Ben Shaw is the Director of Engineering at The Voleon Group, leading teams focused on machine learning pipelines and trading platforms. His background includes software engineering roles at prominent tech companies like WhatsApp and Stripe, specializing in core messaging, performance, and financial ledger systems. Ben holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Cambridge.
He made a significant career transition from core messaging infrastructure at a major social media company to the highly specialized field of quantitative finance and trading systems.
Ben Shaw
Director of Engineering at The Voleon Group
San Francisco, California, United States
Overview
Topics They Care About
ML Pipelines
He is actively hiring senior engineers to build and implement machine learning pipelines for Voleon's trading and strategy platforms.
Quantitative Trading
His work directly supports quantitative researchers by building the execution systems required for algorithmic trading strategies.
Engineering Recruitment
He recently posted publicly about hiring senior and staff engineers, indicating a focus on attracting top talent for his teams.
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Work History
7-2025
Director of Engineering at The Voleon Group
7-2024 - 7-2025
Engineering Manager at The Voleon Group
5-2023 - 7-2024
Software Engineer at The Voleon Group
6-2020 - 9-2022
Software Engineer at WhatsApp
1-2019 - 11-2019
Software Engineer at Stripe
9-2013 - 12-2018
Software Engineer at Salesforce
9-2013 - 9-2014
Class of 2013-2014 at Silicon Valley
Education
2009 - 2013
BA from University of Cambridge
2002 - 2009
Education details unavailable from The Latymer School
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Location : San Francisco, California, United States
Job Level : Mid-senior
Designation : Director of Engineering at The Voleon Group
