Linux Engineering Manager

2 Hours ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

The Linux Engineering Manager will lead a growing team of Linux Engineers, supporting their teams, and gradually growing into a management role. The ideal candidate will embody values such as honesty, cooperation, intellectual curiosity, and a quantitative approach. They should have a strong technical background and leadership experience. Responsibilities include individual technical work, leadership, and partnership facilitation, short- and long-term planning, and service delivery.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field or equivalent experience.
  • Clear and concise communication skills for effective problem-solving.
  • Experience supporting individuals and fostering team growth.
  • Experience building and growing firm-wide partnerships.
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills at various levels.
  • Deep knowledge of operating system fundamentals, especially Linux.
  • Fluency with the Unix command line and shell scripting.
  • Practical experience with modern Linux systems.
  • Basic understanding of network protocols.
  • Programming experience in any language.
  • Fluency in English is required.

Job Details

About the Position

We are seeking a leader for our growing team of Linux Engineers.

Members of this group, managers and individual contributors alike, are hard-working Systems Engineers, Administrators, and Programmers, tasked with maintaining and improving the platform that powers Jane Street's production trading systems. (Find out more about the Linux Engineer role here).

We expect managers to come in and lead by example. As well as supporting their teams, the ideal candidate will be excited to start off as an individual contributor, establish a fundamental understanding of Jane Street's technical environment, and gradually grow into a management role. 

We are looking for people who are enthusiastic about our values: honesty, cooperation, intellectual curiosity, humility, and a quantitative approach to decision making and problem solving. To succeed in this role, they should be Linux Engineers at heart who have grown into several of the following areas: people management, project and programme management, large-scale coordination and communication, partnership facilitation, short- and long-term planning, and service delivery, among others.

About You

We are looking to hire a Linux Engineer Manager with a strong technical background and solid leadership experience. Candidates are expected to lead by example, prioritising their individual technical work and their leadership responsibilities accordingly. They should have a willingness to learn OCaml, our language of choice, and meet the following requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or other technical discipline (or equivalent experience)
  • Clear and concise communication skills, from one-on-one meetings to larger group discussions, and the ability to efficiently analyse and deconstruct problems
  • Successful track record supporting individuals and helping teams thrive
  • Experience building and growing firm-wide partnerships
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills at various levels (technical, process, people, etc.)
  • Deep knowledge of operating system fundamentals, especially Linux
  • Fluency with the Unix command line and shell scripting
  • Practical experience with modern Linux systems and systems programming concepts
  • Basic understanding of network protocols
  • Programming experience in any language
  • Fluency in English required

 

If you're a recruiting agency and want to partner with us, please reach out to agency-partnerships@janestreet.com.

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About The Company

Jane Street is a quantitative trading firm with offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Amsterdam. We are always recruiting top candidates and we invest heavily in teaching and training. The environment at Jane Street is open, informal, intellectual, and fun. People grow into long careers here because there are always new and interesting problems to solve, systems to build, and theories to test.



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