Job Description: Engineer

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote (with occasional travel)
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Salary: Not specified

As an Engineer at QuantCo, you will build robust and scalable products that reach millions of people and impact billions of dollars. You will own systems from end to end, collaborating closely with internal stakeholders and exceptionally talented colleagues to develop and implement industry-leading models into our clients’ businesses. You will be responsible for the design, development, testing, deployment, and operation of business-critical systems, thereby bridging the worlds of infrastructure, software engineering, and data science.

Requirements

• Ability to write maintainable, tested, and production-ready code.
• Familiarity with Python and relevant data science libraries is essential.
• Familiarity with backend frameworks like Django / Flask / FastAPI, and packaging these services in the Python ecosystem.
• Strong computer science fundamentals in areas such as data structures, cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, machine learning, and high-performance computing.
• Demonstrated ability to learn continuously, work independently, and make smart decisions with minimal supervision.
• Understanding of how technical decisions impact end users.

Nice to Haves

• Experience with machine learning toolkits.
• Experience building data pipelines.
• Experience building and operating critical systems.
• Contribution to open source projects.
• Willingness to travel when necessary.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, and operate business-critical systems.
• Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders and talented colleagues.
• Own systems from end to end.
• Bridge the worlds of infrastructure, software engineering, and data science.
• Write maintainable, tested, and production-ready code.

Application Instructions

• Not specified in the provided text.

Company Information

About QuantCo:

At QuantCo, we leverage expertise in data science, engineering, and economics to help organizations turn data into decisions. Started by 4 PhDs from Harvard and Stanford, we are now more than 180 professionals with extensive quantitative, engineering, and business experience. We are globally distributed with offices in Berlin, Boston, Cologne, Karlsruhe, London, Munich, San Francisco, and Zurich. Our solutions include algorithmic pricing, data-driven claims management, and high-dimensional forecasting systems. Our customers include some of the largest financial, retail, and healthcare organizations in the US and Europe.

What We Offer:

• Part of a smart, supportive, and diverse team.
• Opportunity to learn from and collaborate with highly skilled colleagues.
• Unique opportunity to work at a company where outsized impact and influence are still possible.
• Generous compensation package including:
  • Base salary
  • Bonus
  • Stock options
  • Relocation support
• Additional location-based benefits.
• Remote work is possible contingent on occasional business travel to meet with teams and clients onsite.