Full Stack Engineer

Summary

Join WorldQuant BRAIN, a group within WorldQuant with a B2C fintech setup, and contribute to simplifying quant finance by providing global remote-work opportunities. Develop backend application services and APIs, integrate with AWS and external cloud services, and build complex single-page applications. Optimize applications for speed and scalability, build reusable components, and develop responsive layouts. Automate UI testing processes and actively participate in an agile engineering team. Work with leading cloud and open-source technologies and participate in periodic on-call duties. This role requires passion for software engineering, eagerness to learn, excellent coding skills in Python, expertise in Python web frameworks, and experience with client-side frameworks. Demonstrated experience in developing scalable software, SQL databases, microservices, and Linux environments is also necessary. A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience is required.

Requirements

• Passion about software engineering, be strongly driven to build and run real-world applications at scale
• Eagerness to learn and introduce new technologies. Be curious about what's happening in the tech world
• Excellent coding skills, solid understanding of the broad Python ecosystem including Numpy, Pandas and Asyncio
• Expertise in Python web frameworks such as Django, DRF, Flask and others
• Experience with client side frameworks and libraries that interact with server side APIs such as React, Angular, Vue.js, Svelte, TypeScript, etc
• Ability to design detailed user interface features based on high-level requirements
• Demonstrated experience developing scalable and robust software
• Experience with SQL databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Experience with microservices, caching tools, data visualization, log collection and aggregation, search, queuing systems
• Experience with Linux environment and shell scripting
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent job experience
• Excellent debugging and problem solving skills

Responsibilities

• Develop backend application services and APIs
• Integrate with AWS and external cloud services
• Develop complex single page applications
• Optimize application for speed and scalability
• Build reusable components for usage across interfaces
• Develop responsive layouts for desktop and mobile devices
• Automate UI testing processes
• Be an active member of an agile engineering team who is continuously looking to improve team performance
• Work with leading cloud technologies (such as AWS, GCP)
• Work with leading open-source technologies (such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, ELK stack, Sentry, Redis, Git, etc.)
• Participate in periodic on-call duties

Benefits

• 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
• Employee resources groups with strong diversity and inclusion culture
• 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, monthly team lunch – 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!