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Site Reliability Engineer
Worldquant LLC · 🇺🇸 Montevideo
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 21 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 8 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Worldquant LLC paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Senior Engineer” (Software Developers) in NY: $190k–$190k, median $190k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 21 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 8 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
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. The Role: We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer to create scalable and highly reliable software systems for our production investment pipeline. Successful candidates display an aptitude for improving system availability, latency, performance, efficiency, and capacity measures while also participating in change management, monitoring, emergency response, and capacity planning processes. This role will collaborate closely with developers on designing scalable systems, improving release pro cesses, and reducing operational burden from development teams. Site reliability engineers at WorldQuant must be able to adapt to rapid changes in business and technological requirements as well as operate distributed systems in a performant manner. What you’ll do: • Enhance platform reliability by monitoring performance and setting relevant metrics. • Own and manage CI/CD procedures, promoting best DevOps practices through standardized release processes. • Containerize and scale services to fit business needs. • Monitor and manage hardware estate as well as file system. • Apply industry standard security practices. • Collaborate with engineering teams on both new systems design and existing system enhancements. • Pioneer efforts in new open-source technologies while also leveraging mature solutions. • Be an active member of an agile engineering team who is continuously looking to improve team performance. What You’ll Bring: • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent job experience. • Passion toward software engineering and interest in running real-world applications at scale. • Mature, thoughtful, with the ability to operate in a collaborative, team-oriented culture • Excellent problem-solving abilities and judgment with strong attention to detail • Experience in Linux administration; fluent in Linux standard command line programs • Familiarity with technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Grafana, Prometheus, Git. • Working knowledge in various database and messaging technologies such as SQL, Redis, Kafka • Understanding of Git and CI/CD concept • Demonstrated experience using Python; understanding of Python idioms and limitations. • Strong written and verbal communication skills; Fluency in the English language • Candidates need not have prior experience in financial services. Notes on schedule: Please note that this role will periodically require coverage until 21:00 Uruguay time to bridge the gap with our Asia hours coverage. We also require light weekend coverage (rotated globally) during daytime hours. We offer flexible work from home hours. #LI-RS1 By submitting this application, you acknowledge and consent to terms of the WorldQuant Privacy Policy. The privacy polic