AI Software Developer

WorldQuant, LLC
New York, United States of America
9 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary to permanent
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
$ 200K

Job location

Remote
New York, United States of America

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Programming
Databases
Data Structures
Python
Enterprise Messaging Systems
Language Modeling
Redis
SQL Databases
Kafka

Requirements

  • Strong programming skills, preferably in Python.
  • Exceptional analytical skills and a passion for solving complex problems.
  • Thorough understanding of how AI works and familiarity with language models.
  • Understanding of vector databases and other relevant data structures.
  • Working knowledge in various databases and messaging technologies is a strong plus. (SQL, Redis, Kafka etc.)
  • Excellent communication skills in English.
  • Mature, thoughtful attitude with the ability to operate in a collaborative, team-oriented culture.
  • A strong delivery mind-set, drive to get things done.
  • Experience in finance is not required.

Benefits & conditions

Our Benefits: 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 for all roles based on job function and level, benchmarked against similar stage organizations. When finalizing an offer, we will take into consideration an individual's experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package. The Base Pay Range For This Position Is $125,000 - $200,000 USD., + $185,000-250,000 per year Join a high-growth profitable AI startup transforming a deeply broken system with agentic driven software, building products that directly impact the lives and careers of top globa…

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About the company

WorldQuant develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across a broad range of asset classes and global markets. We seek to produce high-quality predictive signals (alphas) through our proprietary research platform to employ financial strategies focused on market inefficiencies. Our teams work collaboratively to drive the production of alphas and financial strategies - the foundation of a balanced, global investment platform. WorldQuant is built on a culture that pairs academic sensibility with accountability for results. Employees are encouraged to think openly about problems, balancing intellectualism and practicality. Excellent ideas come from anyone, anywhere. Employees are encouraged to challenge conventional thinking and possess an attitude of continuous improvement. Our goal is to hire the best and the brightest. We value intellectual horsepower first and foremost, and people who demonstrate an outstanding talent. There is no roadmap to future success, so we need people who can help us build it. Technologists at WorldQuant research, design, code, test and deploy projects while working collaboratively with researchers and portfolio managers. Our environment is relaxed yet intellectually driven. We seek people who think in code and are motivated by being around like-minded people. The Role: We are building a new software engineering team with strong applied AI orientation to seek to amplify WorldQuant's success. The team will be focusing on creating company-wide applications to address our colleagues' every day problems. You will have a chance to work with a broad range of teams at WorldQuant, helping them to be more productive with custom solutions. * Collaborate with cross-functional distributed teams. * Gather, analyze and spec out requirements, and manage product deliverables. * Design and build scalable AI-driven products addressing real-world problems. * Stay current with the latest technical advancements, particularly in the field of AI and LLMs., © 2026 Careerjet All rights reserved

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