Linux Engineer

We are looking for Linux Engineers to join the team that maintains the critical infrastructure underlying the rest of Jane Street’s technology. Our group includes hard-working Systems Engineers, Administrators and Programmers, tasked with maintaining and improving the platform that powers Jane Street's production trading systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or other technical discipline, or equivalent experience
• Experience managing/troubleshooting Linux systems in a home, work, or school environment
• Exposure to Linux environments through past experience in either software development, IT operations (Helpdesk, Technical Support, DevOps, etc.), or a similar field
• Knowledgeable about operating system fundamentals, especially Linux
• Confident with the Unix command line and basic shell scripting
• Has a basic understanding of network protocols and can perform basic troubleshooting
• Comfortable with fundamental programming concepts
• Fluent in English

Benefits

• Opportunities for involvement with almost every other facet of the company
• Work directly with colleagues in trading, technology, and operations to build and maintain systems with a firm-wide scope
• Able to analyze and deconstruct technical problems
• Practical experience with modern Linux systems and systems programming concepts (e.g., C, sockets, virtual memory, process life cycle) is a plus
• Intermediate/advanced knowledge of troubleshooting tools and techniques (e.g., gdb, perf, DTrace, eBPF, or SystemTap) is a plus
• Knowledgeable, or at least interested in learning, about modern computer architecture techniques (e.g. familiarity with PCIe, NVMe, NUMA)
• Strong programmer (in any language)