Hiring: Senior Software Engineer Company: WorldQuant Location: New York, United States Job Posted Time: 2026-09-09 18:00:50 Target Skills & Keywords : C++, HBase, Linux, Plaid, Python About the job Experience: •7 years of writing production-quality code in C++ on Linux platform Required Skills: •: Our group is responsible for building software enabling both the large-scale quantitative research operations that drive WorldQuant’s platform and the production of our portfolio. The team is currently embarking on a multi-year journey to provide a powerful, scalable, and efficient platform to drive the firm’s next decade of growth. We are looking for someone who can own some of the unique technical challenges inherent in the problem and who can bring solid experience and perspective to the team. •What You’ll Bring •A successful candidate will possess: •A minimum of 7 years of writing production-quality code in C++ on Linux platform •Strong understanding and experience with Linux system programming fundamentals •Ability to develop large-scale, distributed systems •Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, high-performance application design, and concurrency patterns. •Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal direction •Proficiency in English •An outstanding candidate will also have experience with one or more of: •Python development experience is also a plus •Developing systems for managing and performing computation on large-scale graph data •Streaming / dataflow systems •Candidates need not have prior experience in financial services. Compensation: •Core Benefits: •Fully paid medical and dental insurance for employees and dependents, flexible spending account, 401k, fully paid parental leave, generous PTO (paid time off) that consists of: •twenty vacation days that are pro-rated based on the employee’s start date, at an accrual of 1.67 days per month, three personal days, and ten sick days. •Perks: Employee discounts for gym memberships, wellness activities, healthy snacks, casual dress code •Training: learning and development courses, speakers, team-building off-site •Employee resource groups •Pay Transparency •WorldQuant is a total compensation organization where you will be eligible for a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and benefits. •To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges fo Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!