Engineer, Quant Systems

Develop features for job scheduling software as a part of Quant Systems. Develop isolated environments for the safe execution of AI agents and code. Manage and maintain cloud strategy for Quant Systems, and develop and maintain systems for configuration management, infrastructure provisioning, and identity management. Support network teams in Quant Systems, Platform Engineering, and Site Reliability Engineering, with a focus on network automation. Maintain key systems for configuration management, provisioning, observability, and monitoring. Design and maintain compute infrastructure, including operating system platforms, software development tooling, high-performance computing, networking, and storage for research and trading. Contribute to the design and implementation of systems, with a primary focus on public cloud and the integration of cloud with on-premises systems. Requirements: Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field of study plus five (5) years of experience working with Python programming for cloud and systems infrastructure as code; Golang programming for cloud and systems infrastructure as code; hybrid cloud/on-premises Linux server orchestration and job scheduling; Linux server administration; configuration management for Linux servers using puppet; Linux package management for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Rocky Linux, Debian, and Ubuntu; technologies for Linux container creation, management, and execution; TCP/IP networking; network routing protocols (BGP, OSPF); network configuration management; Identity and Access Management (IAM); server and network performance monitoring; and, server and network security monitoring. Applicants may submit a resume by mail to D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P., Two Manhattan West, 375 Ninth Avenue, 52nd Floor, New York, NY 10001, or by email: [email protected]. Submissions must reference 2026-6235 JB. No phone calls please. The annual base salary for this position is $200,000 - $260,000. Our compensation and benefits package includes variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, and benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, 401k contribution matching, wellness reimbursement, family building benefits, and a charitable gift match program.D. E. Shaw is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or other category protected by law.