C++ Software Engineer Data Platform
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Job Summary
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 and portfolio managers. Our environment is relaxed yet intellectually driven. We seek people who think in code and are motivated by being around like-minded people.
- Design develop and maintain core components across our distributed storage compute and service platforms - including storage engines query and compute execution RPC/networking layers and distributed coordination (routing partitioning replication).
- Partner with internal stakeholders across research and engineering teams to translate data-access compute and performance requirements into concrete design and implementation work.
- Investigate and resolve production issues - from correctness bugs to performance regressions.
- Participate in code review system design feature development and productionization.
What Youll Bring:
- Degree in Computer Science or a related field.
- 2 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong fundamentals in data structures algorithms and systems-level thinking (memory management concurrency I/O).
- Proficiency in modern C (C11 or higher); comfort with STL.
- Solid working knowledge of UNIX/Linux development environments.
- Experience using AI-assisted coding tools (e.g. Claude Code OpenCode) to accelerate development.
- A clear proactive communicator who works well with a globally distributed team.
Nice to Have:
- Python
- Exposure to distributed systems concepts (replication sharding consensus) query/compute engines or columnar/analytical storage formats.
- Experience with RPC frameworks.
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About Company
WorldQuant is a quantitative asset management firm, founded in 2007, with more than 850 employees across 13 countries.
