[Remote] Software Engineer, Strategy Research Analytics
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Voleon Group is a technology company applying artificial intelligence and machine learning to real-world problems in finance and investment management. The Software Engineer, Strategy Research Analytics will lead the architecture, implementation, and operation of analytics infrastructure, including recurring pipelines, foundational datasets, reliability standards, and platform modernization. The role collaborates with data scientists, researchers, and infrastructure teams to improve the scalability, consistency, and reproducibility of research analytics.
Responsibilities
- Own implementation and on-going operation of recurring analytics pipelines (e.g., Airflow DAGs) including monitoring, alerting, and reliability improvements
- Lead architectural evolution of the analytics platform, including schema standardization, DAG consolidation, and modernization of legacy workflows
- Drive cross-team technical alignment when consolidating duplicated or inconsistent analytics outputs
- Build and maintain base analytics tables and metrics with strong schema discipline and reproducible computation
- Define and implement reliability standards (SLOs, observability patterns, runbooks) adopted across analytics pipelines
- Improve transparency and usability through documentation, discoverability, and clear data contracts
- Optimize distributed compute and SQL query performance; design data layouts (partitioning, file sizing) for columnar storage
- Mentor engineers through design reviews and raise the bar for operational and modeling rigor
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
- 3+ years of experience building and operating analytics or data infrastructure systems
- Strong proficiency in Python and SQL
- Deep experience with distributed query engines and large-scale compute systems
- Demonstrated ownership of large-scale or mission-critical data infrastructure
- Strong data modeling expertise, including schema design, partitioning strategy, and reproducibility considerations
- Expertise in metadata management, data lineage, and applying robust data governance principles
- Experience leading architectural migrations or major refactors of data platforms
- Familiarity with AWS cloud technologies and on-prem compute clusters (e.g., Slurm, SSH, Unix)
- Exposure to quantitative research or machine learning environments
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
- Technology talks by company experts
- A beautiful modern office
- Daily catered lunches
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