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Bridgewater Is Hiring! Meet Their Tech Team

We hosted a networking event with Bridgewater Associates' technologists and talent acquisition team. Technology is critical to Bridgewater, a premier asset management firm working with global institutional investors. They’re engineering systems that synthesize and industrialize our global understanding into a hive…

Hosted by Bridgewater Associates In partnership with PowerToFly
Wed, Mar 3, 2021 5:00 – 6:30 PM ET Virtual Invite-only

About this event

We hosted a networking event with Bridgewater Associates' technologists and talent acquisition team.

Technology is critical to Bridgewater, a premier asset management firm working with global institutional investors. They’re engineering systems that synthesize and industrialize our global understanding into a hive mind of macroeconomic knowledge.

Thanks to the tech team, Bridgewater educates and collaborates with the world’s most influential central banks and policymakers and strategically manages the world’s most important capital. Their technologists engineer highly available, high-performing, and highly secure cloud-based platforms that drive and scale their investing operations.

92% of employees say it’s a great place to work, compared to the national average of 59% (according to “Great Place to Work”).

Why? Find out during a revealing 90-minute event, including two tech talks, a panel discussion, live Q&A, and small networking sessions.

Agenda (Subject to Change):
  • 5:00 PM ET / 2:00 PM PT - PowerToFly Kickoff
  • 5:05 PM ET - Research Tech Talk Featuring:
    • Suri Bandler, Software Engineer
    • Lucas Morales, Software Architect
  • 5:15 PM ET - Trading Tech Talk Featuring:
    • Divya Mehta, Software Engineer
    • Linan Qiu, Tech Lead
  • 5:25 PM ET - Panel Discussion Featuring:
    • Leanne McDonald, Manager, Trading Technology
    • Linan Qiu, Tech Lead
    • Divya Mehta, Software Engineer
    • Obasi Onuoha, Software Engineer
    • Lucas Morales, Software Architect
    • Suri Bandler, Software Engineer
  • 5:55 PM ET - Closing Remarks from PowerToFly
  • 6:00 PM ET - Breakout Sessions
  • 6:30 PM ET - Event Concludes

About Bridgewater Associates: Bridgewater is a premier asset management firm, focused on delivering unique insight and partnership for large global institutional investors. Today, they manage about $160 billion for approximately 350 clients including public and corporate pension funds, university endowments, charitable foundations, supranational agencies, sovereign wealth funds, and central banks. Their investment decisions are driven by their technology team.

About PowerToFly: PowerToFly is a women-run startup that works with companies to identify skilled professionals they’d like to network with. Over the past few years, we’ve produced 300+ events across the world with brands like Microsoft, Facebook, and Slack, which have resulted in countless hires.

About PowerToFly’s Events: All RSVP’d attendees are welcome, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, or age. If you require assistance to fully participate in this event, please email hi@powertofly.com, and we will contact you to discuss your specific needs.


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Meet the speakers

Divya Mehta

Divya Mehta

Trading Technology Associate

Divya Mehta is a Trading Technology Associate at Bridgewater. She started as an Intern with the company in 2017 before moving into her current role. Divya graduated from Princeton University with a major in Computer Science. Her interests include technology, finance, entrepreneurship, and management.

Suri Bandler

Suri Bandler

Software Engineer

Suri Bandler is a Software Engineer at Bridgewater. She joined the company in 2018 as a Technology Associate/ Software Engineering Intern. After six months as a Head Teaching Assistant in Artificial Intelligence at MIT, she returned to Bridgewater as a Software Engineer in 2019.

Linan Qiu

Linan Qiu

Tech Lead

Linan is a tech lead in the Trading technology team. His team applies econometrics / machine learning methods to Bridgewater’s trade optimization strategies and also owns the engineering platform on which researchers conduct such research. Prior to this role he was a software engineer doing both platform and algorithm development for the core trade systemization platform in Trading. He joined Bridgewater straight out of school from Columbia in 2016 after interning the prior summer at Bridgewater as well.

