Technologists at WorldQuant research, design, code, test and deploy firmwide platforms and tooling 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:

• Participate in the development and maintenance of our large-scale, distributed storage platform.
• Interface with the users of the system to understand their use-cases and assist them in making the best use of our tools and platforms
• Research best practices and propose feature specifications for our platform roadmap
• Develop and maintain features and tools that complement our core platform offering

What You'll Bring:

• University Degree, preferably in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields.
• At least 5 years of work experience.
• Strong (English) communications skills and experience working in a global environment
• Expertise in Software Life Cycle management methodologies and tools, including Git and JIRA (required)
• Expertise in C/C++, and/or Go and/or Python (at least one required)
• UNIX/Linux (required).
• Knowledge on the design and development of large-scale, distributed storage systems (desirable)

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation package 
• Core benefits include: premium private health insurance and life insurance with savings plan  
• Support for every aspect of life through Employee Assistance Program and fully covered sick leave 
• Strong culture of learning and development: training courses, library, guest speakers, share and learn events, global conferences 
• Regular offsite team buildings, annual conferences and occasional global summits – opportunity to travel and connect with our local and global teams 

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This role is located in Budapest, Hungary - We are a hybrid work environment and are in the office 3+ days/per week.

Tulip, the leader in AI-native frontline operations, is helping companies around the world equip their workforce with composable, connected apps, leading to higher quality work, improved efficiency, and end-to-end traceability across operations. Tulip’s cloud-native, no-code platform, powered by embedded AI, is driving the digital transformation of industrial environments through composable, human-centric solutions that go beyond disrupting the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) category.

A spinoff out of MIT, Tulip is headquartered in Somerville, MA, with offices in Germany, Hungary, Singapore, and Israel. Tulip has been recognized as a World Economic Forum Global Innovator, a 2024 Deloitte Technology Fast award winner, one of Energage’s Top Workplaces USA, and one of Built In Boston’s “Best Places to Work” and “Best Midsize Places to Work.”

About You:

• You are an engineer at heart who finds joy in building the software that other software runs on
• You believe that a platform should be a set of robust, resilient, and intuitive libraries, not just a collection of scripts
• You are excited about software design patterns and know when they are helping or getting in the way

What skills do I need? 

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, building complex backend solutions in a SaaS environment
• Expert skills in at least one of Node.js, Typescript, or Go
• Proficiency in relational and nonrelational databases
• Strong understanding of cloud native or cloud hybrid solutions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice to haves

• Familiarity with our other parts of our tech stack - including React, Typescript, Golang, RabbitMQ, MongoDB, Postgres, AWS
• Prior experience developing tools to improve the developer experience 
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines
• Previous experience mentoring junior engineers

Key Responsibilities:

• Write and maintain clean, high-quality, efficient and well tested code that aligns with project specifications
• Architect and implement key abstractions that bridge the gap between Software Engineering and DevOps
• Proactively identify pain points in the platform and propose elegant solutions
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering counterparts to build robust and reliable tooling
• Develop and maintain thorough technical documentation for our platform

Key Collaborators:

• Engineering
• DevOps
• Product Management

Working At Tulip

We know even great candidates experience imposter syndrome. Even if you don’t match every requirement, applying gives you the opportunity to be considered. 

We’re building a strong, diverse team that values hard work, families, and personal well-being. Benefits of working with us include:

• Direct impact on product and culture
• Private Healthcare insurance 
• Company equity
• Virtual company events and happy hours
• Flexible work schedule and unlimited vacation policy
• Team Lunches in KFT Hub and office snacks
• Learning & Development benefits 
• HU Eyeglass Benefit
• An inclusive, dog-friendly office with diverse and inspiring colleagues

We are an equal opportunity employer. At Tulip, we celebrate all. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Help us build an inclusive community that will transform frontline operations.