The Voleon Group
Software Engineer - University Hire 2027
$175K–$210K
Berkeley, CA +1 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Aug 25, 2026
- Location
- Berkeley, CA
New York City, NY - Education
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Authorization to work in the United States.
About the job
Designs and builds scalable, high-performance software for Voleon’s trading and research platforms, collaborating with engineers, traders, and quantitative researchers.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain software supporting trading strategies and research.
- Work on trading infrastructure, computing and data processing, and model-development pipelines.
- Drive projects from requirements gathering and software design through implementation, while communicating and collaborating with teammates.
What they ask for
- Experience developing in Linux with a focus on performance, concurrency, and correctness using languages such as Python, R, Java, Go, and C/C++.
- Backend engineering experience with databases, large-scale data processing, or highly available services.
- Ability to design, develop, and deploy a back-end application from design specifications.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field; graduating class of 2027, and authorization to work in the United States.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with modern deployment and build tooling such as Kubernetes and Bazel.
Pay
$175K – $210K • Offers Bonus (base salary; bonus amount not stated)
Tools
Linux, Python, R, Java, Go, C/C++, Kubernetes, Bazel
AI focus
The role supports trading and research platforms, including flexible pipelines for model development; the posting does not specify direct AI/ML development duties.
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