Hacker Careers logo
Company Logo for Research Affiliates LLC

Research Affiliates LLC is hiring a
Senior Software Engineer

About Research Affiliates LLC

Research Affiliates LLC is a finance-focused investment research and data analytics firm that builds robust software and production systems in collaboration with researchers and investment professionals. The company emphasizes curiosity, authenticity, responsibility, collaboration, and a team-driven approach to producing high-quality code that supports research and investment decisions.

Job Description

We seek experienced and versatile Python engineers passionate about creating efficient, lightweight, and robust code. As part of a small team you will collaborate with researchers and other investment professionals to transform ideas into production systems. This role involves maintaining code, developing software libraries, and managing cloud-based resources. Strong understanding of Python internals, memory management, and data structure performance characteristics is essential. Experience with Python's standard library (itertools, functools) and advanced features (decorators, generators, type annotations) is required. We embrace test-driven development, peer review, continuous integration and improvement. Responsibilities include collaborating with software engineers and finance professionals to develop, optimize, and maintain code; implementing rigorous testing, CI/CD; participating in code reviews; developing software on Linux environments and deploying in AWS; contributing to team culture with our core values. Please submit resume and cover letter to humancapital@rallc.com and say you are from Hacker News Who's Hiring.

Remote

Remote Conditions

Hybrid: on-site in Newport Beach, CA with partial remote days; US-based candidates eligible to work in the United States.

Salary

Not Specified

Benefits

Not Specified

Tech Tags

Senior Role

Date Listed

01 May, 2026 (6 days ago)
Loading...

Share this job

Hiring engineers?

Reach thousands of tech candidates from the Hacker News community.

Post a Job — $99

Similar Jobs

No tags
📍 New York City, NY
87% match
No tags
📍 SF / NYC / Remote
86% match
No tags
📍 Remote
86% match
No tags
📍 New York City, NY, USA
86% match
No tags
📍 Manhattan, New York, NY
85% match
No tags
📍 Hybrid (Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich, Eindhoven, Ghent)
85% match
No tags
📍 Hybrid (Durham, NC; open to remote)
85% match
No tags
📍 New York City, NY
85% match
No tags
📍 New York City, NY, USA
85% match
No tags
📍 New York City, NY
84% match

We use cookies

We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. For more information on how we use cookies, please see our cookie policy.

By clicking “Accept”, you agree to our use of cookies.
Learn more.