Performance Engineer - Performance Analytics

The Performance Engineer role on our Brooklyn team helps ensure the accuracy, consistency, and explain ability of portfolio performance across our platform.

Our platform was designed to support millions of accounts across custom benchmarks and multi-sleeve portfolio structures. The systems that power these are sophisticated and deeply integrated into daily after-tax reporting and trading. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of data, finance, and scalable systems, and who takes satisfaction in getting to the bottom of numerical discrepancies others can’t explain.

You’ll work closely with our quant and engineering teams to analyze differences between modeled and actual portfolio returns, and conduct performance attribution — helping to identify root causes, validate fixes, and strengthen the robustness of our performance analytics.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Investigate and reconcile account-level and benchmark performance data across internal models, benchmark systems, and custodian data.
• Analyze benchmark definitions, blending logic, and drifted allocations to ensure consistency with expected outcomes.
• Build diagnostic scripts in Python and structured queries in SQL to isolate and document root causes of deviations.
• Collaborate with engineers to translate findings into long-term system updates and validation rules.
• Develop and maintain data-quality dashboards, audit trails, and investigative documentation.
• Partner with portfolio management, operations, and engineering teams to improve transparency and trust in performance reporting.

Educational Requirements

• University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

• 3+ Years Required; 5+ Years Preferred

Career Level
7IC

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3+ years of experience in investment analytics, portfolio accounting, or data engineering/analytics.
• Proficiency in both Python and SQL.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Comfortable working in fast-moving, high-accountability environments where accuracy and speed both matter.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in investment analytics, portfolio accounting, or data engineering/analytics.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics, Computer Science, or a related quantitative field.
• Solid understanding of investment performance concepts, including returns, benchmarks, attribution, and reconciliation.
• Experience with data visualization or workflow automation tools is a plus.

Anticipated Posting End Date:

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location.  In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans). 

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Company Overview

Nuveen is a global investment leader, managing public and private assets for clients around the world and on behalf of TIAA, our parent company and one of the world’s largest institutional investors. We invest in the growth of businesses, real estate, infrastructure and natural capital, providing clients with the reliability, access and foresight unique to our heritage. Our prevailing perspective on the future drives our ambition to innovate and adapt our business to the changing needs of investors - all to pursue lasting performance for our clients, our communities and our global economy. Visit www.nuveen.com to learn more about us.

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At TIAA, we're on a mission to build on our 100+ year legacy of delivering for our clients while evolving to meet tomorrow's challenges. We equip our associates with future-focused skills and AI tools that enable us to advance our mission. Together, we are fighting to ensure a more secure financial future for all and for generations to come. We are guided by our values: Champion Our People, Be Client Obsessed, Lead with Integrity, Own It, and Win As One. They influence every decision we make and how we work together to serve our clients every day. We thrive in a collaborative in-office environment where teams work across organizational boundaries with shared purpose, accelerating innovation and delivering meaningful results. Our workplace brings together TIAA and Nuveen's entrepreneurial spirit, where we work hard and work together to create lasting impact. Here, every associate can grow through meaningful learning experiences and development pathways—because when our people succeed, our impact on clients' lives grows stronger.

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