D. E. Shaw India Private Limited
Website:
deshawindia.com
Job details:
The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with more than $100 billion in investment capital as of June 1, 2026, 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 a Software Developer to join our Python Infrastructure 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.
WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY:
As a member of the Python Infrastructure team, you will be responsible for building the Python foundation for the firm. The team delivers infrastructure solutions for analytic computations, data storage, and data services, which are developed primarily in Python. They work 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.
WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
The ideal candidate should hold-
Basic qualifications:
- 4-6 years of robust experience in advanced Python
- An impressive educational background, preferably with an engineering degree in computer science or related fields
- Excellent knowledge of CS fundamentals and concepts, design skills, problem solving, and analytical skills, as well as a demonstrated passion for technology
- Exceptional reasoning ability and good interpersonal and communication skills
Preferred qualifications:
- Knowledge of C, C++, Cython, Numba, and AOT/JIT compilation techniques in Python to write optimized code
Interested candidates can apply through our website: https://www.deshawindia.com/recruit/jobs/Ads/Link/LdTechPythonSept26
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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.
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