWIB operates at a level more often seen in top-tier global asset managers than in typical public pension funds. SWIB is a home for top talent. Approximately 61 percent of SWIB’s investment professionals are Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholders. The City of Madison, the state capitol and home of Wisconsin’s flagship university, makes regular appearances on lists of best places to live, eat, and play. SWIB offers a modern workspace, hybrid work options, and competitive compensation and benefits. Serving over 703,000 WRS beneficiaries, SWIB is driven by a clear mission: securing the financial future of those who serve Wisconsin. When you work at SWIB, you know your work matters. Job Description: SWIB does not sponsor employment-based visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and be able to maintain that authorization throughout employment without requiring SWIB sponsorship. Position Overview: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Site Reliability Engineer to oversee the build and transformation of SWIB’s cloud native technology stack. This role will serve in a critical capacity to ensure all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) are built from the ground up with modern tools and techniques. This will include all aspects of the SDLC across software, data and infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in financial services, exceptional leadership skills, and the ability to manage platforms that require continuity on a 24x6 basis effectively. This role will serve as a thought leader within the technology organization, helping to drive change and transformation across all teams. The Senior Site Reliability Engineer will partner with cloud-native application development teams with direct business alignment – empowering them to deliver quality software at high velocity, rapidly receive actionable feedback, and cultivating an environment of continuous experimentation. Additionally, the Senior SRE will create reusable components and workflows that deliver superior engineering experience. Key Responsibilities: Function as subject matter expert in the areas of delivering and operating reliable, performant, robust, and secure applications, with an emphasis on multi-region and multi-cloud patterns. Work with the development teams to design, document, create and maintain highly available systems. Design, implement, and manage centralized monitoring solutions that provide expedient actionable feedback to the development teams. Partner with the application development teams to create flows, processes, automation, and tooling. Facilitate the evaluation, adoption, and integration of AI into the software delivery platform Create an environment of continuous experimentation and learning. Contribute to evolution of our architecture (cloud-focused) to increase its flexibility and ease of use. Follow technology trends/tools and recommend improvements to our technology when appropriate. Mentor new or less senior members of the team. Share experience, knowledge, and ideas to the team to improve processes and productivity. Provide tier 2 and 3 escalations for related issues and questions. Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and service level agreements (SLAs) to ensure the support team meets or exceeds performance expectations. Conduct regular performance reviews and provide ongoing training and development opportunities for the support team. Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance support processes, reduce incidents, and improve overall application reliability and user satisfaction. Manage vendor relationships and ensure third-party support services align with organizational needs and standards. Maintain comprehensive documentation of support processes, incidents, and resolutions. Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure the SRE function remains cutting-edge and effective. Qualifications: Enablement mindset and attitude – you win when teams win Excellent verbal and written communication skills Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent work experience 8+ years of professional Site Reliability Engineering experience (or equivalent demonstrated impact) Strong background in designing, implementing, and delivering complex technical architectures Hands-on experience with the Cloud in a production environment (AWS preferred) Solid experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or OpenTofu preferred) Hands-on experience building and running CICD infrastructure (GitLab preferred) Hands-on development experience in a modern programming language (Python preferred) Experience implementing and operating container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, EKS, Elastic Container Service (ECS) Deep understanding of information security concepts Experience implementing and operating monitoring tools such as Sentry, Prometheus, and Datadog Experience with or strong interest in AI technologies Familiarity with version control systems such as Git Working experience with agile methodologies Experience with cloud-performant microservices and event driven architectures is a plus Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. SWIB Offers: Competitive total cash compensation, based on AON (formerly McLagan) industry benchmarks Comprehensive benefits package Educational and training opportunities Tuition reimbursement Challenging work in a professional environment Hybrid work environment The position requires U.S. work authorization. Pursuant to our Hybrid Remote Work Policy, all staff have the flexibility to work remotely but are required to have a weekly presence in our offices, the frequency of which is dependent on their distance from office or the job position. Staff are not required to reside locally; however, we offer relocation reimbursement to the Dane County area per our policy. All SWIB employees are subject to SWIB’s Ethics Policy and Personal Trade Approvals Policy. These policies include restrictions on outside business activities and employment and have limits on personal trading. You may request copies of these policies from SWIB’s talent acquisition team and any questions can be answered by SWIB’s compliance team.

