Lead Software Engineer

WorldQuant · New York, United States · 2 wk ago

Engineering$150k–$250k/yrFull-time

The Role

WorldQuant is seeking an exceptional individual to be a key contributor to the maturation phase of several essential software systems currently in firm wide use. These systems are an important part of the research and production trading pipelines. Your mission will be to relentlessly improve their performance, scalability, reliability and survivability while continuing to develop features. The successful candidate will work with and provide mentorship and additional technological leadership. Key technologies for the products include:

Java (and to a lesser extent Python)
Distributed systems
Kafka
PostgreSQL
BigQuery

What You’ll Bring

A Computer Science degree (advanced degree or equivalent experience preferred- particularly with storage technologies or distributed systems)
Extensive experience as a key contributor in the development of complex software systems (leading financial services firm experience preferred- particularly involved in high performance systems)

Our Benefits

Core Benefits:

Fully paid medical and dental insurance for employees and dependents, flexible spending account, 401k, fully paid parental leave, generous PTO (paid time off) that consists of:

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,
ten sick days.

Perks: employee discounts for gym memberships, wellness activities, healthy snacks, casual dress code
Training: learning and development courses, speakers, team-building off-site
Employee resource groups

Pay Transparency:

The Base Pay Range For This Position Is $150,000 – $250,000 USD.
To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state.

Pay Transparency

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.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

WorldQuant is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation or preference, age, marital status, citizenship, national origin, disability, military status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or any other protected characteristic as established by applicable law.