Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
Passion for learning and growth
Effective technical communication skills
Responsibilities
Enhance fault-tolerance and maintainability of critical code
Diagnose and resolve software bugs
Lead and manage complex deployment processes
Automate workflows to improve efficiency
Track and prioritize production issues effectively
Participate in on-call rotations for incident response
Benefits
Collaborative and empowering work environment
Opportunity to solve real-world problems
Work with passionate and talented colleagues
Pursue continuous improvement in production systems
Engage with a results-driven culture
Full Job Description
As a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), you will work at the intersection of production operations and software development as you improve, manage, and monitor production-critical infrastructure and data pipelines. At Voleon, many SREs serve together on a Production Operations team tasked with improving shared production infrastructure. Others are embedded with teams of software engineers to improve specific production systems owned by those teams. Voleon SREs work on important real-world problems and collaborate with passionate and talented colleagues in an empowering, results-driven environment. This role is a way to make a real difference: your contributions will make our critical systems more reliable, lower operational risk, and increase the efficiency of our engineering effort.
Responsibilities
Improve fault-tolerance and maintainability of code in proprietary data pipelines and trading systems
Diagnose and fix bugs in code
Lead complex deployments
Automate manual workflows
Track and prioritize outstanding production-related issues
Share an on-call rotation responding to incidents to ensure the continuous operation of production-critical systems
Requirements
Experience with coding and debugging Python
Experience with Linux
Familiarity with Relational Databases & SQL
Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills and a persistent drive to make things work (better)
Strong growth mindset and a passion for learning
Strong technical communication skills
Attention to detail
2 years of relevant industry experience
An undergraduate degree or comparable training in a quantitative field or equivalent, relevant industry experience
Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with best practices concerning code maintainability, documentation, quality assurance, continuous integration and deployment
Experience supporting production systems
Experience with any of the following: gRPC microservices, Postgres, Pandas, Golang, R, Git, Jenkins, Bazel, Prometheus, Grafana, Airflow, Kubernetes
"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 $7,500 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.
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.
