🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll build the software enabling large-scale quantitative research at WorldQuant's core platform. Your work will directly impact the firm's multi-year effort to develop a powerful, scalable platform. You'll take ownership of complex technical challenges and collaborate with smart, like-minded people in a relaxed yet intellectually driven environment.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Design and develop large-scale distributed systems
• Write production-quality Python code on Linux
• Work on machine learning and backtesting platform design
• Take ownership of complex technical challenges

📋 Requirements

• 7+ years writing production-quality Python on Linux
• Willingness to learn C++ (prior experience not required)
• Solid Linux system programming fundamentals
• Proven ability designing large-scale distributed systems

✨ Nice to Have

• Prior experience with C++
• Experience with graph data systems or streaming/dataflow systems
• Prior experience in financial services

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 💰 Competitive compensation package with clear career roadmap
• 📚 Learning and development culture: training courses, library, speakers
• 🏥 Premium Health Insurance and Employee Assistance Program
• 🌴 Generous time-off and re-creation sabbatical leave
• 🎉 Team building activities and annual company trips

📨 Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks · AI estimate

1. 1Recruiter phone screen· 30 min
2. 2Technical phone interview· 60 min
3. 3On-site interviews· 3-4 hours