D. E. Shaw
Quant Systems: Systems Developer (New York)
$200K–$250K
New York, NY · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- Comparable experience of up to five years is stated as an alternative to a degree; no separate years-of-experience requirement is stated.
- Education
- A degree in computer science or another related technical discipline, or comparable experience.
About the job
Develop and operate high-performance compute infrastructure supporting the firm’s research and trading, including systems, tooling, networking, and storage.
What you'll do
- Design and implement workload scheduling; manage fleets and clustered file systems.
- Develop software and support its life cycle in a distributed computing environment.
- Tune kernel and network performance for low-latency and high-throughput applications; collect metrics and analyze data.
What they ask for
- Degree in computer science or another related technical discipline, or comparable experience.
- Proficiency in Python, Golang, Rust, or a similar language.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational and time management abilities.
Nice to have
- Experience with complex HPC and storage systems, GPU-based infrastructure, and related data center and hardware environments.
- Knowledge of Linux-based systems and networking.
Pay
$200,000 to $250,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, Golang, Rust, Linux
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