Sophisticated Work. In a Great City. Making a Difference. The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB) manages more than $178 billion in assets, including those of the fully-funded Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS). SWIB operates at a level more often seen in top-tier global asset managers than in typical public pension funds. SWIB is a home for top talent. Approximately 61 percent of SWIB’s investment professionals are Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) charterholders. The City of Madison, the state capitol and home of Wisconsin’s flagship university, makes regular appearances on lists of best places to live, eat, and play. SWIB offers a modern workspace, hybrid work options, and competitive compensation and benefits. Serving over 703,000 WRS beneficiaries, SWIB is driven by a clear mission: securing the financial future of those who serve Wisconsin. When you work at SWIB, you know your work matters. Job Description: SWIB does not sponsor employment-based visas for this position. Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and be able to maintain that authorization throughout employment without requiring SWIB sponsorship. About the Team The Data Delivery and Operations Division partners with Investment Management, Operations, Risk, and Technology to deliver trusted, timely, and analytics-ready data. The Data Analytics Engineering team governs investment and reference data within the analytics environment. The team transforms source data into reliable data assets that support reporting, performance measurement, risk analysis, accounting, trading, and other investment platforms. Position Overview Reporting to the Manager, Data Analytics Engineering, the Senior Data Analytics Engineer is a senior individual contributor responsible for investment data solutions across security master, entity master, reference data, pricing, holdings, and related domains. This role requires a strong understanding of how securities and other investment assets are identified, classified, priced, and mastered. The Senior Engineer traces information through connected systems, diagnoses why data did not flow or transform correctly, and coordinates durable solutions with business teams, engineers, Technology, and external data providers. The role combines investment data expertise with analytics engineering and applied statistical methods. The Senior Engineer uses SQL and Python, works within Git-based development practices, and uses established CI/CD pipelines to test and promote changes. This person must be able to learn unfamiliar tools, understand how they fit into SWIB’s data environment, and apply technology to a range of business and data problems. The position also provides technical guidance and mentoring to other analysts but does not have direct staff-management responsibility. Investment Data Mastering and Pricing Serve as a subject matter expert for security master, entity master, reference data, pricing, holdings, and related investment data. Interpret identifiers, classifications, instrument and issuer relationships, currencies, market conventions, corporate actions, price sources, valuation timing, and other attributes that affect investment processes. Define and maintain source-selection, golden-source, and match and master rules for assigned data domains. Data Troubleshooting Trace data from external providers through ingestion, mastering, transformation, validation, and downstream consumption. Investigate securities, prices, identifiers, classifications, holdings, and other records that are missing, stale, duplicated, incorrectly mapped, or rejected. Assess the business impact of data issues and coordinate resolution across Investment Management, Operations, Risk, ETL Engineering, Technology, and external providers. Participate as needed in after hours on call rotation in case of critical data delivery failures Identify recurring failure patterns and implement monitoring, validation, automation, or exception-handling improvements that reduce manual intervention. Analytics Engineering and Automation Develop and optimize SQL and Python transformations, data models, reconciliations, validation routines, and analytics-ready datasets. Use Git for branching, commits, pull requests, code reviews, and merge conflict resolution. Use established CI/CD pipelines to execute tests, review results, promote approved changes, and validate deployments. Apply peer review, automated testing, controlled deployment, observability, and documentation practices to analytics workflows. Evaluate technologies and new AI capabilities based on the problem being solved and learn new tools as SWIB’s data environment evolves. Statistical Monitoring and Applied Data Science Analyze historical patterns, distributions, relationships, and time-series behavior in investment and reference data. Design rule-based and statistical monitors for missing, stale, unusual, or inconsistent securities, prices, holdings, classifications, and other data. Establish thresholds and tolerances that reflect asset-class characteristics, market conditions, source behavior, and normal variation. Back-test proposed controls and monitors against historical data before implementation. Evaluate false positives, false negatives, detection rates, and exception volumes and adjust monitoring logic to improve its operational usefulness. Evaluate advanced statistical or machine-learning techniques when they provide a measurable advantage over deterministic rules. Explain statistical findings and automated alerts in practical business terms so that results remain understandable and auditable. Data Quality and Governance Implement preventive and detective controls for timeliness, completeness, accuracy, validity, consistency, uniqueness, and referential integrity. Monitor data-quality measures, investigate exceptions, perform impact analysis, and coordinate remediation. Solution Delivery and Technical Leadership Lead complex initiatives and translate investment and operational needs into data models, transformation rules, validation requirements, test plans, and technical specifications. Identify gaps in data architecture, controls, integration patterns, and support processes and recommend practical solutions. Review solution designs, data models, SQL, Python, test plans, and documentation and provide clear, actionable feedback. Mentor engineers in investment data, security mastering, pricing, statistical monitoring, troubleshooting, and engineering practices. Lead discussions with key stakeholders across multiple business functions Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in data analytics, data science, engineering, information systems, finance, or a related field. 6+ years of progressive experience in analytics engineering, investment data management, data architecture, securities operations, or a related discipline. Strong understanding of security and entity mastering, investment reference data, pricing, and how these data affect downstream investment processes. Advanced SQL skills and working proficiency in Python Hands-on Git experience, including branches, commits, pull requests, code reviews, and merge conflict resolution. Experience with agile methodology workflow tools (Jira) Experience using established CI/CD pipelines to test, promote, deploy, and validate changes. Experience designing or administering CI/CD infrastructure is not required. Experience implementing data-quality controls, reconciliations, exception workflows, root-cause analysis, lineage, and governance practices. Experience with cloud data platforms such as Snowflake, Microsoft Azure, or comparable technologies. Ability to learn unfamiliar tools, select technology based on the problem, lead cross-functional work, and communicate with technical and investment audiences. Preferred Qualifications Master’s degree in data science, statistics, financial mathematics, computer science, or another quantitative discipline. Experience applying statistical analysis to data-quality or operational problems, including data profiling, distribution analysis, threshold design, time-series analysis, outlier detection, or anomaly detection. Experience working with multiple asset classes and their reference-data and pricing conventions. Experience with investment platforms or data providers such as SimCorp, Markit EDM, FactSet, Bloomberg, BlackRock Aladdin, MSCI, or Charles River Development. SWIB Offers: Competitive total cash compensation, based on AON (formerly McLagan) industry benchmarks Comprehensive benefits package Educational and training opportunities Tuition reimbursement Challenging work in a professional environment Hybrid work environment The position requires U.S. work authorization. Pursuant to our Hybrid Remote Work Policy, all staff have the flexibility to work remotely but are required to have a weekly presence in our offices, the frequency of which is dependent on their distance from office or the job position. Staff are not required to reside locally; however, we offer relocation reimbursement to the Dane County area per our policy. All SWIB employees are subject to SWIB’s Ethics Policy and Personal Trade Approvals Policy. These policies include restrictions on outside business activities and employment and have limits on personal trading. You may request copies of these policies from SWIB’s talent acquisition team and any questions can be answered by SWIB’s compliance team.