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The D. E. Shaw group seeks a talented Web Designer to design and implement web-based applications, and to maintain and update the various websites of the firm. The successful candidate will:
- Create design prototypes, including graphic design and content layout.
- Enable the usability of web applications, Intranet and Internet pages.
- Perform design reviews and provide comprehensive feedback.
- Understand cross-browser compatibility issues and build pages that are compatible across all the browsers officially supported within the firm.
- Act as a consultant for development teams on issues related to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, etc.; and
- Have a Bachelor's degree from a reputable university, preferably in design, or a degree which includes training in multimedia or design.
The ideal candidate will:
- Have at least three years of relevant work experience after graduation, including demonstrated experience with cross-browser and cross-platform issues.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Advanced knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; and
- Working knowledge of raster and vector graphic tools like Adobe Photoshop, GIMP, or Corel PhotoPaint, and Illustrator, Inkscape, or CorelDRAW.
The successful candidate must be detail- and customer-service oriented, must possess the ability to solve complex problems creatively, and must have experience working with teams at all levels of an organization (development, design, end users, etc.). A good understanding of AJAX is preferred, as is knowledge of server side technologies like JSP and PHP, and working knowledge of the Mac OS.
We are seeking an Analyst to join our Financial Operations team. D. E. Shaw India Software Private Limited's Hyderabad-based Financial Operations group works with our Proprietary Trading, Accounting, Operations, Tax, and Treasury groups based in New York. Responsibilities of the group include:
- Account analysis.
- Capital allocation and optimization.
- Management reporting.
- Money movement.
- Front-office vs. back-office reconciliation.
- Investigation of breaks/issues, and special projects.
The ideal candidate should possess the following qualities and qualifications:
- A motivated and organized individual with strong communication, problem-solving, interpersonal, and quantitative skills.
- A rigorous work ethic, and a genuine interest in finance.
- A degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field is a prerequisite.
D. E. Shaw India is seeking an Analyst to join our Treasury team. D. E. Shaw India's Hyderabad-based Treasury team is part of the Financial Operations group and works closely with the Treasury team based in New York. Analysts have the opportunity to gain diverse experience in cash management and liquidity analysis, money movements, and special projects, while being exposed to financial instruments across a wide spectrum of asset classes and markets.
In addition, analysts will work closely with our software development, trade accounting, and operations groups. The successful candidate will be a motivated and organized individual with strong communication, problem-solving, interpersonal, and quantitative skills, a rigorous work ethic, and a genuine interest in finance. A degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field is a prerequisite. Professional experience in a Treasury role will be a decided advantage.
D. E. Shaw India is seeking a Legal Analyst to assist the D. E. Shaw group’s Contract Review department by managing special projects for the group, and to handle documentation. Responsibilities include:
- Reviewing, negotiating, maintaining, and auditing trading, data, software licensing, confidentiality, non-disclosure, and other agreements.
- Reviewing trade confirmations.
- Providing support documents for counterparties.
- Supporting trading and operations.
- Identifying and implementing regulatory issues.
- Coordinating the establishment of new businesses.
The ideal candidate will have:
- Superior organizational and analytical abilities.
- Proven editing, proofreading, and project-management skills.
- An obsessive concern for detail.
- A law degree from a reputed institute, and a first-rate academic background.
- 2 to 5 years of relevant legal experience.
- Some knowledge of financial markets and products.
This position is based in Hyderabad.
The Hyderabad-based Financial Operations group works with our Proprietary Trading, Accounting, Operations, Middle Office, Financial Reporting, Tax, and Treasury groups based in New York. Responsibilities include account analysis, cash management and liquidity analysis, management reporting, pricing, reconciliation, investigation of trade and settlement issues, and special projects. You will gain extensive experience in various financial instruments across a wide spectrum of asset classes and markets. You will also deal extensively with senior managers based in our overseas offices and work closely with our technology groups. Applicants must have a degree in accounting, finance, or business. Experience of 1-6 years in an alternate investment back office environment will be a distinct advantage.
