The Voleon Group · 12 hours ago
Senior Research Engineer - Voleon Securities
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$225K/yr - $310K/yr
5+ years expThe Voleon Group is an early-stage market maker focused on applying AI and machine learning techniques to finance. As a Senior Research Engineer, you will own the research infrastructure and collaborate with researchers and engineers to optimize machine learning environments and deploy market-making strategies.
Financial ServicesVenture Capital
Responsibilities
Develop and optimize ML driven research infrastructure (Python, Pytorch, Jax)
Optimize training and inference for machine learning models (Pytorch, Jax)
Deploy machine learning models from research into production
Develop tooling to integrate data from diverse exchanges and sources
Improve the resilience and performance of our trading systems
Collaborate with external engineering support teams at Voleon, including the trading execution team
Mentor and develop other engineers on the team, and share your practices and knowledge with the team and company
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
5+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong background in backend systems, distributed computing, or data infrastructure
Experience in programming languages such as Python, Go, and C++
Understanding of database technologies (Postgres, MySQL, Cassandra, DynamoDB, SQLite, DuckDB or MongoDB) and experience with APIs (REST/gRPC)
Strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on delivering high-quality, maintainable, and well-documented solutions
Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to work closely with both engineering and research teams
Preferred
Expertise in building and optimizing data pipelines
Experience with profiling and performance optimizations on highly available systems
Expertise implementing deep learning and RL frameworks in Pytorch or Jax
Experience optimizing research infrastructure and providing engineering support to researchers
Experience building a quantitative market-making strategy
Experience bringing machine learning models into production
Experience leading cross team collaborations or working cross functionally
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision coverage
Life and AD&D insurance
20 days of paid time off
9 sick days
401(k) plan with a company match
Company
The Voleon Group
The Voleon Group is a family of companies committed to the development & deployment of cutting-edge technologies in investment management.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Jon McAuliffe
Chief Investment Officer and Co-founder
Prem Gopalan
Chief Technology Officer
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