Staff Software Engineer, Credit Execution

Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For over a decade, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying machine learning to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future. 

As a Staff Software Engineer on our Credit Execution Engineering team, you will be developing the company's production trading systems and data pipelines. You will be expected to work closely with both our finance and research teams to contribute to a platform that supports a diverse set of requirements and complex trading behaviors.

Your Team

We look for responsible people with a passion for solving problems. You’ll work in a collaborative environment that encourages creative thinking and efficient implementation. We embrace experimentation. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers recruited from leading technology companies and universities. You and your team will collaborate closely with top machine learning researchers.

Responsibilities

• Design real-time distributed trading systems that place orders across global markets and asset classes (Go)
• Own observability and remediation tooling used to analyze trading performance and risk (Go / Python)
• Integrate with new assets and markets and drive clarity on the resulting requirements
• Improve the resilience and performance of our trading systems
• Develop tooling to integrate data from diverse vendors
• Lead complex projects spanning across the company. Collaborate across research, legal, trading, finance operations data, and infra teams to deliver end-to-end trading systems
• Mentor and develop other engineers on the team, and share your practices and knowledge with the team and company

Requirements

• Computer Science Degree or equivalent experience
• 7+ years of software engineering experience building high-performance systems
• Experience operating and scaling mission-critical, large-scale production systems in languages such as Python and Go
• Excellent communication and project management skills in complex technical domains
• Ability to understand user stories and design solutions around real-world requirements
• Track record mentoring engineers and leading technical direction

Preferred Qualifications

• Expertise in building and optimizing data pipelines
• Experience with profiling and performance optimizations on highly available systems
• Experience with designing DR-aware robust software solutions
• Exposure to modern Python data science tooling

Compensation

The base salary range for this position is $270,000 to $300,000 in the location(s) of this posting. Individual salaries are determined through a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. Base salary does not include other forms of total compensation, such as bonus compensation and other benefits. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D insurance, 20 days of paid time off, 9 sick days, and a 401(k) plan with a company match.

“Friends of Voleon” Candidate Referral Program

If you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $15,000 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms, and conditions, please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus 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.

Vaccination Requirement

The Voleon Group has implemented a policy requiring all employees who will be entering our worksite, including new hires, to be fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine.  This policy also applies to remote employees, as such employees will be asked to visit our offices from time to time. To the extent permitted by applicable law, proof of vaccination will be required as a condition of employment. This policy is part of Voleon’s ongoing efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of our employees and community, and to support public health efforts.

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