Full-Time

Senior Software Engineer

Posted on 4/12/2025

The Voleon Group

The Voleon Group

51-200 employees

Machine-learning driven investment management for institutions

Compensation Overview

$175k - $220k/yr

Remote in Canada

Remote

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Required Skills
LLM
Data Engineering
Tableau
REST APIs
Requirements
  • 5+ years of backend and/or data engineering experience.
  • Exceptional verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts clearly.
  • Proven ability to design, develop, and deploy back-end applications based on provided specifications.
  • Strong stakeholder communication skills, effectively engaging with individuals at varying levels of technical fluency.
  • Excellent project management abilities, including setting realistic timelines, communicating progress, and delivering on commitments.
  • Collaborative mindset, with enthusiasm for working in diverse teams.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline.
  • Authorization to work in Canada.
Responsibilities
  • Take ownership of full-stack products from data layer through to user-facing interface, particularly as the team expands into new platform areas.
  • Design and build data pipelines, internal tools, and automation systems that serve Voleon's financial operations teams.
  • Integrate with enterprise systems including our accounting platform, broker data feeds, and internal APIs.
  • Build reconciliation frameworks and monitoring tools that give our teams confidence in their data.
  • Work directly with stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into well-scoped, well-built solutions.
  • Mentor junior engineers and help the team level up on design, testing, and delivery practices.
  • Evaluate and adopt new tools thoughtfully. We've recently explored Tableau, SQLMesh, MCP servers, and LLM-assisted workflows.
Desired Qualifications
  • Familiarity with modern deployment and build tooling, such as Kubernetes, Bazel, Apache Airflow, etc.
  • Familiarity with data warehousing or data modelling tools (DBT, SQLMesh).
  • Experience designing and building applications aimed towards non-technical stakeholders.

Voleon Group is an investment management firm that uses proprietary machine learning models to predict financial market trends. It serves institutional clients by managing portfolios and charging performance-based fees based on returns. The approach relies on analyzing large data sets with statistical models to uncover patterns that inform investment decisions, rather than relying on human intuition. The company emphasizes scalable, adaptable algorithms and rigorous academic research to manage risk and improve performance. Its goal is to deliver consistent, data-driven investment results for pension funds, endowments, and other large investors.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Berkeley, California

Founded

2007

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Institutional fund gained 13.6% in 2024, 14% YTD April 2025.
  • Manages $23.4 billion AUM as of January 31, 2026.
  • Acquired $367,000 AvePoint stake in Q4 signaling tech expansion.

What critics are saying

  • Talent exodus to Citadel and OpenAI poaches ML researchers within 6-12 months.
  • SEC probes trigger trading halts on AI strategies in 12-18 months.
  • Client redemptions from pension funds force liquidations in 18-36 months.

What makes The Voleon Group unique

  • Voleon uses machine learning for equity market-neutral strategies.
  • Founded in 2007 by scientists Michael Kharitonov and Jon McAuliffe.
  • Academic research culture drives scalable financial prediction models.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Vacation

Paid Sick Leave

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Company News

MarketBeat
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