AI Software Developer
WorldQuant3 months ago
Budapest, HungaryMid Level
Responsibilities
- Build and evolve AI-powered applications end-to-end.
- Clarify user needs, shape user experiences, design and implement systems, and deliver features.
- Test, deploy, roll out, and iterate on production systems.
- Develop agentic and deep-research workflows and other LLM-powered capabilities.
- Work directly with internal users and incorporate feedback into products.
- Contribute to feature prioritization and roadmap discussions.
- Define and use measures of feature quality, usefulness, reliability, and adoption.
- Collaborate with researchers, portfolio managers, and technology teams.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering skills, preferably in Python, with the ability to build reliable and maintainable production systems.
- Experience taking features from ambiguous requests through technical design, delivery, rollout, and iteration.
- A product-minded approach with the ability to clarify user needs and make pragmatic scope and technical trade-offs.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Solid understanding of modern AI systems and practical experience with LLM-powered applications, including retrieval-augmented generation, agentic workflows, document search, and evaluation.
- Familiarity with vector search or vector databases, SQL, and messaging systems.
- Ability to measure feature quality, usefulness, reliability, and adoption.
- Strong written and verbal English communication skills and comfort supporting internal users.
- Ability to work independently in a small team and take responsibility for outcomes.
- Finance experience is not required.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation package.
- Premium private health insurance and life insurance with savings plan.
- Employee Assistance Program and fully covered sick leave.
- Training courses, library access, guest speakers, share-and-learn events, and global conferences.
- Regular offsite team-building events, annual conferences, occasional global summits, and opportunities to travel and connect with local and global teams.
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About WorldQuant
WorldQuant is a privately held quantitative asset management firm founded in 2007 and headquartered in Old Greenwich, Connecticut. It builds proprietary research platforms and trading infrastructure to generate predictive signals and deploy systematic investment strategies across global markets and asset classes for institutional investors. The firm manages over $7 billion in assets under management and operates a network of offices worldwide.