Backend Engineer

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. Our environment is relaxed yet intellectually driven. We seek people who think in code and are motivated by being around like-minded people. The Role: The Backend Engineer is a developer whose primary role will be to build and develop components for the Alpha testing and production framework. This role is expected to be familiar with modern design patterns and can apply suitable programming paradigms to create and maintain a robust and flexible system. In addition, this role will work closely with the operations team, adopting continuous integration and deployment techniques to ensure that the software products are being delivered in a timely yet reliable manner. This role is also expected to be able to learn and integrate new technology to complement and enhance existing systems. What You'll Do: Develop robust backend application services and APIs. Propose system design and develop new systems as well as enhance existing systems Be an active member of an agile engineering team who is continuously looking to improve team performance. Automate CI/CD processes. Monitor and analyze platform reliability and performance and develop improvements. Work with leading open-source technologies (such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, ELK stack, Sentry, Redis, Git, etc.). What You’ll Bring: 5+ years of experience in software development and interest in running real-world applications at scale. Excellent problem-solving abilities and judgment with strong attention to detail Demonstrated experience developing scalable and robust software. Excellent coding skills, solid understanding of the broad Python ecosystem including Numpy, Pandas… Working knowledge in various database and messaging technologies such as SQL, Redis, Kafka etc Mature, thoughtful, with the ability to operate in a collaborative, team-oriented culture E...