Staff Software Engineer, Data Engineering

Posted 2 Days Ago
2 Locations
Remote
Hybrid
225K-255K Annually
Senior level
Financial Services
The Role
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Data Engineering team, you will advance data operations through dataset acquisition, processing in research and production, and infrastructure building. You will lead large-scale projects, mentor engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance data usage and delivery.
Summary Generated by Built In

Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art machine-learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. We have led our industry for over a decade and worked at the frontier of applying machine learning to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future. 


As a Staff Software Engineer on our Data Engineering team, you will contribute to scaling and advancing our entire data operation. This includes procurement and ingestion of new datasets, enabling data processing and analysis in research and production environments, building data-related infrastructure and tooling, and collaborating closely with various teams to facilitate and improve their usage of data. You will work with our Product Owner for Data Engineering to design, scope, and deliver large-scale projects within the team. You will collaborate closely with a diverse group of engineers, directly impacting the team's productivity and successful delivery. You will help define the team's technical roadmap toward achieving strategic-level engineering goals. You'll participate in the mentorship and development of other engineers on the team, as well as shaping our company's engineering culture.


Your Team


We look for brilliant people who are passionate about solving problems through innovation and engineering fundamentals. You’ll work in a collaborative environment that encourages creative thinking and efficient implementation. We embrace experimentation. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers recruited from leading technology companies and selected from the sharpest minds at university programs. You and your team will collaborate closely with top machine learning researchers.

Responsibilities

  • Engage and collaborate in diverse software development work, including designing and implementing distributed data processing systems, maintenance and deployment of production workflows, tool development, and more
  • Support our trading operations and promote our research effort through reliable and timely delivery of high-quality data
  • Build scalable data infrastructure, robust storage and distribution systems, and fault-tolerant production-critical pipelines
  • 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
  • Provide technical guidance to engineering and research staff
  • Mentor and grow individual contributors to continuously up-level the team

Requirements

  • Computer Science / Engineering degree or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • Proven track record of software design and implementation with a focus on correctness, robustness, efficiency, and scale
  • Expertise in a modern programming language, such as Python, Go, Java, or C++
  • Hands-on experience developing in a Linux/UNIX environment
  • Design and implementation of scalable services and APIs, highly-available systems, and/or large-scale data infrastructure
  • 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
  • Work with large codebases and experience building modular, extensible, and maintainable software
  • Strong communication skills and a proven ability to explain complex ideas with clarity and simplicity

Compensation


The base salary range for this position is $225,000 to $300,000 in the location(s) of this posting. Individual salaries are determined through a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. Base salary does not include other forms of total compensation, such as bonus compensation and other benefits. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D insurance, 20 days of paid time off, 9 sick days, and a 401(k) plan with a company match.


“Friends of Voleon” Candidate Referral Program


If you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $15,000 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms, and conditions, please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program.

 

Equal Opportunity Employer


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.

 

Vaccination Requirement


The Voleon Group has implemented a policy requiring all employees who will be entering our worksite, including new hires, to be fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine. This policy also applies to remote employees, as such employees will be asked to visit our offices from time to time. To the extent permitted by applicable law, proof of vaccination will be required as a condition of employment. This policy is part of Voleon’s ongoing efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of our employees and community, and to support public health efforts.


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Top Skills

C++
Go
Java
Python
The Company
HQ: Berkeley, CA
169 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

Founded in 2007 by two machine learning scientists, The Voleon Group is a quantitative hedge fund headquartered in Berkeley, CA. We are committed to solving large-scale financial prediction problems with statistical machine learning.

The Voleon Group combines an academic research culture with an emphasis on scalable architectures to deliver technology at the forefront of investment management. Many of our employees hold doctorates in statistics, computer science, and mathematics, among other quantitative disciplines.

Voleon's CEO holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford and previously founded and led a successful technology startup. Our Chief Investment Officer and Head of Research is Statistics faculty at UC Berkeley, where he earned his Ph.D. Voleon prides itself on cultivating an office environment that fosters creativity, collaboration, and open thinking. We are committed to excellence in all aspects of our research and operations, while maintaining a culture of intellectual curiosity and flexibility.

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.

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