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About the Role

As a Linux Engineering intern, you will work alongside full-time employees to learn how to build and maintain the critical infrastructure underlying the firm's technology. You will collaborate on real-world projects, gaining an unparalleled educational experience while contributing to the firm's current challenges. Past projects have included investigating file system resilience, automating diagnostic data collection, designing systems for TCP diagnostic data, and extending infrastructure provisioning systems.

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 hardware.
• Investigate performance issues from application to hardware layers.
• Fix kernel bugs.
• Respond to real-time operational issues.
• 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.

Skills

• Systems programming
• Linux
• Command-line interface
• Introspection
• Troubleshooting
• Software engineering
• Communication

Location

• New York, NY

Work Type

• Internship
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Intern

About the Company

• Jane Street is a quantitative trading firm that operates at the intersection of finance, technology, and mathematics.