Senior Research Engineer - Voleon Securities

Voleon Securities is an early-stage market maker spun off from Voleon Capital Management. We apply state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance, with a focus on market making / liquidity provision. For more than a decade, our affiliate Voleon Capital Management has led the hedge fund industry and worked at the frontier of applying AI/ML to investment management, becoming a multibillion-dollar asset manager. Voleon Securities is leveraging Voleon’s deep real-world experience in applying ML to financial markets with a goal to become one of the most profitable market makers on the street.

As a Senior Research Engineer embedded within our first quant strategy team, you will own the team’s research infrastructure and overnight pipelines. You will work closely with both researchers on the team and engineers who oversee our trading execution system. You will be expected to help optimize machine learning training and testing environments, architect and maintain data pipelines and job graphs, and help deploy new machine learning driven market making strategies to production. This role has the potential to become a lead research engineer across Voleon Securities.

We look for responsible people with a passion for solving problems. You’ll work in a collaborative environment that encourages creative thinking and efficient implementation. We embrace experimentation. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers recruited from leading technology companies and universities. You and your team will collaborate closely with top machine learning researchers.

The base salary range for this position is $225,000 to $310,000 in 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.

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 to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms and conditions please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program.

The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.