Software Engineer, Private Investments Engineering

Two Sigma is a financial sciences company, combining data analysis, invention, and rigorous inquiry to help solve the toughest challenges in investment management, insurance technology, securities, private equity, and venture capital. Our team of scientists, technologists, and academics looks beyond the traditional to develop creative solutions to some of the world's most complex economic problems. Private Investments Engineering (PIE) supports Two Sigma Private Investment businesses, with a heavy focus on Two Sigma Real Estate (TSRE). TSRE is relatively new business and is a major strategic bet for the firm. Within TSRE, PIE focuses on making research processes more efficient and effective; supports and improves investment flows; and responds to ongoing business developments within TSRE. As a startup business, TSRE team members generally have outsized scope and impact relative to their level and prior experience while still enjoying the collaborative and balanced culture of Two Sigma engineering! You will take on the following responsibilities: Build full-stack solutions across frontend / backend web development, data visualization, and data transformations to support quantitative real estate investment Partner with modelers to make research processes more efficient and effective, support production model operations, and build tooling to monetize insights Partner with real estate investment professionals to support and improve their investment processes, deliver research insights, and automate key processes Solve domain-specific problems within real estate across the entire quantitative modeling process from data ingestion to model training and inference You should possess the following qualifications: Minimum of 1 year of experience required; 1-3 years of experience preferred Backend web development experience; experience with Python, Flask and PostgreSQL are preferred Frontend experience with Typescript and React / Angular Strong software engineering skills and understanding of data structures and algorithms Some exposure to system design A pattern of rapid execution and delivery of high-quality code with low operational burden Product mentality and eagerness to build structure in projects without close supervision Curiosity about working on real estate problems; prior experience in real estate technology is a plus

Two Sigma is a financial sciences company, combining data analysis, invention, and rigorous inquiry to help solve the toughest challenges in investment management, insurance technology, securities, private equity, and venture capital.