Solution 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.

What you’ll do:

• Participate in the development and maintenance of our large-scale, distributed storage platform.
• Interface with the users of the system to understand their use-cases and assist them in making the best use of our tools and platforms
• Research best practices and propose feature specifications for our platform roadmap
• Develop and maintain features and tools that complement our core platform offering

What you’ll bring:

• University Degree, preferably in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields.
• At least 5 years of work experience.
• Strong (English) communications skills and experience working in a global environment
• Expertise in Software Life Cycle management methodologies and tools, including Git and JIRA (required)
• Expertise in C/C++, and/or Go and/or Python (at least one required)
• UNIX/Linux (required).
• Knowledge on the design and development of large-scale, distributed storage systems (desirable)

What we offer:

• Competitive and attractive compensation package with clear career road-map – where you feel challenged everyday
• We offer a strong culture of learning and development: training courses, library, speakers, share and learn events
• Learn from who sits next to you! Working in WQ you are surrounded by smart and talented people
• Premium Health Insurance and Employee Assistance Program
• Generous time-off policy, re-creation sabbatical leave (based on tenure), Trade Union benefits for staff and family
• Team building activities every month: Local engagement events – Employee clubs: football, ping-pong, badminton, yoga, running, PS5, movies, etc.
• Annual company trip and occasional global conferences – opportunity to travel and connect with our global teams
• Happy-hour with tea break, snacks and meals every day in the office!