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Jane StreetLondonInternship

Linux Engineer

Join Jane Street as a Linux Engineering intern in London to work on real-world projects maintaining critical infrastructure and production trading systems. Gain hands-on experience with Linux systems, software engineering, and operational work alongside experienced mentors.

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Role and Responsibilities

  • Work closely with full-time engineers on Linux infrastructure projects.
  • Maintain and improve production trading system infrastructure.
  • Investigate performance issues from application to hardware layers.
  • Fix kernel bugs and respond to datacenter issues in real time.
  • Analyze data to enhance monitoring system predictiveness.
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Project Work

  • Spend majority of time on a challenging, mentor-guided project.
  • Projects include file system resilience, boot diagnostics automation.
  • Design scalable systems for TCP diagnostic data collection.
  • Extend infrastructure provisioning for new compute capacity.
  • Deliver real value addressing current firm challenges.
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Operational Experience

  • Participate in real-time operational work with full-time staff.
  • Resolve emerging production infrastructure issues.
  • Conduct root-cause analyses of system failures.
  • Collaborate with multiple teams across the firm.
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Candidate Requirements

  • Knowledge of operating system fundamentals and computer architecture.
  • Experience with systems programming concepts like sockets and virtual memory.
  • Basic understanding of network protocols.
  • Comfortable using Linux command-line and troubleshooting system health.
  • Problem-solving through coding in any language with robust software engineering.