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OVERVIEW The D. E. Shaw group seeks an experienced professional to join the firm’s Learning & Development (L&D) team, focusing on designing learning offerings to bolster professional skills. Professional skills development for entry-level and more tenured staff is a critical part of the firm’s talent strategy and is key to developing our future leaders and ensuring the firm’s long-term success. The innovation-focused L&D team creates customized learning offerings to help our exceptional talent excel in their careers and roles. This …

The D. E. Shaw group seeks a people analytics professional to join its Human Capital Analytics and Products (HCAP) team. Members of HCAP are curators of employee data and leverage it to help answer strategic and operational talent questions for leaders across the business. This role offers the opportunity to be part of an inclusive, engaging, and collaborative working environment.  WHAT YOU’LL DO DAY-TO-DAY: You’ll independently manage long-term talent research projects and leverage our robust data infrastructure to provide analyses …

Note: It is recommended that students apply as early as possible, as resumes will be reviewed on a rolling basis, beginning March 1 or soon after. Find more details here.

OVERVIEW: The D. E. Shaw group seeks an analytical, detail-oriented talent assessor to join its Human Capital group as part of the Talent Assessment & Performance (TAP) team, supporting our core principle of hiring and cultivating extraordinary people. In this part-time, 12-month assignment, you’ll play a key role in the candidate evaluation and hiring process and have the chance to work in an inclusive, collaborative, and engaging working environment. A high performer in the role may have the opportunity to …

OVERVIEW: We’re seeking individuals with impressive records of achievement to join the D. E. Shaw group. Strategy and business development associates are considered for one of several departments at the firm, including the COO Group, Corporate Development, and Investor Relations, where they work on challenging, high-impact projects. In each of these groups, you’ll have the opportunity to be part of an inclusive, collaborative, and engaging working environment. WHAT YOU’LL DO DAY-TO-DAY: You’ll help the firm evaluate complex business questions that …

OVERVIEW: Technology is integral to virtually everything the D. E. Shaw group does, which is why we seek exceptional software developers with a range of quantitative and programming abilities. Members of our technical staff collaborate on challenging problems that directly impact the firm’s continued success, utilizing their excellent analytical, mathematical, and software design skills as well as some of the most advanced computing resources in the world. Software developers have the opportunity to be part of an inclusive, collaborative, and …

OVERVIEW: The D. E. Shaw group seeks an inquisitive technology enthusiast to join its Quant Systems team. This is a hands-on technical role within an engineering team responsible for high performance trading and research infrastructure. WHAT YOU’LL DO DAY-TO-DAY: Quant Systems is a global team that designs and maintains the firm’s largest compute infrastructure, which includes operating system platforms, software development tooling, high-performance computing, networking, and storage for research and trading. This engineer will have the opportunity to work on …

OVERVIEW: Quants at the D. E. Shaw group apply mathematical techniques and write software to develop, analyze, and implement statistical models for our computerized financial trading strategies. They utilize their creativity and innovation to create novel approaches to trade profitably in markets around the globe with a firm that offers an inclusive, collaborative, and engaging working environment. WHAT YOU’LL DO DAY-TO-DAY:  Specific responsibilities range from leveraging financial data in an effort to increase profitability, decrease risk, and reduce transaction costs …

OVERVIEW: We’re seeking individuals with impressive records of achievement to join the D. E. Shaw group. Generalists are considered for one of several departments at the firm, including Corporate Development, Investor Relations, Legal & Compliance, the COO Group, and Risk, where they work on challenging, high-impact projects. At our firm, you’ll have the opportunity to be part of an inclusive, collaborative, and engaging working environment. WHAT YOU’LL DO DAY-TO-DAY: As a generalist, you will be matched with a particular department …