[Remote] Senior Software Engineer, Post-Trade Financial Systems
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Voleon Group is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Back Office Engineering team, you will develop production trading systems and data pipelines, collaborating closely with finance and research teams to support complex trading behaviors.ResponsibilitiesDesign and optimize robust, scalable data infrastructure and real-time stream processing systems to support historical and live pipelines using tools like Python, Airflow, Go, and Apache BeamDevelop and maintain observability and remediation tools to monitor and analyze trading performance and risk, ensuring reliability and transparency in operationsLead efforts to integrate new financial assets and markets, clarifying requirements and ensuring seamless functionality within existing systemsEnhance the resilience, scalability, and performance of accounting and reporting systems to meet evolving business needsBuild advanced tooling to unify data from diverse vendors, standardizing symbol mappings to ensure consistency and accuracy across systemsLead complex, company-wide projects by collaborating cross-functionally with research, legal, trading, finance operations, data, and infrastructure teams to deliver comprehensive end-to-end accounting and reporting systemsBuild the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from various data sourcesGuide and support the growth of other engineers on the team by mentoring them and sharing your expertise, best practices, and knowledgeSkillsBachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience in a related technical field5+ years of software engineering experience designing and building high-performance, reliable systemsProven expertise in operating and scaling large-scale, mission-critical production systems, with proficiency in programming languages such as PythonStrong communication and project management skills, particularly in navigating complex technical domains and cross-functional collaborationDemonstrated ability to mentor engineers and provide leadership in driving technical direction and system architectureExpertise in building and optimizing data pipelines (e.g. Change data capture, data modeling, data streaming, etc.)Experience with profiling and performance optimizations on distributed systemsFamiliarity with modern Python data science tooling (pandas, polars, dask, duckdb, etc.)Experience with modern data engineering technologiesBenefitsHighly competitive compensation and benefits packagesTechnology talks by our expertsA beautiful modern officeDaily catered lunchesCompany OverviewThe Voleon Group is a family of companies committed to the development & deployment of cutting-edge technologies in investment management. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in Berkeley, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is http://voleon.com/.Company H1B SponsorshipThe Voleon Group has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 2 in 2025, 2 in 2024, 3 in 2023, 4 in 2022, 1 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.