Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Voleon Group is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. As a Senior or Staff Software Engineer on the Data Engineering team, you will contribute to scaling and advancing data operations, collaborating with various teams, and mentoring other engineers while working on complex projects.
Responsibilities
- Engage and collaborate in diverse software development work, including design and implementation of data processing technologies, sourcing and delivery systems and pipelines, development of data related tools and libraries, and more
- Support our trading operations and promote our research effort through reliable delivery of high-quality data
- Build scalable and robust ingestion and distribution systems, and fault-tolerant production-critical pipelines
- Lead complex projects from start to finish, including gathering requirements, creating a robust software design, reasoning about supporting or dependent technologies, and communicating effectively with stakeholders, collaborators, and teammates
- Provide technical guidance to engineering and research staff
- Provide mentorship and support to help grow your teammates and up-level the team
Skills
- Computer Science / Engineering bachelor's degree (or equivalent)
- 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience
- Proven track record of software design and implementation with focus on correctness, robustness, efficiency, and scale
- Experience working with large codebases and building modular, extensible, and maintainable software
- 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, highly-available systems, and/or robust data infrastructure
- Strong communication skills and a knack for explaining complex ideas with clarity and simplicity
- Experience with data storage and management technologies (e.g. PostgreSQL, Artifactory, Ceph, Redis)
- Cluster management and containerization technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker)
- Job scheduling and orchestration technologies (e.g. Airflow, Slurm)
Benefits
- Highly competitive compensation and benefits packages
- Technology talks by our experts
- A beautiful modern office
- Daily catered lunches
- Friends of Voleon” Candidate Referral Program with potential to earn $15,000 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group
Company Overview
The Voleon Group is a family of companies committed to the development & deployment of cutting-edge technologies in investment management. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in Berkeley, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://voleon.com/.Company H1B Sponsorship
The Voleon Group has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 4 in 2022, 1 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.