Global asset and wealth management firm with liquid alternatives focus
Calamos is a diversified asset manager built on traditional finance infrastructure—Excel, Bloomberg, Salesforce, and trading venues like MarketAxess and Tradeweb—combined with modern data stack components (Databricks, PySpark, Delta Lake). The hiring profile is sales-heavy (8 open roles in sales vs. 1 engineering) with a notable recent security hire (Cybersecurity Director), reflecting both revenue growth focus and rising compliance/risk pressures in alternatives and crypto products (Bitcoin ETFs in specialties). Pain points cluster around sales execution, asset retention, and system reliability under trading stress—classic signals of a scaling wealth manager.
Notable leadership hires: Cybersecurity Director
Calamos manages investment strategies across equities, convertibles, fixed income, alternatives, and sustainable assets for institutions (corporations, pension funds, endowments), high-net-worth individuals, and financial advisors. The firm offers multiple product vehicles: separately managed accounts, mutual funds, ETFs (including Bitcoin exposure), closed-end funds, private funds, and UCITS. Headquartered in the Chicago metropolitan area with offices in Naperville, New York, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Portland, and Miami, the firm employs 201–500 people and has operated since 1977. Active projects emphasize sales territory expansion, Charles River system optimization (a standard in institutional asset management), trading workflow efficiency, and support infrastructure for distributed client teams.
Core tools: Excel, Bloomberg, Salesforce, Outlook, MarketAxess, Tradeweb, Liquidnet. Data/analytics: Databricks, PySpark, Spark SQL, Delta Lake, Python, SQL. Operations: Jira Service Management, Microsoft Office.
Naperville, Illinois (Chicago metropolitan area). Additional offices in New York, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Portland, and the Miami area.
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