Staff Platform Engineer - Strategy Data & ML Infrastructure

The Voleon Group; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Voleon Group in Berkeley, California is looking for a Platform Engineer to own significant pieces of their platform end to end, from designing to operating systems. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in backend, data pipelines, or platform engineering and should be proficient in Python. Responsibilities include managing data pipelines, improving observability, and leading complex projects. The role offers an opportunity to influence critical systems in a multibillion-dollar hedge fund environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend, data pipelines, or platform engineering.
• Experience owning platform systems with decomposition decisions and system improvements.
• Strong debugging instincts with the ability to navigate unfamiliar datasets.

Responsibilities

• Own data access, validation, orchestration, and cataloging across research and production.
• Engineer smooth deployment processes for research experiments into production.
• Develop tooling for data integration from diverse vendors.

Skills

Backend development

Data pipelines

Platform engineering

Debugging

Observability

Python

Education

Computer Science Degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Airflow

Dagster

Spark

Iceberg

Trino

Flink

Job description

The Voleon Group in Berkeley, California is looking for a Platform Engineer to own significant pieces of their platform end to end, from designing to operating systems. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in backend, data pipelines, or platform engineering and should be proficient in Python. Responsibilities include managing data pipelines, improving observability, and leading complex projects. The role offers an opportunity to influence critical systems in a multibillion-dollar hedge fund environment.