Updated March 20, 2026

Aiperion is a next-generation fintech and scientific consultancy business where new tech, including classical and language-based AI, is not only employed to improve institutional portfolios but also to change the way investors think about risk. Our scientific work reaches institutional clients through investment services, including portfolio construction and risk consulting, as well as advanced technology/software. Aiperion relies upon a unique combination of academic and practitioner experience. In 2022, it was designated by CIO Magazine as the Consultant of the Year for industry innovation.

Aiperion is headquartered in Chicago. Our team is diverse on many dimensions, including professional background, ethnicity, gender, religion, age, and love for mathematics; we actively encourage diversity while operating in deeply integrated teams. We are dedicated to becoming outstanding partners for our clients, constantly evolving our services, our technology, and the way we invest for their benefit.

Job Location: Chicago, IL, hybrid. We will consider remote for exceptionally qualified candidates.

In this role, you will be part of an entrepreneurial team executing a plan to rapidly grow Aiperion’s portfolio/risk consulting and fintech business. You will be challenged to identify clients’ unsolved problems and help solve them. You are an analytical, intellectually curious person, who enjoys being part of highly collaborative teams. Last but not least, you strongly believe in the role of scientific innovation, AI, and technology in finance.

You want to perform highly analytical work in a unique environment where practical asset management is truly merged with scientific enquiry. You have an analytical spirit which is mathematical, but not purely so; your ability to merge qualitative and quantitative critical thinking is of utmost importance. You also enjoy interacting with people and have a strong inclination towards out-of-the-box, creative thinking. You are willing to take initiative and enjoy thinking every day, a lot. Our research-based framework evolves continuously through the introduction of new concepts, methods, and tools; you enjoy contributing to it as much as you enjoy explaining it consultatively to clients.

This role requires solid knowledge of capital markets, financial instruments including derivatives, and, particularly, portfolio construction, all in combination with strong programming skills.

The role is unique as it merges three equally important aspects: practical investing (mostly through external managers but also via direct investments, including derivatives), portfolio consulting (execution of commissioned projects and studies), and cutting-edge research in portfolio and risk management.

You will work on advanced mathematical design of institutional portfolios by implementing software models and running analyses focused on investment risk optimization for pension funds, foundations, university endowments, as well as other investors. You will perform in-house mathematical R&D, including AI. You will also source, due diligence, model, and monitor hedge funds, private equity funds, and direct investments.

Working with customers, the Managing Partner/CEO, and the software development team, you will help redefine the way risks as well as portfolio management are understood in the investment community.

Your main responsibility is to perform real-world consultancy projects related to modeling and optimizing portfolio construction for various global institutional clients using Aiperion’s mathematical framework and its software implementation (RiskKey^®). All these projects involve custom financial design and actual programming using Aiperion’s proprietary programming environment. Besides implementation, in time, you are expected to contribute to the design of these complex models.

• Interact with clients in various stages such as onboarding, data gathering, and delivery
• Support the Managing Partner/CEO, the scientific team, and the customer success team with various analyses, reports, data integrity, and data management
• Perform R&D work to continuously develop Aiperion’s portfolio of scientific solutions and models
• Support Aiperion software development team in feature specification and testing
• Source, due diligence, and monitor investments: various types of investment funds (especially niche strategies and credit), opportunistic funds, and/or direct investments by conducting qualitative and quantitative due diligence including interviewing fund managers and developing investment theses

• Excellent knowledge of markets and financial instruments, including financial derivatives, is a prerequisite. We cannot accept applications if the candidate has no investment background
• Software development expertise is a prerequisite. We cannot accept applications if the candidate does not have robust programming skills
• High proficiency in at least one programming language is required
• Strong knowledge of mathematics, physics and/or statistics
• High proficiency in at least one statistical package is required
• Experience or completed courses in: financial markets; financial instruments, including derivatives; portfolio management; financial analysis; mathematics and statistics; macroeconomics; and computer science
• Experience in capital markets or research in financial instruments is a plus
• The candidate may start immediately or upon graduation, but not later than summer 2026. The candidate must be authorized to work in the US. The position is full-time but can be available as an internship as well

Please send your resume and a cover letter to careers@aiperion.ai. Explain to us why this opportunity interests you. Applications with thoughtful cover letters will be given priority.