Worldquant LLC
Senior Software Engineer
New York OR Old Greenwich OR Chicago · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$175k-$250kDetected 21 days ago
PythonC++Distributed SystemsData StructuresAlgorithmsLinuxResearch
About the role
- Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal direction
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.
- Technologists at WorldQuant research, design, code, test and deploy firmwide platforms and tooling while working collaboratively with researchers and portfolio managers.
Requirements
- A minimum of 7 years of writing production-quality code in C++ on Linux platform
- Strong understanding and experience with Linux system programming fundamentals
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, high-performance application design, and concurrency patterns.
- Proficiency in English
- An outstanding candidate will also have experience with one or more of:
- 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.
Nice to have
- Python development experience is also a plus
- Streaming / dataflow systems
- Candidates need not have prior experience in financial services.
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 $175,000 - $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
- Employee discounts for gym memberships, wellness activities, healthy snacks, casual dress code
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- Our group is responsible for building software enabling both the large-scale quantitative research operations that drive WorldQuant's platform and the production of our portfolio.
Visa & Work Authorization
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