Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure

The Voleon Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 225,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive compensation

Benefits packages

Daily catered lunches

Modern office environment

Job summary

The Voleon Group is looking for a Senior/Staff Software Engineer to enhance its Data Infrastructure team in New York City. The role involves building scalable data infrastructure and improving developer experiences while collaborating with experts in AI and finance. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, extensive software engineering experience, and be familiar with modern programming languages such as Python or Java. Competitive compensation ranges from $225,000 to $310,000, reflecting the role's significance in a leading tech-driven investment firm.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Proven track record of software design and implementation.
• Hands-on experience developing in a Linux/UNIX environment.

Responsibilities

• Guide complex initiatives from requirements gathering to deployment.
• Build scalable data infrastructure and enhance developer experience.
• Provide technical guidance to engineering and research staff.

Skills

Software design and implementation

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Data infrastructure knowledge

Collaboration

Education

Computer Science / Engineering bachelor’s degree

Tools

Python

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

Docker

Job description

Voleon is a technology company that applies state‑of‑the‑art AI and machine learning techniques to real‑world problems in finance. For nearly two decades we have been at the forefront of applying AI/ML to investment management and have grown into a multibillion‑dollar asset manager.

Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals. The people who shape our company come from a diverse range of backgrounds – from concert music performances and humanitarian aid to opera singing, sports writing and BMX racing.

In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, technology talks by our experts, a beautiful modern office, daily catered lunches, and more.

Senior/Staff Software Engineer – Data Infrastructure

As a Senior/Staff Software Engineer on our Data Infrastructure group, you will contribute to scaling and advancing our entire data infrastructure. This includes 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 team lead to design, scope, and deliver large‑scale projects within the team. You will collaborate closely with a diverse group of engineers, directly impact the team's productivity and successful delivery. You will help to define the team's technical roadmap toward achieving strategic‑level engineering goals. You’ll participate in mentorship and development of other engineers on the team and shape our company’s engineering culture.

We seek brilliant thinkers who are passionate about taming complexity and solving problems through innovation and rigorous engineering. You’ll work in a collaborative environment that encourages creative thinking and experimentation, and values efficiency and attention to detail. Our engineers come from leading technology companies and top academic programs. Our team partners closely with machine learning researchers. We pride ourselves on being kind, friendly, and down‑to‑earth, and look for people who share those qualities.

Responsibilities

• Guide complex initiatives from initial requirements gathering and robust system design to deployment, effectively evaluating dependent technologies and collaborating closely with stakeholders.
• Build scalable data infrastructure and shape the developer experience, tackling projects such as owning data cataloging, versioning, and lineage to support seamless research and production workflows.
• Provide technical guidance to both engineering and research staff, fostering a supportive environment that accelerates the growth of your teammates.

Requirements

• 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 and APIs, highly‑available systems, and/or large‑scale data infrastructure.
• Experience with data storage and management technologies (e.g. PostgreSQL, Artifactory, Ceph, Redis).
• Strong communication skills and a knack for explaining complex ideas with clarity and simplicity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with the following strongly preferred:
• Cluster management and containerization technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker).
• Cloud storage, querying, and processing technologies (e.g. Iceberg, BigQuery, Snowflake, DynamoDB, Trino/Athena).
• Experience building data platforms with a developer experience lens — designing APIs, access patterns, or tooling that abstracts infrastructure complexity from end users.
• Job scheduling and orchestration technologies (e.g. Airflow, Slurm).

Compensation

Compensation Range: $225,000 – $310,000.

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.