Senior Software Engineer (OCaml Experience)

Jane Street • New York, NY

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

Develop software in OCaml as part of the trading and operational infrastructure for a proprietary trading company. Support traders and other users of the company’s technology infrastructure on Windows, Linux, and MacOS platforms; Analyze and respond in real-time to problems arising from the firm’s technological infrastructure; Work in all parts of the software lifecycle, including gathering requirements, design, documentation, management of code review, creation of testing plans, as well as implementation and management of deployment and monitoring of the resulting software systems; Proactively identify, propose, and implement improvements to our systems including infrastructure optimization, reliability enhancements, and operational efficiency gains; and Train junior developers in all of the above.

Requirements

• 3 or 4 year Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or a related quantitative field.
• Two (2) years of experience in any occupation where an individual gains experience developing software.
• One (1) year of experience developing software using OCaml, including utilizing algebraic data types and pattern matching, applying functional programming principles, implementing concurrent operations, and optimizing code based on understanding of OCaml's runtime behavior.
• One (1) year of experience managing software release cycles and software QA processes.
• One (1) year of experience using the Mercurial distributed version control system.
• One (1) year of experience using asynchronous programming, typeful software design, and monadic programming.
• One (1) year of experience rapidly diagnosing and resolving software issues in time-sensitive production environments.
• One (1) year of experience programming on the Linux platform, including working with network programming and scripting tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop software in OCaml as part of the trading and operational infrastructure for a proprietary trading company.
• Support traders and other users of the company’s technology infrastructure on Windows, Linux, and MacOS platforms.
• Analyze and respond in real-time to problems arising from the firm’s technological infrastructure.
• Work in all parts of the software lifecycle, including gathering requirements, design, documentation, management of code review, creation of testing plans, as well as implementation and management of deployment and monitoring of the resulting software systems.
• Proactively identify, propose, and implement improvements to our systems including infrastructure optimization, reliability enhancements, and operational efficiency gains.
• Train junior developers in all of the above.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior