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Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_000_CY1PR12MB04446F35B567DC8F3300DEE5C6750CY1PR12MB0444namp_" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginatorOrg: voleon.com X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-originalarrivaltime: 05 Aug 2015 22:03:21.3337 (UTC) X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-fromentityheader: Hosted X-MS-Exchange-CrossTenant-id: 45212fd8-5f54-4a19-a6ba-493ff6e072b1 X-MS-Exchange-Transport-CrossTenantHeadersStamped: CY1PR12MB0441 Subject: [Caml-list] Voleon Capital Management Hiring Senior Software Engineer --_000_CY1PR12MB04446F35B567DC8F3300DEE5C6750CY1PR12MB0444namp_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Voleon Capital Management LP is a startup quantitative hedge fund located i= n Berkeley, California. We would like to hire a senior software engineer as= soon as possible. Voleon's founders previously worked together at one of the most successful = quantitative hedge funds in the world. Our CEO has a PhD in Computer Scienc= e from Stanford and has been CEO and founder of a successful Internet infra= structure startup. Our Chief Investment Officer has a PhD in Statistics fro= m Berkeley. Voleon's team includes PhD's from leading departments in statis= tics, computer science, and mathematics. We have made several unpublished a= dvances in the field of machine learning and in other areas as well. Here is our formal job description: ********************************************************** * Senior Software Engineer * Technology-driven investment firm employing cutting-edge statistical machin= e learning techniques seeks an exceptionally capable software engineer. You= will architect and implement new production trading systems, machine learn= ing infrastructure, data integration pipelines, and large-scale storage sys= tems. The firm researches and deploys systematic trading strategies designed to g= enerate attractive returns without being dependent on the performance of th= e overall market. Join a team of under 30 people that includes a Berkeley s= tatistics professor as well as over ten PhD's from Berkeley, Chicago, CMU, = Princeton, Stanford, and UCLA, led by the founder and CEO of a successful I= nternet infrastructure technology firm. The firm's offices are walking dist= ance from BART and the UC Berkeley campus in downtown Berkeley, California.= We have a casual and collegial office environment, weekly catered lunches,= and competitive benefits packages. We seek candidates with a proven track record of writing correct, well-desi= gned software, solving hard problems, and delivering complex projects on ti= me. You should preferably have experience designing and implementing fault-= tolerant distributed systems. Experience with building large-scale data inf= rastructure, stream processing systems, or latency-sensitive programs is a = bonus. We are growing rapidly. Willingness to take initiative and a gritty determi= nation to productize are essential. Required experience: - developing with C/C++/Python/Go in a Linux environment with a focus on pe= rformance, concurrency, and correctness. - experience with function programming (OCaml, Haskell, Erlang). - working in TCP/IP networking, multi-threading, and server development. - working with common Internet protocols (IP, TCP/UDP, SSL/TLS, HTTP, SNMP,= etc.). - architecting and designing highly available systems. - architecting and designing large-scale data management infrastructure. - working in large codebases and building modular, manageable code. Preferred experience: - debugging and performance profiling, including the use of tools such as s= trace, valgrind, gdb, tcpdump, etc. - working with build and test automation tools. - working with well-defined change management processes. - diagnosing RDBMS performance problems, exploiting indexing, using EXPLAIN= PLAN, optimizing at the code layer, etc. - working with messaging queues (RabbitMQ, Redis, etc.) as well as distribu= ted caching systems. Interest in financial applications is essential, but experience in finance = is not a primary factor in our hiring. Benefits and compensation are highly competitive. ********************************************************** The above job description is just a starting point in terms of possible dut= ies and seniority. We can be very flexible for the right person. If you are interested or if you know of anyone who might be interested, let= me know the best way to get in touch and we can discuss details. Thank you, Charles Weitzer Senior Recruiter Voleon Capital Management LP Charles@Voleon.com Office: 510.704.9870 x 7012 Mobile: (510) 558-9182 www.Voleon.com --_000_CY1PR12MB04446F35B567DC8F3300DEE5C6750CY1PR12MB0444namp_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Voleon Capital Management LP is a startup quantita= tive hedge fund located in Berkeley, California. We would like to hire a se= nior software engineer as soon as possible.

 

Voleon’s founders previously worked together= at one of the most successful quantitative hedge funds in the world. Our C= EO has a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford and has been CEO and founder of a successful Internet infrastructure startup. Our = Chief Investment Officer has a PhD in Statistics from Berkeley. Voleon̵= 7;s team includes PhD's from leading departments in statistics, computer sc= ience, and mathematics. We have made several unpublished advances in the field of machine learning and in other areas a= s well. 

 

Here is our formal job description:

 

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* Senior Software Engineer *

Technology-driven investment firm employing cutting-edge statist= ical machine learning techniques seeks an exceptionally capable software engineer. You will architect and implement= new production trading systems, machine learning infrastructure, data= integration pipelines, and large-scale storage systems.

The firm researches and deploys systematic trading strategies de= signed to generate attractive returns without being dependent on the performance of the overall market. Join a team of un= der 30 people that includes a Berkeley statistics professor as well as= over ten PhD's from Berkeley, Chicago, CMU, Princeton, Stanford, and = UCLA, led by the founder and CEO of a successful Internet infrastructure technology firm. The firm’s offices are walking = distance from BART and the UC Berkeley campus in downtown Berkeley, Ca= lifornia. We have a casual and collegial office environment, weekly ca= tered lunches, and competitive benefits packages.

We seek candidates with a proven track record of writing correct= , well-designed software, solving hard problems, and delivering complex projects on time. You should preferably have e= xperience designing and implementing fault-tolerant distributed system= s. Experience with building large-scale data infrastructure, stre= am processing systems, or latency-sensitive programs is a bonus.

We are growing rapidly. Willingness to take initiative and a gri= tty determination to productize are essential.

Required experience:

- developing with C/C++/Python/Go in a Lin= ux environment with a focus on performance, concurrency, and correctne= ss.

- experience with function programming (OCaml, Has= kell, Erlang).
- working in TCP/IP networking, multi-threading, and server development.
- working with common Internet protocols (IP, TCP/UDP, SSL/TLS, HTTP, SNMP,=  etc.).
- architecting and designing highly available systems.
- architecting and designing large-scale data management infrastructure.
- working in large codebases and building modular, manageable code.

Preferred experience:

- debugging and performance profiling, including the use of tool= s such as strace, valgrind, gdb, tcpdump, etc.
- working with build and test automation tools.
- working with well-defined change management processes.
- diagnosing RDBMS performance problems, exploiting indexing, using EXPLAIN=  PLAN, optimizing at the code layer, etc.
- working with messaging queues (RabbitMQ, Redis, etc.) as well as dis= tributed caching systems.

Interest in financial applications is essential, but experience = in finance is not a primary factor in our hiring.

Benefits and compensation are highly competitive.

**************************************************= ********

The above job descript= ion is just a starting point in terms of possible duties and seniority.&nbs= p; We can be very flexible for the right person.

If you are interested = or if you know of anyone who might be interested, let me know the best way = to get in touch and we can discuss details.

 

Thank you,

 

Charles Weitzer

 

Senior Recruiter

Voleon Capital Management LP

Charles@Voleon.com
Office: 510.704.9870 x 7012

Mobile: (510) 558-9182

www.Voleon.com

 

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