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The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with more than $60 billion in investment capital as of March 1, 2024, and offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Since our founding in 1988, our firm has earned an international reputation for successful investing based on innovation, careful risk management, and the quality and depth of our staff. We have a significant presence in the world's capital markets, investing in a wide range of companies and financial instruments in both developed and developing economies. We are looking for an engineering manager to join our Python Infra team based in the firm’s offices in Hyderabad/Bengaluru/Gurugram. The team focuses on building and maintaining software infrastructure in Python that powers a lot of applications across the firm. Products developed and maintained by the team form the basis of a lot of other applications across the firm that are critical to the day-to-day activities of the firm. The team delivers infrastructure solutions for analytic computations, data storage, and data services which are developed primarily in Python. The Python Infra team also works on efficient data storage and retrieval, creating high-performing and easy-to-use data structures and data analysis tools, parallel programming where they support effective use of our grid in Python, building server infrastructure that teams can use to make their own web servers, and building unit testing and documentation infrastructure in Python. The team strives for high performance in these foundational infra by doing a lot of optimizations of core libraries in lower-level languages and using compilation techniques in Python. WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY: As a member of the Python Infra team, you will be responsible for building the Python foundation for the firm. You will manage and lead the team to ensure a productive working environment and clear communication. You will also lead the team on its goals; the focus will be on improving areas including speeding up in-house data analytics framework through better algorithms, SIMD, multi-core algorithms, and enhancing in-house data caching framework with newer backends and low-level language optimizations. Furthermore, you will also work with Front Office groups and understand business use cases to help them speed up their workflows which are highly dependent on the above infrastructure owned and maintained by the Python Infra team. Finally, you will also be responsible for people and project management as a key part of the job role. WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR: Basic qualifications: An impressive educational background with an engineering master’s or bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, or a related technical field, with 6 to 12 years of relevant industry work experience Excellent knowledge of CS fundamentals and concepts, design skills, problem solving skills, and analytical skills, as well as a demonstrated passion for technology Exceptional reasoning ability and good interpersonal skills Knowledge of C, C++, Cython, Numba, and AOT/JIT compilation techniques in Python to write optimized code At least 1 year of people and team management experience, having led a team of at least 2 members Robust stakeholder management skills along with effective written and verbal communication abilities Interested candidates can apply through our website: https://www.deshawindia.com/recruit/jobs/Adv/Link/PrnMgInfApr25 We encourage candidates with relevant experience looking to restart their careers after a break to apply for this position. Learn about Recommence, our gender-neutral return-to-work initiative. The Firm offers excellent benefits, a casual, collegial working environment, and an attractive compensation package. For further information about our recruitment process, including how applicant data will be processed, please visit https://www.deshawindia.com/careers. Members of the D. E. Shaw group do not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of sex, race, colour, caste, creed, religion, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class. Show more Show less
