The Voleon Group
Applying statistical machine learning to investment management.
Senior Research Engineer
Location
California
Posted
34 days ago
Salary
$225K - $310K / year
Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishCassandraDynamo DBGRPCMongo DBMy SQLPostgresPythonSqliteGo
Job Description
• own the team’s research infrastructure and overnight pipelines
• work closely with both researchers on the team and engineers who oversee trading execution system
• help optimize machine learning training and testing environments
• architect and maintain data pipelines and job graphs
• help deploy new machine learning driven market making strategies to production
• mentor and develop other engineers on the team and share your practices and knowledge
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong background in backend systems, distributed computing, or data infrastructure
- Experience in programming languages such as Python, Go, and C++
- Understanding of database technologies (Postgres, MySQL, Cassandra, DynamoDB, SQLite, DuckDB or MongoDB) and experience with APIs (REST/gRPC)
- Strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on delivering high-quality, maintainable, and well-documented solutions
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to work closely with both engineering and research teams
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision coverage
- life and AD&D insurance
- 20 days of paid time off
- 9 sick days
- 401(k) plan with a company match
