Staff Software Engineer, Platform Team

🔥 12 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $325k - $410k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🏗️ Platform Engineer

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The Voleon Group

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2007

💸 Finance

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

Finance • Artificial Intelligence

The Voleon Group is an investment management firm that applies machine learning and rigorous statistical research to financial markets. Founded with an academic approach to research, Voleon emphasizes scalable models, risk management, and data-driven financial prediction rather than human intuition. Headquartered near UC Berkeley and operating through Voleon Capital Management LP and affiliates, the company hires Ph. D. -level researchers in statistics, computer science, and related quantitative fields to develop automated investment strategies and manage funds.

📋 Description

• Design and implement distributed scheduling and workflow systems • Improve job prioritization, resource allocation, and orchestration across hybrid environments • Build scalable, reliable platform services and storage abstractions • Lead complex projects from requirements gathering and software design through production delivery • Reason about supporting and dependent technologies • Improve system reliability, observability, and operational performance • Partner with Infrastructure, Security, application engineering teams, and ML researchers • Provide technical leadership and guidance to engineering and research staff • Mentor and grow individual contributors • Build foundational platform capabilities that improve firm-wide reliability, performance, and productivity

🎯 Requirements

• Computer Science / Engineering degree, or equivalent experience • 8+ years of software engineering experience • Proven track record of software design and implementation focused 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 • Experience designing and implementing scalable services and APIs, highly available systems, and/or large-scale data infrastructure • Experience with data storage and management technologies such as PostgreSQL, Artifactory, Ceph, or Redis • Familiarity with job scheduling and orchestration technologies such as Airflow or Slurm • Familiarity with cloud-based data storage, querying, and processing technologies • Experience working with large codebases and building modular, extensible, and maintainable software • Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex ideas clearly and simply • Legally authorized to work in the United States

🏖️ Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation and benefits packages • Technology talks by experts • Beautiful modern office • Daily catered lunches • Medical, dental, and vision coverage • Life and AD&D insurance • 20 days of paid time off • 9 sick days • 401(k) plan with a company match • Potential $15,000 referral bonus for a successfully hired and employed referral

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