Jane Street
Linux Engineer
New York, New York, United States · Internship · Posted Jul 15, 2026
About the job
A Linux Engineering intern builds and maintains critical infrastructure for production trading systems through mentored projects and operational work.
What you'll do
- Develop infrastructure projects involving Linux systems, software engineering, diagnostics, and automation.
- Help resolve production infrastructure issues and participate in root-cause analyses.
- Investigate performance and reliability across operating system, firmware, and hardware layers.
What they ask for
- Knowledge of operating system fundamentals and computer architecture.
- Experience with systems programming concepts, including sockets, virtual memory, and process life cycle.
- Basic understanding of network protocols and comfort using the Linux command line.
- Ability to troubleshoot Linux systems and solve problems by writing code, with an investment in robust software engineering.
Tools
Linux, TCP
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