The Hyderabad-based Financial Research group provides research and analysis on time-sensitive requests to support the entire investment decision processes of our global proprietary trading strategies. You will work closely with fund managers and traders, as well as quantitative and qualitative analysts. Responsibilities include performing initial investment review; macro, business, financial, and industry research; complete valuation analysis and detailed financial modelling; attending management/intermediary calls and performing data room due diligence; researching new trading and business ideas; proactive generation of new trading ideas; middle office activities of preparing pre-screen, credit approval, and valuation memos. Applicants must have an MBA (Finance)/CFA/CA with 1-6 years of experience in financial modelling, research and analysis in global financial markets.
The firm seeks a Tax Analyst to join its Tax department. Responsibilities include:
- Preparation and review of corporate US tax returns and related schedules.
- Preparation of complex analyses and reconciliations.
- Identification and research of various transactions and tax-related issues.
The ideal candidate should:
- Have significant US tax experience.
- Have a CA/CPA.
- An advanced degree in Finance is a plus, as is financial services industry experience.
- Have superior research and analytical abilities, impressive organizational skills, and an obsessive attention to detail.
- Be exceptionally intelligent and responsible.
D. E. Shaw India Software Private Limited, located in Hyderabad, is actively looking for fresh graduates with 0-2 years of experience for its Generalist program.
Generalists in the firm work closely with worldwide teams in the D. E. Shaw group in various areas including Financial Research, Financial Data Acquisition, Financial Operations, Software Quality Assurance, Software Technical Support, and Resource Development, among other things.
The ideal candidate would be highly motivated and would be a creative thinker who graduated with at least 70% marks. Strong communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to think unconventionally are important for this role.
Our Application Support Analysts group based in Hyderabad supports our worldwide financial technology operations. The group provides support for trading, settlement, and accounting applications across the firm. Analysts rapidly gain exposure to global capital markets and financial instruments, as well as a deep understanding of the technology environment for a boutique investment management firm.
The ideal candidate should:
- Be a self-motivated and organized individual, with a rigorous work ethic.
- Possess strong communication, entrepreneurial, problem-solving, interpersonal, and quantitative skills.
- Have a genuine interest in Finance and Technology.
- Be willing and able to work at night occasionally, in order to support our global operations.
Professional experience in global financial markets would be a decided advantage. Familiarity with at least one of databases/programming languages, or UNIX would be a strong plus.
D. E. Shaw India Software Private Limited is seeking C/C++ developers for Senior Member positions. The ideal candidate will have:
- An M. Tech or a B. Tech degree in computer science, or equivalent background with very good knowledge of data structures, algorithm design and implementation.
- A minimum of 3 years of C/C++ programming experience on UNIX.
- Exposure to GUI programming (preferably with X Windows programming, Motif, or Qt).
- Exposure to debugging/profiling applications.
- Exposure to UNIX programming tools (make, awk, sed, etc.)
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Exposure to shell/Perl scripting, cross-platform development (preferably between Linux & Windows), knowledge of Fortran, and a background in chemistry, will be considered added advantages.
D. E. Shaw India Software Private Limited is seeking exceptional software developers with an outstanding academic background and superior accomplishments for its Hyderabad office.
We build sophisticated products such as trading systems, real-time data feed infrastructure, reconciliation systems, workflow systems, and a secure search engine. We provide unusual opportunities for growth, and we compensate extraordinary people extraordinarily well.
Candidates should have:
- An outstanding academic record, including a degree from a premier academic institution, preferably in Computer Science.
- A sound understanding of computer systems, programming paradigms, and software engineering practices.
Candidates should have at least one of the following:
- Outstanding knowledge of Core Java.
- Expertise in J2EE, J2EE persistence technologies such as Hibernate, iBATIS, etc., and J2EE frameworks such as Struts, JSF, etc.
- Expertise in web technologies like JSP, JavaScript, DHTML, and AJAX.
- Experience in building trading systems or high-performance middleware in either C++ or Java, preferably in the Unix environment.
- Expertise in Java and also experience in C# and the .NET platform.
- Expertise in Perl.
