Senior Platform Engineer

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.

What You'll Do

• Architect As-A-Service solutions based on Open Source Software.
• Work within the team on the various products that the team supports.
• Develop tools to improve our ability to rapidly deploy and effectively monitor services in a large-scale distributed environment.
• Work with teams to design, develop, and implement innovative software solutions related to the DevOps and Agile transformation of the enterprise.
• Participate in periodic on-call duties.
• Collaborate with peers both inside and outside your team.

What You’ll Bring

• Solid understanding and experience working with Linux based systems.
• Proficiency in Python for building APIs, developing automation scripts, and creating operational tools.
• Experience with modern authentication and authorization protocols such as OIDC, SAML, and Kerberos to ensure secure access to our platforms.
• Strong working knowledge of container orchestration with Kubernetes (K8s) is highly preferred. Experience with other cluster management systems like Slurm is a plus, especially if you have a background in large-scale computational environments.
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate the provisioning and management of our infrastructure, using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
• Hands-on knowledge with containerization systems such as Docker or Podman.
• Experience with CI/CD, GitLab (preferred), GitHub or Git.
• Experience with agile development.
• A strong background in observability, with experience in monitoring and logging using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and the OpenTelemetry (OTEL) stack.
• Experience using AI/LLM-powered tools and its concepts (MCPs, A2A,…) to support your development workflow is a plus.
• A great team attitude (our job is to make life easier for other teams!).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

What We Offer

• Competitive and attractive compensation package with clear career road-map – where you feel challenged everyday
• We offer a strong culture of learning and development: training courses, library, speakers, share and learn events
• Learn from who sits next to you! Working in WQ you are surrounded by smart and talented people
• Premium Health Insurance and Employee Assistance Program
• Generous time-off policy, re-creation sabbatical leave (based on tenure), Trade Union benefits for staff and family
• Team building activities every month: Local engagement events – Employee clubs: football, ping-pong, badminton, yoga, running, PS5, movies, etc.
• Annual company trip and occasional global conferences – opportunity to travel and connect with our global teams
• Happy-hour with tea break, snacks and meals every day in the office!

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