Full Stack Developer - WMA

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.

WorldQuant Millennium Advisors (WMA), a joint venture between WorldQuant and Millennium, is seeking a Full Stack Developer to build and enhance internal analytical tools and dashboard applications supporting product, platform, and business workflows. This role combines business analysis, data analytics, and web development, with a focus on creating scalable, user-friendly internal applications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain internal analytical tools and dashboards for WMA users and stakeholders.
• Build single-page applications (SPAs) using frameworks such as React and component libraries such as Tailwind, Material UI, or similar.
• Translate business requirements into technical solutions and intuitive workflows.
• Use SQL and/or Polars to support reporting, analysis, and application data needs.
• Support testing, deployment, and CI/CD processes for reliable delivery.
• Improve existing dashboards and tools for usability, performance, scalability, and maintainability.
• Partner with stakeholders to improve workflows, reporting, and operational visibility.

Qualifications:

• 2–5+ years of experience in web development, analytics, or related technical roles.
• Experience with web development frameworks such as React, HTML, CSS and the JavaScript language.
• Expertise in constructing and processing complex SQL queries. Working knowledge of relational databases. (SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL)
• Excellent debugging and problem solving skills.
• Clear communication and presentation skills.
• Proficiency in at least one general purpose programming language from Python, Java, and C++.
• Understanding of database design, index structures and stored procedures.
• Experience with building middleware services (REST/JSON), caching tools, data visualization, log collection and aggregation, search, queuing systems.
• A solid background in Unix/Linux environment and Shell scripting.
• Experience in DevOps: thorough knowledge in one webserver (Apache/NGINX/Tomcat), monitoring and load balancing tools.
• Experience with job schedulers (i.e. airflow, cron).
• Finance Experience is not required.

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 $150,000 – $200,000 USD.

At WorldQuant, we are committed to providing candidates with all necessary information in compliance with pay transparency laws. If you believe any required details are missing from this job posting, please notify us at WQHR_US@WorldQuant.com, and we will address your concerns promptly.

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