Python Full Stack Engineer

Summary

Join WorldQuant BRAIN, a group within WorldQuant focused on simplifying quant finance and 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, excellent coding skills in Python, expertise in web frameworks, and experience with client-side frameworks. Demonstrated experience in developing scalable software and working with SQL databases and microservices is essential.

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 compensation package
• Core benefits include: premium private health insurance and life insurance with savings plan
• Support for every aspect of life through Employee Assistance Program and fully covered sick leave
• Strong culture of learning and development: training courses, library, guest speakers, share and learn events, global conferences
• Regular offsite team buildings, annual conferences and occasional global summits – opportunity to travel and connect with our local and global teams
• Employee resources groups with strong diversity and inclusion culture