WorldQuant · 3 days ago
Senior Software Engineer
New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$175K/yr - $250K/yr
7+ years expWorldQuant develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across a broad range of asset classes and global markets. The Senior Software Engineer will be responsible for building software that enables large-scale quantitative research operations and the production of the portfolio, contributing to the firm's growth over the next decade.
Asset Management
Responsibilities
A minimum of 7 years of writing production-quality code in C++ on Linux platform
Strong understanding and experience with Linux system programming fundamentals
Ability to develop large-scale, distributed systems
Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, high-performance application design, and concurrency patterns
Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal direction
Proficiency in English
An outstanding candidate will also have experience with one or more of:
Python development experience is also a plus
Developing systems for managing and performing computation on large-scale graph data
Streaming / dataflow systems
Candidates need not have prior experience in financial services
Qualification
Required
A minimum of 7 years of writing production-quality code in C++ on Linux platform
Strong understanding and experience with Linux system programming fundamentals
Ability to develop large-scale, distributed systems
Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, high-performance application design, and concurrency patterns
Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal direction
Proficiency in English
Preferred
Python development experience is also a plus
Developing systems for managing and performing computation on large-scale graph data
Streaming / dataflow systems
Candidates need not have prior experience in financial services
Benefits
Fully paid medical and dental insurance for employees and dependents
Flexible spending account
401k
Fully paid parental leave
Generous PTO (paid time off) that consists of: twenty vacation days that are pro-rated based on the employee’s start date, at an accrual of 1.67 days per month, three personal days, and ten sick days.
Employee discounts for gym memberships
Wellness activities
Healthy snacks
Casual dress code
Learning and development courses
Speakers
Team-building off-site
Employee resource groups
Company
WorldQuant
WorldQuant is a quantitative investment management firm.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
David Rukshin
Chief Technology Officer
Gilad Hefetz
Managing Director, Head of Data
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