TL;DR
Senior Backend Engineer (Fintech): Developing and scaling essential financial systems for research and trading pipelines with an accent on distributed architectures and high-performance data processing. Focus on optimizing system reliability, performance, and scalability while building new features using Java and data-intensive technologies.
Company
WorldQuant is a global investment management firm that develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across diverse asset classes and markets.
What you will do
- Research, design, code, and test firmwide software platforms and tooling.
- Improve performance, scalability, and reliability of mission-critical trading pipelines.
- Collaborate closely with researchers and portfolio managers to enhance production systems.
- Build and maintain data-intensive architectures using Kafka, PostgreSQL, and BigQuery.
- Solve complex problems in distributed systems environments.
Requirements
- Computer Science degree or equivalent experience.
- Deep expertise in modern Java and building scalable, resilient, mission-critical services.
- Extensive experience developing complex software systems within financial services.
- Strong experience with data-intensive architectures using Kafka, PostgreSQL, or BigQuery.
- Proven track record of performance optimization and production-level reliability.
Culture & Benefits
- Competitive compensation package including premium private health and life insurance.
- Comprehensive support through Employee Assistance Programs and fully covered sick leave.
- Active culture of continuous learning with training courses, global conferences, and internal guest speakers.
- Regular team-building offsites, annual conferences, and global summits.
- Intellectually driven environment that encourages challenging conventional thinking.