The Voleon Group - Software Engineer, Strategy Research Analytics
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience • 3+ years of experience building and operating analytics or data infrastructure systems • Strong proficiency in Python and SQL • Deep experience with distributed query engines and large-scale compute systems • Demonstrated ownership of large-scale or mission-critical data infrastructure • Strong data modeling expertise, including schema design, partitioning strategy, and reproducibility considerations • Expertise in metadata management, data lineage, and applying robust data governance principles • Experience leading architectural migrations or major refactors of data platforms • Familiarity with AWS cloud technologies and on-prem compute clusters (e.g., Slurm, SSH, Unix) • Exposure to quantitative research or machine learning environments. • “FRIENDS OF VOLEON” CANDIDATE REFERRAL PROGRAM • If you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $15,000 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form https://voleon.com/referrals/ to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms and conditions please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program https://voleon.com/assets/Voleon-Referral-Bonus-Program.pdf.
Responsibilities
• Own implementation and on-going operation of recurring analytics pipelines (e.g., Airflow DAGs) including monitoring, alerting, and reliability improvements • Lead architectural evolution of the analytics platform, including schema standardization, DAG consolidation, and modernization of legacy workflows • Drive cross-team technical alignment when consolidating duplicated or inconsistent analytics outputs • Build and maintain base analytics tables and metrics with strong schema discipline and reproducible computation • Define and implement reliability standards (SLOs, observability patterns, runbooks) adopted across analytics pipelines • Improve transparency and usability through documentation, discoverability, and clear data contracts • Optimize distributed compute and SQL query performance; design data layouts (partitioning, file sizing) for columnar storage • Mentor engineers through design reviews and raise the bar for operational and modeling rigor
Benefits
• $230K – $295K • Offers Bonus • The listed base salary range for this position is based upon the location(s) of this posting. Individual salaries are determined through a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. Base salary does not include other forms of total compensation such as bonus compensation and other benefits. • Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D insurance, 20 days of paid time off, 9 sick days, and a 401(k) plan with a company match. • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • or drag and drop here • If you require sponsorship now or in the future, please provide more detail. • Recruiting Privacy Policy
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