Software Engineer, DevOps

Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For nearly two decades, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying AI/ML to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.

Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals. The people who shape our company come from other backgrounds, including concert music performances, humanitarian aid, opera singing, sports writing, and BMX racing. You will be part of a team that loves to succeed together.

In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, technology talks by our experts, a beautiful modern office, daily catered lunches, and more.

As a DevOps Software Engineer, you will work with the software engineering, research, and systems teams to build the backbone of our business. This role is a means to make a difference: your role will serve as a force multiplier to maximize the productivity of the personnel, tools, and workflows that deliver software at Voleon.

This role is open to remote work in the US or hybrid in our Berkeley or our New York office.

Responsibilities:
• Support Voleon's build processes and continuous delivery tools, manage software development tools, and automate systems and operations

• Work with stakeholders and product teams to create robust, high-performance software and systems architectures

• Establish and promote best practices for software development and testing

• Design and support implementations of production infrastructure and applications

Requirements:
• At least four years of experience with software development or production systems support

• Fluent with Python or at least two other software languages such as Groovy, R, or Go

• Experience implementing and supporting continuous Integration platforms such as Jenkins, TeamCity, CircleCI, or Bamboo

• Experience with automated software testing practices and tools

• Extensive experience with common containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes

• Power user of Git

• Familiar with Agile project management concepts

• Ability to initiate and lead cross-team technical projects

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field

Preferred Qualifications:
• Background in Linux/Unix administration

• Experience with configuration automation tools, such as Ansible, Chef, and Puppet

• Experience with the Bazel build system

• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or related tools

• Experience configuring and using the ELK stack

• Exposure to virtualization tools such as KVM

• Understanding of relational databases (primarily PostgreSQL) and NoSQL data management tools

The base salary range for this position is $165,000 to $195,000 in the location(s) of this posting. Individual salaries are determined through a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. Base salary does not include other forms of total compensation such as bonus compensation and other benefits. Our benefits package includes medical, dental and vision coverage, life and AD&D insurance, 20 days of paid time off, 9 sick days, and a 401(k) plan with a company match.

“Friends of Voleon” Candidate Referral Program
If you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $7,500 -$15,000 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms and conditions please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program.

Equal Opportunity Employer
The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.