Senior Software Engineer, Strategy Research Analytics (Berkeley)

Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For nearly two decades, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying AI/ML to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.As a Senior Software Engineer in Strategy Research Analytics, you will lead the design, evolution, and long-term architecture of Voleon’s analytics infrastructure supporting research reporting and analysis across strategies. You will own critical recurring analytics pipelines and foundational datasets, while guiding the transition from fragmented, bespoke workflows toward a standardized, observable, and query-native analytics platform. In addition to hands-on implementation, you will shape technical direction, establish reliability standards, and drive consolidation efforts that improve consistency, scalability, and reproducibility across research analytics systems.You’ll collaborate closely with Data Scientists, Researchers, and Data Infrastructure teams to ensure analytics systems run reliably and produce consistent, queryable datasets. This role offers strong technical ownership within a mission-critical area of the research organization, with meaningful impact on research velocity and insight generation.Your TeamThe Research Analytics team sits within Research Engineering and works closely with Data Scientists and Researchers across all of Voleon's core strategies. We look for brilliant people with a passion for solving problems through innovation and engineering fundamentals. You’ll work in a collaborative environment that encourages creative thinking and efficient implementation. You’ll work alongside experienced engineers recruited from leading technology companies and selected from the sharpest minds at university programs.The team’s mission is to:Stabilize existing analytics pipelines to ensure critical data is available for our data scientist and research partnersImplement monitoring/alerting and operational runbooks; participate in incident response and postmortemsStandardize outputs from strategy workflows into a unified analytics schema (tables, metrics definitions, partitioning strategy)Improve dataset discoverability via documentation, schema contracts, and metadata/lineage primitivesOptimize query performance and cost for distributed engines (Presto/Spark) and columnar formats (Parquet/ORC)ResponsibilitiesOwn implementation and on-going operation of recurring analytics pipelines (e.g., Airflow DAGs) including monitoring, alerting, and reliability improvementsLead architectural evolution of the analytics platform, including schema standardization, DAG consolidation, and modernization of legacy workflowsDrive cross-team technical alignment when consolidating duplicated or inconsistent analytics outputsBuild and maintain base analytics tables and metrics with strong schema discipline and reproducible computationDefine and implement reliability standards (SLOs, observability patterns, runbooks) adopted across analytics pipelinesImprove transparency and usability through documentation, discoverability, and clear data contractsOptimize distributed compute and SQL query performance; design data layouts (partitioning, file sizing) for columnar storageMentor engineers through design reviews and raise the bar for operational and modeling rigorRequirements:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience6+ years of experience building and operating analytics or data infrastructure systemsStrong proficiency in Python and SQLDeep experience with distributed query engines and large-scale compute systemsDemonstrated ownership of large-scale or mission-critical data infrastructureStrong data modeling expertise, including schema design, partitioning strategy, and reproducibility considerationsExpertise in metadata management, data lineage, and applying robust data governance principlesPreferred QualificationsExperience leading architectural migrations or major refactors of data platformsFamiliarity 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 to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms and conditions please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program.Equal Opportunity EmployerThe 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.Compensation Range: $200K - $255KLocationRemote, United States; Berkeley, CA; New YorkEmployment TypeFull timeLocation TypeRemoteDepartmentSoftwareCompensation$200K – $255K • Offers BonusThe 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.