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Senior Software Engineer

WorldQuant · New York OR Old Greenwich OR Miami

Posted about 2 months ago · $175,000 – $250,000

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
53 days
WorldQuant's roles stay open a median of 54 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
Yes
13% of WorldQuant's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at WorldQuant
high
92 stale, 1 reposted of 103 open
Hiring momentum
115 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-26

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from WorldQuant's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for WorldQuant.

About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer at WorldQuant, you will be responsible for building software that supports large-scale quantitative research and portfolio production. You will work collaboratively with researchers and portfolio managers to develop a scalable and efficient platform, tackling unique technical challenges. The role emphasizes writing production-quality code in C++ on a Linux platform and requires strong problem-solving skills.

Our read on this posting3.8out of 5
benefits
5/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
5/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of WorldQuant as an employer.

What you need

  • A minimum of 7 years of writing production-quality code in C++ on Linux platform
  • Strong understanding and experience with Linux system programming fundamentals
  • Ability to develop large-scale, distributed systems
  • Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, high-performance application design, and concurrency patterns
  • Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal direction
  • Proficiency in English

Nice to have

  • Python development experience
  • Developing systems for managing and performing computation on large-scale graph data
  • Streaming / dataflow systems

What you get

  • Fully paid medical and dental insurance for employees and dependents
  • Flexible spending account
  • 401k
  • Fully paid parental leave
  • Generous PTO including twenty vacation days, three personal days, and ten sick days
  • Employee discounts for gym memberships and wellness activities

Worth weighing

  • No prior experience in financial services is required, which may be a consideration for candidates from different backgrounds.
  • The role involves significant ownership of technical challenges, which may appeal to candidates looking for responsibility and impact.

Summarised from WorldQuant's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by WorldQuant on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-26. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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