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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Opam
- **Location:** UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Python (Programming Language), Software Engineering, Functional Programming
- **Published:** September 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/software-engineer-jane-street-8959617

## About the Role

We don't expect you to have a background in functional programming, OCaml, Python, finance, or any other specific field-we're looking for smart programmers who enjoy solving interesting problems. We're more interested in how you think and learn than what you currently know. You should be:

 * A top-notch programmer with a love for technology
 * Intellectually curious, collaborative, and eager to learn
 * Humble and unafraid to ask questions and admit mistakes
 * Fluent in English



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