[Remote] Staff Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure
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. The Staff Software Engineer will scale and advance data infrastructure, build data tooling, lead large-scale projects, guide technical direction, and mentor engineers and research staff.
Responsibilities
- Guide complex initiatives from initial requirements gathering and robust system design to deployment, effectively evaluating dependent technologies and collaborating closely with stakeholders
- Build scalable data infrastructure and shape the developer experience, tackling projects such as owning data cataloging, versioning, and lineage to support seamless research and production workflows
- Provide technical guidance to both engineering and research staff, fostering a supportive environment that accelerates the growth of your teammates
Skills
- Computer Science / Engineering bachelor's degree (or equivalent)
- 8+ years of relevant software engineering experience
- Proven track record of software design and implementation with focus on correctness, robustness, efficiency, and scale
- Experience working with large codebases and building modular, extensible, and maintainable software
- Expertise in a modern programming language, such as Python, Go, Java or C++
- Hands-on experience developing in a Linux/UNIX environment
- Design and implementation of scalable services and APIs, highly-available systems, and/or large-scale data infrastructure
- Experience with data storage and management technologies (e.g. PostgreSQL, Artifactory, Ceph, Redis)
- Strong communication skills and a knack for explaining complex ideas with clarity and simplicity
- Familiarity with the following strongly preferred:
- + Cluster management and containerization technologies (e.g. Kubernetes, Docker)
- + Cloud storage, querying, and processing technologies (e.g. Iceberg, BigQuery, Snowflake, DynamoDB, Trino/Athena)
- Experience building data platforms with a developer experience lens — designing APIs, access patterns, or tooling that abstracts infrastructure complexity from end users
- Job scheduling and orchestration technologies (e.g. Airflow, Slurm)
Benefits
- Highly competitive compensation and benefits packages
- Technology talks by our experts
- A beautiful modern office
- Daily catered lunches
- Potential to earn $15,000 if a referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, subject to the referral program’s eligibility, terms, and conditions
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