Senior Site Reliability Engineer

The D. E. Shaw group seeks an experienced site reliability engineer (SRE) to join its SRE team. This team is involved in engineering and supporting the firm's critical infrastructure platforms. They also manage the centralized development infrastructure and partner with engineering teams to advocate and educate on the optimal use of the firm's systems to build high performing, reliable, and scalable applications. This is a hands-on technical role that offers the opportunity to be part of a collegial, collaborative, and engaging working environment.

What you'll do day-to-day

Ensure the scalability, reliability, and observability of our systems to maintain and improve the firm's core infrastructure environment. Lead a range of engineering projects, from developing proprietary platforms for configuration management and monitoring, to implementing open source and vendor software for orchestration and automation tooling. Participate in incident management and drive strategic solutions to troubleshoot complex technical problems. Collaborate with engineering teams across the firm and provide technical mentorship to other members of the SRE team., The D. E. Shaw group may transfer such personal information within and outside the country and jurisdiction of the locations where the D. E. Shaw group maintains offices, to other D. E. Shaw group affiliates, to government and regulatory authorities, and to third parties which provide or may provide support and/or services to the D. E. Shaw group and for the purposes set forth above. The persons who may have access to this personal information are other employees of the D. E. Shaw group, in connection with the performance of their duties of employment, and the other parties listed above, in connection with the business of the D. E. Shaw group. (Of course, candidates will be considered for employment opportunities only in those countries in which they express interest.)

At least seven to ten years of deep Linux infrastructure experience is required; a degree in computer science (or another technical discipline) is preferred. Experience designing and building services that are scalable and resilient, along with proficiency in at least one programming language (Go, Python) and familiarity with modern development practices and tools. Excellent communication skills, and the ability to collaborate with varied departments across the firm. Demonstrated knowledge of technology infrastructure combined with the ability to debug complex issues under pressure and run services across hardware, virtual machines, and containers. Expertise in tools utilized for monitoring, canary deployments, auto-remediation, auto-scaling, and CI/CD, along with experience in server provisioning, virtualization, config management, and software packaging. GPFS experience is beneficial but not required.

Pulled from the full job description

• Prescription drug insurance
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching, The expected annual base salary for this position is $225,000 to $325,000. Our compensation and benefits package includes variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, and benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, 401(k) contribution matching, wellness reimbursement, family building benefits, and a charitable gift match program.

The D. E. Shaw group is an equal opportunity employer.

The applicable annual base salary or hourly rate paid to a successful applicant will be determined based on multiple factors, including without limitation the nature and extent of prior experience and educational background.

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