Senior Research Engineer - Voleon Securities

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

Requirements

• 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 Qualifications

• 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