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WorldQuant

Full Stack Engineer

WorldQuant, New York, New York, us, 10261

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Overview WorldQuant develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across a broad range of asset classes and global markets. We seek to produce high-quality predictive signals (alphas) through our proprietary research platform to employ financial strategies focused on market inefficiencies. Our teams work collaboratively to drive the production of alphas and financial strategies – the foundation of a balanced, global investment platform.

WorldQuant is built on a culture that pairs academic sensibility with accountability for results. Employees are encouraged to think openly about problems, balancing intellectualism and practicality. Excellent ideas come from anyone, anywhere. Employees are encouraged to challenge conventional thinking and possess an attitude of continuous improvement.

Our goal is to hire the best and the brightest. We value intellectual horsepower first and foremost, and people who demonstrate an outstanding talent. There is no roadmap to future success, so we need people who can help us build it.

Technologists at WorldQuant research, design, code, test and deploy firmwide platforms and tooling while working collaboratively with researchers and portfolio managers. Our environment is relaxed yet intellectually driven. We seek people who think in code and are motivated by being around like-minded people.

We are seeking an exceptionally talented full-stack engineer to join a team working on critical financial reporting and calculation platforms. The right candidate will have the ability to own the implementation of critical components and influence design of these applications. The candidate also has the opportunity to interact with senior business leaders and deliver solutions with high impact to the firm.

What You’ll Bring

Clear communication and presentation skills.

Proficiency in at least one general purpose programming language from Python, Java, and C++

Expertise in constructing and processing complex SQL queries. Working knowledge of relational databases. (SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL)

Understanding of database design, index structures and stored procedures.

Experience with building middleware services (REST/JSON), caching tools, data visualization, log collection and aggregation, search, queuing systems

A solid background in Unix/Linux environment and Shell scripting.

Experience with the Workday technical platform is a big plus.

Candidate should be open in earning a Workday technical certification.

Experience in DevOps: thorough knowledge in one webserver (Apache/NGINX/Tomcat), monitoring and load balancing tools.

Experience with job schedulers (i.e. airflow, cron)

Excellent debugging and problem solving skills

Finance Experience is not required

Familiarity with financial reporting is a plus

Benefits and Pay Transparency

Core Benefits: Fully paid medical and dental insurance for employees and dependents, flexible spending account, 401k, fully paid parental leave, generous PTO (paid time off) that consists of:

twenty vacation days that are pro-rated based on the employee’s start date, at an accrual of 1.67 days per month,

three personal days, and

ten sick days.

Perks: Employee discounts for gym memberships, wellness activities, healthy snacks, casual dress code

Training: learning and development courses, speakers, team-building off-site

Employee resource groups

Pay Transparency:

WorldQuant is a total compensation organization where you will be eligible for a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and benefits.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on job function and level, benchmarked against similar stage organizations. When finalizing an offer, we will take into consideration an individual’s experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.

The Base Pay Range For This Position Is

125,000 – 200,000 USD.

At WorldQuant, we are committed to providing candidates with all necessary information in compliance with pay transparency laws. If you believe any required details are missing from this job posting, please notify us at

WQHR_US@WorldQuant.com , and we will address your concerns promptly.

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