Senior Software Engineer

WorldQuant; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in finance seeks a Senior Software Engineer to enhance its quantitative research operations. You will lead the development of software platforms that support innovative financial strategies, leveraging your experience in C++ and system programming in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of production-quality code writing in C++ on Linux.
• Strong understanding of system programming and scalable systems.
• Self-motivated with minimal direction required.

Responsibilities

• Build software for large-scale quantitative operations.
• Develop scalable and efficient platforms critical to firm growth.

Skills

C++

Linux system programming

Distributed systems

Data structures

Algorithms

High-performance application design

Concurrency patterns

Python

Job description

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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: Our group is responsible for building software enabling both the large-scale quantitative research operations that drive WorldQuant’s platform and the production of our portfolio. The team is currently embarking on a multi-year journey to provide a powerful, scalable, and efficient platform to drive the firm’s next decade of growth. We are looking for someone who can own some of the unique technical challenges inherent in the problem and who can bring solid experience and perspective to the team.

What You’ll Bring

A successful candidate will possess:

• A minimum of 7 years of writing production-quality code in C++ on Linux platform
• Strong understanding and experience with Linux system programming fundamentals
• Ability to develop large-scale, distributed systems
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, high-performance application design, and concurrency patterns.
• Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal direction
• Proficiency in English
  
  

An outstanding candidate will also have experience with one or more of:

• Python development experience is also a plus
• Developing systems for managing and performing computation on large-scale graph data
• Streaming / dataflow systems
• Candidates need not have prior experience in financial services.
  
  

WorldQuant is a total compensation organization where you will be eligible for a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and benefits. The estimated base salary range for this position is $150,000 to $250,000 which is specific to New York and may change in the future. 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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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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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