We have openings for candidates at all levels of experience. For senior positions, candidates should also have expertise in software architecture or project management. Experience in building applications used in the financial markets would be useful, but we encourage candidates with experience in building non-trivial systems of any type to apply.
We also have additional openings for C/C++ developers.
The D. E. Shaw group’s Hyderabad office seeks Software Test Engineers, Performance Test Engineers, and Managers with 1–10 years of experience to join its Quality Assurance Team. The team assesses varied and multiple products—highly sophisticated systems, including real–time trading systems that run on UNIX clusters, search engines, data mining software, and workflow systems. The team also develops in–house testing frameworks in addition to using off–the–shelf tools like Silk Test. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to contribute to the team’s process improvement and expansion efforts.
The ideal candidate should have:
- A consistent and strong educational background with a degree in Computer Science or equivalent;
- Excellent problem solving skills;
- Knowledge of SDLC with a sound understanding of the testing lifecycle;
- A proven track record of hands–on experience with formal testing methodologies (knowledge of basic testing concepts is sufficient for people with a development background); and
- Experience in performance and/or automation testing.
Are you a superstar technologist who is passionate about computer systems? If so, we've been looking for you. D. E. Shaw India Software Private Limited is looking for bright technologists with 2-5 years of experience as systems administrator.
Responsibilities:
- Working on substantial systems projects.
- Work covering a wide range of technology including, but not limited
to:
- Windows PCs and servers.
- UNIX servers.
- Advanced networking and telecommunications infrastructure.
The ideal candidate will have:
- An engineering degree/diploma, preferably in Computer Science.
- Extensive knowledge of UNIX and/or Windows environments.
- Programming and scripting ability (Perl, Python, shell, etc.)
- Excellent oral and written skills.
D. E. Shaw India Software Private Limited is seeking an extraordinarily intelligent and resourceful individual for our Systems group to help provide UNIX and networking support. The selected candidate will be based in our Hyderabad office and will be working in an inter-continental team spanning across our offices.
The person we hire will work with D. E. Shaw group's global IT systems staff and will be responsible for:
- Solaris and Linux related research projects.
- Helping architect new technology for our fast-paced, high-growth environment.
- Management and administration of over 1000 Linux and UNIX servers.
- Management and administration of our state of the art global production network.
The ideal candidate will have:
- An engineering degree, preferably in Computer Science.
- 5+ years of hands-on experience and proven track record administering UNIX operating systems.
- Extensive knowledge of multiple UNIX operating systems.
- Solid understanding of the IGP and EGP routing protocols.
- Strong programming and scripting ability.
- Excellent verbal and written skills.
While we strongly prefer candidates with both UNIX and networking expertise, exceptional candidates with only UNIX experience will also be considered.
D. E. Shaw India Software Private Limited is seeking an extraordinarily intelligent and resourceful individual for our Systems group to help architect next-generation Microsoft Windows infrastructure. The selected candidate will be based in our Hyderabad office and will be working in an inter-continental team spanning across our offices. The person we hire should be capable of building, and deploying systems management and automation technologies for both Windows servers and a large body of Windows PC clients. He or she will work with our systems staff on substantial design and research projects within the Windows environment.
Responsibilities:
- Develop scalable Windows systems for both our campus and global networks.
- Identify, research, evaluate, and implement emerging technologies.
- Develop and implement management and related tools.
- Engineer solutions for the firm's growing, highly-resilient Windows infrastructure.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with server applications in a Microsoft networked environment
- High level of expertise in the following areas:
- Windows 2000/2003 Server (including IIS).
- Exchange 2000/2003 Server.
- SQL 2000 Server.
- Active Directory management.
- Security management (including Group Policy Objects).
- TCP/IP networking.
- Some expertise with UNIX administration.
- Some expertise with LAN network administration.
- Excellent knowledge of server hardware and strong problem-solving skills.
- Solid programming and scripting abilities.
- Project management and documentation skills.
- High level of initiative and dedication.
- Demonstrated ability to be a team player and willingness to lend a hand with any project.
- Demonstrated ability to manage packages (release updates) and apply security patches.
- Demonstrated ability to develop tools to maintain and monitor corporate infrastructure.