Voleon
Senior Software Engineer, Platform Team
Remote, United States · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 96 days ago
PythonJavaGoC++Distributed SystemsPostgreSQLRedisCloud PlatformsLinuxMachine LearningAirflowA/B TestingResearchLeadershipCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance.
- We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.
- Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement distributed scheduling and workflow systems
- Build scalable, reliable platform services and storage abstractions
- Lead complex projects from design through production delivery
- Lead complex projects from start to finish, which includes gathering project requirements, translating them into a rational software design, reasoning effectively about supporting or dependent technologies, and communicating effectively with collaborators and teammates
- Proven track record of software design and implementation with focus on correctness, robustness, efficiency, and scale
- the systems you build directly shape the reliability, performance, and scalability of research and production workloads across the organization.
- You will partner closely with Infrastructure, Security, application engineering teams, and ML researchers to deliver foundational platform capabilities that improve reliability, performance, and productivity firm-wide - enabling engineers and researchers to focus on domain-specific innovation.
- This role operates at the platform services layer (not bare-metal infrastructure) and emphasizes distributed systems design, strong abstractions, and operational excellence.
- We look for engineers who are motivated by solving complex problems through strong fundamentals and thoughtful system design.
Requirements
- Computer Science / Engineering degree, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Expertise in a modern programming language, such as Python, Go, Java or C++
- Experience with data storage and management technologies (e.g. PostgreSQL, Artifactory, Ceph, Redis)
- Familiarity with job scheduling and orchestration technologies (e.g. Airflow, Slurm)
- Familiarity with cloud-based data storage, querying, and processing technologies
- Strong communication skills and a proven ability to explain complex ideas with clarity and simplicity
Compensation
- In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, technology talks by our experts, a beautiful modern office, daily catered lunches, and more.
Company info
- For nearly two decades, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying AI/ML to investment management.
- In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, technology talks by our experts, a beautiful modern office, daily catered lunches, and more.
Equal opportunity
- The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
- The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer.
- Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
Visa & Work Authorization
- ational origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law
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