d1g1t Looking for Sales Engineer at Toronto, ON Full Time

About d1g1t

d1g1t is a leading Canadian Fintech company founded in 2016, now with a strong team of 100+ people and growing. We have built a wealth management platform, which is now in use by over 50 of the top advisory firms in Canada and the U.S. Our goal is to provide financial advisors with great analytics and all the information they need at their fingertips, so that they can take the conversation with their clients to a different level – elevating their client experience and increasing engagement.

We are all about Innovation. Originally incubated at the Fields Institute in Toronto, one of the most recognized mathematical institutes in the world, d1g1t is led by an experienced team who have developed portfolio and risk systems for many of the top banks, institutional asset managers, hedge funds, regulators and wealth management firms globally. We are backed by top Fintech investors in Canada & the US/UK, and to build this platform, we have assembled the strongest Financial Engineering team in the industry.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Sales Engineer to join our Pre-Sales team within our Strategy group. The team is responsible for Business Strategy, Channel Partnerships, Pre-sales and Marketing Content. Your role would focus on providing support for the Pre-Sales process and articulating our wealth management value proposition to prospects and clients. We want individual contributors that are team players and not afraid to express their views in a direct but professional manner.

Responsibilities

• Pre-Sales: support d1g1t’s pre-sales process by providing product demos to prospects and refining the pre-sales product messaging and “storylines”
• Demo environment: design and refine the demo environment to support product positioning for different target audiences and to showcase newly developed product functionality
• Requirements gathering: provide input to product management with respect to functionality requests that emerge from prospects through the pre-sales process
• Documentation: write marketing collateral, white papers and user guides on d1g1t methodology and functionality
• Ad hoc client projects: assist clients with occasional quantitative analysis projects to improve their overall use of and experience with the d1g1t platform

Qualifications

• Strong presentation skills and the ability to articulate a value proposition persuasively
• Self-motivated and able to direct own project work with minimal supervision
• Professional demeanor, good time management skills and ability to build rapport with prospects
• Work experience, or demonstrable knowledge in risk, wealth or portfolio management. Specialization or experience in any relevant area such as: performance attribution, portfolio optimization, trading, portfolio construction, stress testing, data science, etc.
• Programming experience in any language such as: R, Python, Julia, VBA or similar language for data analysis, scripting and prototyping.
• Master’s degree in quantitative field and/or professional designation: CFA, CFP, CAIA, FRM or other is a nice to have.

Perks of working at d1g1t

• Opportunity to join a fast-growing Fintech startup

• Working in a culture of collaboration, innovation and internal mobility where your voice is valued and given importance
• Competitive compensation with bonus and comprehensive healthcare benefits
• Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Fitness and Wellness Credit
• Continuing Education Allowance
• Flexible hours and remote-work policy
• Mac or Windows: choose what suits you

Contact

Please contact Rob Crawford at [email protected] to submit your application.