Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For more than 15 years, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying machine learning to investment management. We have become a multi-billion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.

Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in machine learning research as well as highly experienced technology and finance professionals. The people who shape our company come from other backgrounds, too, including concert music performance, humanitarian aid, opera singing, sports writing, and the submarine service. You will be part of a team that loves to succeed together.

As a ** ** Production Engineer, Fixed Income, you will be pivotal in bridging the gap between production operations and software development. Your role focuses on enhancing our critical trading systems and data pipelines through innovative engineering solutions. You will collaborate with passionate and talented software engineers, machine learning researchers, and trading operations specialists in an empowering, results-driven environment. This role encompasses a diverse set of responsibilities, including streamlining the software delivery process, automating manual workflows, refactoring software to improve maintainability, diagnosing and resolving production issues, deploying new trading strategies, and enhancing the visibility of key production outcomes.

Responsibilities

Elevate our proprietary systems, ensuring fault-tolerance and exceptional code maintainability
Diagnose and seamlessly resolve code anomalies, driving system perfection
Spearhead sophisticated deployments
Convert manual workflows into automated processes, optimizing operational efficiency
Manage and prioritize critical system issues to ensure continuous system integrity
Play a pivotal role in our on-call rotations, responding swiftly to maintain uninterrupted service of business-critical systems

Requirements

Proven experience with coding and debugging Python
Experience with Linux
Familiarity with Relational Databases & SQL
Sharp analytical and problem solving skills and a persistent drive for making things work (better)
Strong growth mindset and a passion for learning
Strong technical communication skills
Attention to detail
2 years of relevant industry experience
An undergraduate degree or comparable training in a quantitative field, or equivalent, relevant industry experience

Preferred Qualifications

Knowledge of best practices concerning code maintainability, documentation, quality assurance, continuous integration and deployment
Experience supporting production systems
Experience with any of gRPC microservices, Postgres, Pandas, Golang, R, git, Jenkins, Bazel, Prometheus, Grafana, Airflow, Kubernetes

“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 $7,500 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.](https://voleon.com/assets/Voleon-Referral- Bonus-Program.pdf)

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

Vaccination Requirement

The Voleon Group has implemented a policy requiring all employees who will be entering our worksite, including new hires, to be fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine. This policy also applies to remote employees, as such employees will be asked to visit our offices from time to time. To the extent permitted by applicable law, proof of vaccination will be required as a condition of employment. This policy is part of Voleon’s ongoing efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of our employees and community, and to support public health efforts.