Senior Software Engineer at WorldQuant
$150,000–$250,000from the description
Jul 27, 2026
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Jul 28, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior backend/data engineering role at a quantitative investment firm, focused on designing, building, and owning large-scale ETL pipelines, data storage systems, and backend services that support research and investment workflows. The position requires strong distributed systems design skills and end-to-end ownership of critical infrastructure, with significant autonomy and cross-team collaboration.
Senior level · 8+ years · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The job posting does not specify a work location city or state beyond 'US-based'; no CBSA could be determined. The pay transparency note confirms this is a US-based posting.
The primary programming language requirement lists Python, Java, Go, C++, or equivalent as interchangeable options — Python is used as the primary name since it receives the most elaboration in the posting.
LLMs appear under the required 'What You'll Bring' section as 'AI-agent readiness' — openness to working with LLM-powered tools is framed as a hard requirement, not a nice-to-have.
The alt SOC 15-1243 (Database Architects) is noted because a substantial portion of the role involves data pipeline architecture, schema design, and data modeling — though the broader software engineering scope makes 15-1252 the stronger fit.
Ansible and Terraform are listed together under 'infrastructure-as-code' in the Nice to Have section; they are treated as alternatives since either satisfies the same requirement.
The posting does not specify remote eligibility or a specific office location.
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