Lucas Morales

Lucas Morales

Software Architect

Lucas Morales is a Software Architect at Bridgewater. He joined the company over two years ago. Prior, Lucas was a Researcher with the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences where he contributed to the ongoing research effort of building machines that learn and think like people.

Leanne McDonald

Leanne McDonald

Manager, Trading Technology

Leanne McDonald is a Manager of Trading Technology at Bridgewater. She's been with the company for six years.

Obasi Onuoha

Obasi Onuoha

Software Engineer, Trading Technology

Obasi Onuoha is a Software Engineer in Trading Technology at Bridgewater. He joined the company in 2017, after graduating from MIT and completing summer internships at Ab Initio and then Bridgewater. He is part of the team driving the systematization and automation of Bridgewater’s trading strategies at scale.

About the company

Bridgewater Associates

Bridgewater Associates is a premier asset management firm, focused on delivering unique insight and partnership for the most sophisticated global institutional investors. Our investment process is driven by a tireless pursuit to understand how the world’s markets and economies work — using cutting edge technology to validate and execute on timeless and universal investment principles.

Founded in 1975, we are a community of independent thinkers who share a commitment for excellence. By fostering a culture of openness, transparency, and inclusion, we strive to unlock the most complex questions in investment strategy, management, and corporate culture.

Diversity & Inclusion

Our values — meaningful work and meaningful relationships, independent thinking, and creating an environment where the best ideas win — naturally lead us to embrace diversity and treasure our differences. Given our mission to have the deepest possible understanding of global economies, we must find, retain, and grow the best talent across gender identity, race and ethnicity, sexual orientation, gained experiences, and more.

We have a dedicated diversity and inclusion team reporting directly to our Co-CEOs, Nir Bar Dea and Mark Bertolini, several affinity groups to empower our diverse communities, and a senior council charged with continuing to make Bridgewater a vibrant, inclusive community.

A few of our affinity groups include: the Bridgewater Black Network (BBN), the Women's Influence Network (WIN), the Bridgewater Hispanic + Latinx Network (HLN), Asian Affinity Network (AAN) and the Bridgewater LGBTQ + Ally Network (BProud).

Why Choose Bridgewater?

The unifying experience at Bridgewater is meaningful work and meaningful relationships — the unique and lasting personal bonds forged out of a purposeful, rigorous, and inclusive work environment. The culture of our firm emphasizes high standards and continuous learning and improvement.

We develop people through an honest examination of their abilities and performance, enabling personal growth and professional development, centered around a management philosophy described in founder Ray Dalio’s Principles: Life and Work.

Explore our Careers in Technology & Investment.

Benefits

Having world-class benefits is one of our top priorities and is born out of our principles — we believe it is critical to take care of the people who have chosen to devote themselves to our common mission. As such, Bridgewater offers a competitive suite of benefits including:

  1. Health insurance with 100% premium covered and access to additional concierge medical services
  2. Concierge medical services, access to second opinion physician consultation, and access to tele-medicine — all provided at no cost to employees
  3. Competitive 401(k) plan that offers immediate eligibility and vesting, with generous employer match
  4. Equal fully paid parental bonding/care-giving time for all new parents with additional paid medical recovery time for those who give birth
  5. Support for family planning, including financial assistance for adoption and egg freezing costs, in addition to generous fertility benefits through the medical plan
  6. A competitive PTO package, unlimited sick days and remote work flexibility
  7. Free transportation services between New York City and our Connecticut offices
  8. Workplace wellness, including on-site gyms, free meals, healthy snacks, and meditation rooms
  9. An engaged and active community that includes many company events, affinity networks, and extracurricular interest groups
Join Us

If you’re someone who enjoys creating innovative ways to reach ambitious goals, who is open to and energized by receiving honest feedback, and who likes asking “why?” - we encourage you to explore our open opportunities!

Click here for a series of videos and materials to learn more about our culture.

We don’t just look for people who can do a particular job. We look for people we want to share our lives with.

More about Bridgewater Associates →

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