Software Engineer - University Hire 2027

Socket.dev; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation & benefits

Tech talks & lectures

Modern office

Daily catered lunches

Job summary

Voleon is seeking a Software Engineer to design and implement scalable, high-performance software for trading and research platforms. You will work with traders and quantitative researchers to build robust back-end services in Linux environments, emphasizing performance and correctness.

Collaborate with Senior Software Engineers, participate in end-to-end delivery from requirements to deployment, and contribute to modern tooling with Kubernetes and Bazel.

Qualifications

• Experience building high-performance backend services in Linux.
• Strong collaboration across traders, researchers, and engineers.
• Familiarity with modern deployment tooling (Kubernetes, Bazel).

Responsibilities

• Lead and collaborate on software for trading infrastructure and data processing.
• Design, develop, and maintain back-end services for research platforms.
• Translate requirements into scalable software designs and implement them.
• Work with Senior Software Engineers and receive mentorship.

Skills

Linux performance

Backend engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

Kubernetes

Bazel

SQL / Databases

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 led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying AI/ML to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future. Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals. 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.

As a Software Engineer, you will play a key role in designing and implementing scalable, high-performance software solutions that drive our trading and research platforms. You will engage deeply with both the technical and business aspects of our operations, working alongside traders, quantitative researchers, and other engineers to create scalable, efficient, and resilient solutions. You'll have the opportunity to tackle challenging technical problems while directly impacting the success and evolution of our trading strategies in a highly dynamic and competitive industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead and collaborate in diverse and engaging software work, which includes areas such as trading infrastructure, computing and data processing, flexible pipelines for model development, and more

• Design, develop, and maintain robust software that support our trading strategies and research initiatives

• Proactively engage in complex projects from start to finish, which includes gathering project requirements, translating them into a rational software design, reasoning effectively about supporting or dependent technologies, and communicating effectively with teammates

• Collaborate closely with Senior Software Engineers and benefit from mentorship and coaching

Requirements

• Experience developing in a Linux environment with a focus on performance, concurrency, and correctness using languages such as Python, R, Java, Go, and C/C++

• Demonstrated excellence in backend engineering via work with databases, large-scale data processing, highly available services

• Demonstrated ability to design, develop, and deploy a back-end application given design specs

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams

• Familiarity with modern deployment and build tooling, such as Kubernetes, Bazel, etc. (preferred)

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field (Graduating class of 2027)

• Authorization to work in the United States

Friends of Voleon Candidate Referral Program

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.