WorldQuant develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across a broad range of asset classes and global markets. 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.
WorldQuant is built on a culture that pairs academic sensibility with accountability for results. Employees are encouraged to think openly about problems, balancing intellectualism and practicality. Excellent ideas come from anyone, anywhere. Employees are encouraged to challenge conventional thinking and possess an attitude of continuous improvement.
Our goal is to hire the best and the brightest. We value intellectual horsepower first and foremost, and people who demonstrate an outstanding talent. 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. Our environment is relaxed yet intellectually driven. We seek people who think in code and are motivated by being around like-minded people.
The Role: WorldQuant is seeking a talented developer with experience in the development of robust, scalable backend systems to build and maintain the next generation of our technology. The team’s technology is a key component of signal research and portfolio generation. The team is involved at every stage of the software development lifecycle from planning to operations and provides second line support to production. The software is written primarily in Python and built on a modern stack but the role is open to all software developers who thrive on solving complex technical problems; experience in finance is not required. The team is open and inclusive to everyone; the diverse projects may require working alone or in a team alongside users to adapt the system to new business requirements.
- Participate in designing distributed system architecture for systems and services.
- Participate in development and maintenance of backend services in Python
- Participate in development and maintenance of services to work with third parties such as: Spark, Kafka, Airflow, Kubernetes, etc...
- Participate in development and maintenance of monitoring services using Prometheus, Grafana Sentry, Alerta, etc.
- Coordinate with stakeholders such as pure infrastructure team, business team, etc... to resolve crossing issues
What You’ll Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent job experience
- 2+ years of hands-on experience developing scalable and robust software applications in web environments with exposure to backend stacks
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, Object Oriented Programming and Model-View-Controller
web framework - Working knowledge of Unix/Linux environment
- Experience with microservices, caching tools, data visualization, queuing systems or large-scale distributed
systems are great plus
- Experience with Spark, Kafka, K8s is also desirable
- Excellent debugging and problem solving skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Fluent in spoken and written English.
What We Offer:
- Competitive compensation package
- Core benefits include: premium private health insurance and life insurance with savings plan
- Support for every aspect of life through Employee Assistance Program and fully covered sick leave
- Strong culture of learning and development: training courses, library, guest speakers, share and learn events, global conferences
- Regular offsite team buildings, annual conferences and occasional global summits – opportunity to travel and connect with our local and global teams
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WorldQuant is a global quantitative asset management firm with over $7 billion in assets under management. Founded in 2007 by Igor Tulchinsky with the belief that talent is global, but opportunity is not, WorldQuant has more than 1,000 employees spread among 26 global offices. WorldQuant seeks to get to the future faster, guided by the principle that there are an infinite number of insights to discover. The firm develops and deploys investment strategies across a variety of asset classes in global markets. For more information on WorldQuant’s philosophy and culture, please visit www.worldquant.com.
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