Senior Software Engineer, Forecast Engineering

Position Overview

• Location Type: Not Specified
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Salary: $225,000 - $255,000 (Base Salary Range)

Voleon is a technology company applying state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. They are a multibillion-dollar asset manager with ambitious goals for the future. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Forecast Engineering team, you will develop systems to train, evaluate, and serve machine learning models. You will help design, scope, and deliver large-scale projects while mentoring junior engineers and sharing your knowledge with the team and company. Forecast Engineering works closely with research teams, exposing you to cutting-edge ML methods. You'll work at the intersection of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Statistics to develop high-performance, reliable, low-friction tools to enable world-class research. You will impact the entire ML pipeline, from model training to graph execution.

Requirements

• Education: Computer Science Degree or equivalent experience
• Experience: 5+ years of software engineering experience
• Programming Languages: Expertise in Python, R, and/or C/C++
• Data Science Packages: Proficiency with Python and/or R data science packages
• Operating System: Proficiency developing in a Linux environment with a focus on performance, concurrency, and correctness
• Machine Learning Frameworks: Experience with machine learning frameworks and libraries
• Performance Optimization: Previous experience with performance optimization of modeling code
• Understanding: Ability to understand key details to provide correct systems

Responsibilities

• Lead and Collaborate: Lead and collaborate in diverse and engaging software work, including experiment management, modeling algorithm development, live inference deployment, and more.
• Translate Research: Translate novel research ideas into performant and reliable code.
• Develop Software Systems: Develop scalable, maintainable software systems with a focus on long-term sustainability.
• Project Leadership: Proactively lead complex projects from start to finish, including gathering requirements, designing software, reasoning about technologies, and communicating effectively.
• Technical Leadership: Act as a technical leader for both research and engineering staff.
• Collaboration: Work alongside experienced engineers recruited from leading technology companies and universities.
• Collaboration with Researchers: Collaborate closely with top machine learning researchers.

Company Information

Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. They have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager and have ambitious goals for the future. They embrace experimentation and encourage creative thinking and efficient implementation.