Senior Software Engineer

WorldQuant develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across a broad range of asset classes and global markets. We seek to produce high-quality predictive signals (alphas) through our proprietary research platform to employ financial strategies focused on market inefficiencies. Our teams work collaboratively to drive the production of alphas and financial strategies – the foundation of a balanced, global investment platform. WorldQuant is built on a culture that pairs academic sensibility with accountability for results. Employees are encouraged to think openly about problems, balancing intellectualism and practicality. Excellent ideas come from anyone, anywhere. Employees are encouraged to challenge conventional thinking and possess an attitude of continuous improvement. Our goal is to hire the best and the brightest. We value intellectual horsepower first and foremost, and people who demonstrate an outstanding talent. There is no roadmap to future success, so we need people who can help us build it. Technologists at WorldQuant research, design, code, test and deploy firmwide platforms and tooling while working collaboratively with researchers and portfolio managers. Our environment is relaxed yet intellectually driven. We seek people who think in code and are motivated by being around like-minded people. The Role: Our group is responsible for building software enabling both the large-scale quantitative research operations that drive WorldQuant’s platform and the production of our portfolio. The team is currently embarking on a multi-year journey to provide a powerful, scalable, and efficient platform to drive the firm’s next decade of growth. We are looking for someone who can own some of the unique technical challenges inherent in the problem and who can bring solid experience and perspective to the team. What You’ll Bring: A successful candidate will possess: 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. Our Benefits: Core 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. Perks: Employee discounts for gym memberships, wellness activities, healthy snacks, casual dress code Training: learning and development courses, speakers, team-building off-site Employee resource groups Pay Transparency: WorldQuant is a total compensation organization where you will be eligible for a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and benefits. To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on job function and level, benchmarked against similar stage organizations. When finalizing an offer, we will take into consideration an individual’s experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package. The Base Pay Range For This Position Is $175,000 – $250,000 USD. At WorldQuant, we are committed to providing candidates with all necessary information in compliance with pay transparency laws. If you believe any required details are missing from this job posting, please notify us at WQHR_US@WorldQuant.com, and we will address your concerns promptly. By submitting this application, you acknowledge and consent to terms of the WorldQuant Privacy Policy. The privacy policy offers an explanation of how and why your data will be collected, how it will be used and disclosed, how it will be retained and secured, and what legal rights are associated with that data (including the rights of access, correction, and deletion). The policy also describes legal and contractual limitations on these rights. 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