JOB DESCRIPTION

We are looking for bright and exceptional programmers to join our Discretionary Tech teams based in the firm’s offices in Hyderabad/Gurugram. The team develops applications to facilitate the end-to-end trading lifecycle and portfolio management activities.

What you’ll do day-to-day

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team's responsibility is to collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Platform engineers and system administrators, to design, implement, and maintain highly available and scalable systems. This also includes evaluating the existing infrastructure and proposing improvements to enhance reliability. Additionally, you will develop and maintain automation tools, scripts, and frameworks to streamline operational tasks such as deployment, monitoring, and incident response. You will implement configuration management systems and infrastructure-as-code practices. You will define and implement monitoring solutions to track the performance, availability, and reliability of systems and set up alerting mechanisms to proactively identify and resolve issues before they impact the users. Furthermore, you will implement and adhere to the best practices for system reliability, including fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and backup strategies while continuously improving system resiliency through proactive measures such as chaos engineering and fault injection testing. Lastly, you will stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices related to site reliability engineering and identify opportunities for process improvement and drive initiatives to enhance the overall reliability and performance of systems.

Who we’re looking for

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer.
• Science, Information Systems or other technical disciplines 5+ years of experience in designing and building scalable and reliable software systems.
• Excellent understanding of Unix fundamentals and hands on experience in performance tuning, capacity planning, server management, and troubleshooting
• Outstanding problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication and ability to collaborate with cross functional groups across the globe.
• Proficiency in infrastructure services like DNS, LDAP, Mail, Kerberos, etc.
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Proficiency in at least one programming language - Python, GO, etc.
• Experience in modern configuration management tools and CI processes/tools (Puppet, GIT).
• Prior experience of technical leadership or managing small teams would be an added advantage.

At the D. E. Shaw group, we believe the diversity of our employees is core to our strength and success. We are committed to supporting our people in work and in life, which is why we offer benefits such as a family planning and surrogacy program and a charitable gift match to all full-time employees.

Additionally, our staff-led affinity groups are pillars of our community, helping to celebrate diversity, promote leadership and development opportunities, and facilitate inclusive mentorship. Members and allies organize a wide range of educational and social programming, from expert talks to film festivals.

Candidates with relevant experience looking to restart their careers after a break are encouraged to apply for this position.

The members of the D. E. Shaw group do not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, caregiver status, or any other category protected by law. We are committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and are eager to hear from individuals having a wide range of backgrounds and personal characteristics.

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