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About the Role

As a Linux Engineering intern, you'll work side by side with full-timers to learn how we build and maintain the critical infrastructure underlying our firm's technology. You will collaborate on real-world projects, mentored by full-time employees, focusing on Linux systems and software engineering skills. This role offers a unique opportunity to experience real-time operational work and see how the team interacts with other groups.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with full-time employees on real-world projects.
• Learn how to build and maintain critical infrastructure.
• Work closely with the operating system layer, potentially diving into firmware or physical hardware.
• Investigate performance issues from application to hardware layers.
• Fix kernel bugs.
• Respond to datacenter issues in real time.
• Analyze data to improve monitoring systems.
• Build automation for manual workflows.
• Experience real-time operational work alongside experienced full-timers.
• Resolve emerging issues in production infrastructure.
• Perform root-cause analyses.

Requirements

• Knowledgeable about operating system fundamentals and computer architecture.
• Experienced with systems programming concepts like sockets, virtual memory, and the process life cycle.
• Able to understand network protocols at a basic level.
• Comfortable at the command-line of a Linux machine.
• Fluent with basic introspection and troubleshooting common aspects of a Linux system.
• Solves problems by writing code (in any language) and is invested in robust software engineering.
• Intellectually curious, collaborative, and eager to learn.
• Humble and unafraid to ask questions.
• A strong communicator.
• Fluent in English.

Skills

• Linux systems
• Software engineering
• Systems programming
• Command-line usage
• Linux troubleshooting
• Coding
• Communication

Work Type

• Internship

Experience Level

• Intern

About the Company

• Jane Street's internship program provides a real sense of working full time while offering an unparalleled educational experience.
• The firm's technology relies on critical infrastructure that is built and maintained by the team.
• The work is varied, with a focus on operating system layers and sometimes firmware or physical hardware.
• The company utilizes a purposeful blending of in-house and open source software.
• Past projects have included investigating file system resilience, automating diagnostic information collection, designing systems for TCP diagnostic data, and extending infrastructure provisioning systems.