OVERVIEW: The D. E. Shaw group seeks talented, intellectually curious individuals to join our Rotational Associates Program. Rotational associates collaborate on challenging, meaningful projects while rotating through three to four departments over the course of their first year at the firm.The program is designed to provide broad exposure to the firm’s activities while receiving coaching and mentoring in key areas—including financial modeling, project management, and quantitative and qualitative research—from accomplished colleagues who have wide-ranging academic, professional, and personal backgrounds. WHAT …

OVERVIEW: Quants at the D. E. Shaw group apply mathematical techniques and write software to develop, analyze, and implement statistical models for our computerized financial trading strategies. They utilize their creativity and innovation to create novel approaches to trade profitably in markets around the globe. WHAT YOU’LL DO DAY-TO-DAY: Specific responsibilities range from leveraging financial data in an effort to increase profitability, decrease risk, and reduce transaction costs to conceiving new trading ideas, formulating them into systematic strategies, and critically …

OVERVIEW: The D. E. Shaw group seeks motivated individuals with an impressive record of academic and/or professional achievement to join our Systems team as a systems administrator. Systems administrators provide support, automation, and management for a wide variety of enterprise technology, including a sophisticated Windows and Linux desktop/server environment, cutting-edge storage and clustered computing solutions, and a number of communications platforms. WHAT YOU’LL DO DAY-TO-DAY: Systems administrators are responsible for a variety of support and project work across a wide …

OVERVIEW: The D. E. Shaw group seeks motivated individuals with an impressive record of academic and/or professional achievement to join our Systems team as a systems administrator. Systems administrators provide support, automation, and management for a wide variety of enterprise technology, including a sophisticated Windows and Linux desktop/server environment, cutting-edge storage and clustered computing solutions, and a number of communications platforms. WHAT YOU’LL DO DAY-TO-DAY: Systems administrators are responsible for a variety of support and project work across a wide …

OVERVIEW: We are seeking individuals with impressive records of achievement to join the D. E. Shaw group. Generalists are considered for one of several departments at the firm, including Corporate Development, Investor Relations, Legal and Compliance, the Office of the Chief Operating Officer, and Risk, where they work on challenging, high-impact projects. WHAT YOU’LL DO DAY-TO-DAY: As a Generalist, you will be matched with a particular department at the firm. While your specific responsibilities will depend on your placement, you …

OVERVIEW: Proprietary Traders at the D. E. Shaw group are trained to trade in one of a variety of systematic and fundamental investment strategies. What you’ll do day-to-day: Traders are responsible for executing trades, managing relationships with counterparties, monitoring markets and positions, and analyzing market events. Who we’re looking for: The ideal candidate will have an impressive record of achievement and possess a high level of computer literacy. Direct prior experience is not required, but exposure to financial markets is …

OVERVIEW: The D. E. Shaw group seeks a software engineer interested in systems infrastructure to join its Infrastructure Engineering team. This is a hands-on software development role within a cross-platform engineering team responsible for core technology infrastructure. WHAT YOU’LL DO DAY-TO-DAY: Infrastructure Engineering designs and maintains the firm’s operating systems, authentication systems, databases, virtualization infrastructure, core network services, and messaging and endpoints on Linux and Windows in both our internal- and external-facing environments. This engineer will build tools to manage …