Worldquant LLC
Software Development Manager
New York OR Chicago OR Austin OR Old Greenwich · Senior
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About the role
- Escalate and resolve intra- and cross-group misalignment as needed
- Previous experience as a software engineering manager leading experienced teams or technology organizations within the financial domain
Responsibilities
- WorldQuant develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across a broad range of asset classes and global markets.
- There is no roadmap to future success, so we need people who can help us build it.
- Retain, recruit, and develop a lean team of developers
- Drive cross team collaboration to ensure prioritization and execution
Requirements
- If you believe any required details are missing from this job posting, please notify us at WQHR_US@WorldQuant.com, and we will address your concerns promptly.
- Ability to reduce complex concepts into understandable, actionable tasks
- Proven experience with delivering best in class technology platforms in C++, Java or Python
- Familiarity with and inspired by trends in modern computing and new technologies
- Degree in Computer Science and or related field and 10+ years' experience leading strategy and delivering solutions for multiple industries and/or solution domains
- Ability to act as an evangelist who inspires internal audiences through clarity of message and setting of best practices
Compensation
- WorldQuant is a total compensation organization where you will be eligible for a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and benefits.
- To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state.
- We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on job function and level, benchmarked against similar stage organizations.
- When finalizing an offer, we will take into consideration an individual's experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.
- The Base Pay Range For This Position Is $150,000 - $250,000 USD.
- At WorldQuant, we are committed to providing candidates with all necessary information in compliance with pay transparency laws.
Benefits
- Fully paid medical and dental insurance for employees and dependents, flexible spending account, 401k, fully paid parental leave, generous
- twenty vacation days that are pro-rated based on the employee's start date, at an accrual of 1.67 days per month, three personal days, and
- Employee discounts for gym memberships, wellness activities, healthy snacks, casual dress code
- Training: learning and development courses, speakers, team-building off-site
- Core Benefits:
- WorldQuant is a total compensation organization where you will be eligible for a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and benefits.
Company info
- At WorldQuant, we are committed to providing candidates with all necessary information in compliance with pay transparency laws.
- In collaboration with the team's software architect we are looking for someone to:
- We seek to produce high-quality predictive signals (alphas) through our proprietary research platform to employ financial strategies focused on market inefficiencies.
- Our teams work collaboratively to drive the production of alphas and financial strategies - the foundation of a balanced, global investment platform.
- We are seeking a senior technology leader to manage a high performing team that handles our electronic execution.
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- ate in hiring on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation or preference, age, marital status, citizenship, national origin, disability, military status, genetic predisposition or carrier status,
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