The Voleon Group

Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure Group

The Voleon Group$130K — $180K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering (or equivalent)
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • Strong background in software design focusing on robustness and efficiency
  • Experience with large codebases, crafting modular and maintainable software
  • Proficiency in programming languages like Python, Go, Java, or C++
  • Hands-on experience in Linux/UNIX environments
  • Expertise in scalable services and large-scale data infrastructure
  • Familiarity with data management technologies like PostgreSQL, Redis, etc.

Responsibilities

  • Guide complex initiatives from requirements gathering to deployment, collaborating with stakeholders.
  • Build scalable data infrastructure and enhance the developer experience through effective tooling.
  • Provide technical guidance to engineering and research staff, supporting their professional growth.

Benefits

  • Collaborative and innovative work environment that values creative thinking and experimentation.
  • Opportunity to mentor and influence the next generation of engineers.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge technology and partnerships with machine learning researchers.
  • Work within a friendly and kind team culture that encourages down-to-earth interactions.
  • Participation in defining the strategic technical roadmap of the company.
Full Job Description
Your Team

As a Senior/Staff Software Engineer on our Data Infrastructure group, you will contribute to scaling and advancing our entire data infrastructure. This includes building data-related infrastructure and tooling, and collaborating closely with various teams to facilitate and improve their usage of data. You will work with our team lead to design, scope, and deliver large scale projects within the team. You will collaborate closely with a diverse group of engineers, and directly impact the team's productivity and successful delivery. You will help to define the team's technical roadmap towards achieving strategic-level engineering goals. You'll participate in mentorship and development of other engineers on the team, and shaping our company's engineering culture.

We seek brilliant thinkers who are passionate about taming complexity and solving problems through innovation and rigorous engineering. You'll work in a collaborative environment that encourages creative thinking and experimentation, and values efficiency and attention to detail. Our engineers come from leading technology companies and top academic programs. Our team partners closely with machine learning researchers. We pride ourselves on being kind, friendly, and down-to-earth, and look for people who share those qualities.

Responsibilities
  • Guide complex initiatives from initial requirements gathering and robust system design to deployment, effectively evaluating dependent technologies and collaborating closely with stakeholders.
  • Build scalable data infrastructure and shape the developer experience, tackling projects such as owning data cataloging, versioning, and lineage to support seamless research and production workflows.
  • Provide technical guidance to both engineering and research staff, fostering a supportive environment that accelerates the growth of your teammates.


Requirements
  • Computer Science / Engineering bachelor's degree (or equivalent)
  • 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience
  • Proven track record of software design and implementation with focus on correctness, robustness, efficiency, and scale
  • Experience working with large codebases and building modular, extensible, and maintainable software
  • Expertise in a modern programming language, such as Python, Go, Java or C++
  • Hands-on experience developing in a Linux/UNIX environment
  • Design and implementation of scalable services and APIs, highly-available systems, and/or large-scale data infrastructure
  • Experience with data storage and management technologies (e.g. PostgreSQL, Artifactory, Ceph, Redis)
  • Strong communication skills and a knack for explaining complex ideas with clarity and simplicity


Preferred Qualifications
  • Familiarity with the following strongly preferred:
    • Cluster management and containerization technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker)
    • Cloud storage, querying, and processing technologies (e.g. Iceberg, BigQuery, Snowflake, DynamoDB, Trino/Athena)
  • Experience building data platforms with a developer experience lens - designing APIs, access patterns, or tooling that abstracts infrastructure complexity from end users
  • Job scheduling and orchestration technologies (e.g. Airflow, Slurm)


"Friends of Voleon" Candidate Referral Program

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About The Voleon Group

The Voleon Group is a quantitative investment management firm that uses advanced mathematical and statistical techniques to identify and exploit market inefficiencies. The company was founded in 2007 by Michael Kharitonov and Jon McAuliffe and is based in San Francisco, California. Voleon's investment strategies are based on machine learning and artificial intelligence, and the company has a team of over 200 researchers and engineers working to develop and improve its algorithms. Voleon manages several funds, including a long/short equity fund and a futures fund, and has a strong track record of performance. The company is known for its rigorous approach to research and its commitment to transparency and ethical behavior.
Learn more about The Voleon Group
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200 employees
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Founded
2007

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