Job Announcement

Job Announcement

[Yaron Minsky]

I apologize for boring long-time subscribes to this list, but I would
like to mention yet again that Jane Street is hiring OCaml programmers.
Over the last few years we have built up a team of more than 20
functional programmers, and we're looking to hire more.  

A couple of notes: 

  * We have offices in London, New York and Tokyo.  We are especially
    eager to hire OCaml developers into the Tokyo office.
  * We are particularly interested in developers who have experience in
    systems administration and design.

Here's a quick summary of what Jane Street is all about:

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Jane Street is a trading firm that brings a deep understanding of
trading, a scientific approach, and innovative technology to bear on the
problem of trading profitably on the world's highly-competitive
financial markets.  We run a small, nimble operation where technology
and trading are tightly integrated.

At Jane Street, there is room to get deeply involved in a number of
areas at the same time. We are actively looking for people interested in
software development, system administration, and quantitative
research--potentially all on the same day.

The ideal candidate has:

    * A commitment to the practical. One of the big attractions of our
      work is the opportunity to apply serious ideas to real-world
      problems.
    * Experience with functional programming languages (OCaml, SML,
      Scheme, Haskell, Lisp, F#, Erlang, etc) is important. Applicants
      should also have experience with UNIX and a strong understanding
      of computers and technology.
    * Good second-order knowledge. In trading, understanding the
      boundary between what you do and don't know is as (or more)
      important than how much you know.
    * If you're interested in research, a strong mathematical background
      is a must. This includes a good understanding of probability and
      statistics, calculus, algorithms, etc. We draw on ideas from
      everywhere we can, so we value interest and experience in a range
      of scientific fields.

The environment at Jane Street is open, informal, intellectual, and
fun. You can wear a t-shirt and jeans to the office every day, the
kitchen is stocked, and discussions are always lively. We encourage a
focus on learning, both through formal seminars and classes, as well as
through day-to-day conversations with colleagues. Other perks include
competitive salaries, rapid advancement for people who do well,
excellent benefits, free lunch, and a gym on-site (the last is NY only).

If you are interested, send an application to Yaron Minsky
(yminsky@janestcapital.com) including a resume, cover letter, and
optionally some sample code you've written.

If you'd like to know a little bit more about how we came to use OCaml
as our primary development language, take a look at these slides from a
talk we gave at CUFP 2006 and the article I wrote for the Monad Reader.

   http://www.galois.com/cufp/slides/2006/YaronMinsky.pdf
   http://www.haskell.org/sitewiki/images/0/03/TMR-Issue7.pdf

-- 
Yaron Minsky <yminsky@janestcapital.com>

Job Announcement

[Yaron Minsky]

I'm pleased to announce that Jane Street Capital is yet again looking
to hire some top-notch functional programmers.  Of particular note is
that Jane Street Europe Ltd. now has an office in London, and we are
particularly interested in hiring someone for that office with strong
systems administration skills in addition to experience with
functional programming languages.

You can find out more about Jane Street here: 

   http://www.janestcapital.com/tech.html

I should also warn people that I will have spotty email access for the 
next couple of weeks, so it will take me some extra time to get back 
to people.

Here's the full job announcement.

-------------------------------------------------

Jane Street Capital is a proprietary trading firm that operates around
the clock and around the world. We bring a deep understanding of
trading, a scientific approach, and innovative technology to bear on
the problem of trading profitably on the world's highly-competitive
financial markets. We run a small, nimble operation where technology
and trading are tightly integrated.

At Jane Street, there is room to get deeply involved in a number of
areas at the same time. We are actively looking for people interested
in software development, system administration, and quantitative
research--potentially all on the same day.

We have offices in the New York, London and Tokyo.  Most of our hiring
is for the New York office, but we are looking for applicants in our
foreign offices as well.  In some circumstances we have hired foreign
applicants for the US office through the H1-B and the F1 visa
programs. In such cases, we support and fund the visa application
process.

We are looking for talented candidates across the range.  We are also
particularly interested in finding someone with skills and interest in
systems administration for Jane Street Europe Ltd.'s London office.

The ideal candidate has:

    * A commitment to the practical. One of the big attractions of our
      work is the opportunity to apply serious ideas to real-world
      problems.
    * Experience with functional programming languages (OCaml, SML,
      Scheme, Haskell, Lisp, F#, Erlang, etc) is important. Applicants
      should also have experience with UNIX and a deep understanding
      of computers and technology.
    * A strong mathematical background. This is a must for candidates
      interested in research, and includes a good understanding of
      probability and statistics, calculus, algorithms, etc. We draw
      on ideas from everywhere we can, so we value interest and
      experience in a range of scientific fields.
    * Good second-order knowledge. In trading, understanding the
      boundary between what you do and don't know is as (or more)
      important than how much you know.

The environment at Jane Street is open, informal, intellectual, and
fun. You can wear a t-shirt and jeans to the office, the kitchen is
stocked, and discussions are always lively. We encourage a focus on
learning, both through formal seminars and classes, as well as through
day-to-day conversations with colleagues.  Other perks include
competitive salaries, rapid advancement for people who do well,
excellent benefits, free lunch, and a gym on-site.

We are currently looking for full-time positions as well as summer
interns (internship positions are only avaliable in the US office, and
for people who already have the right to work in the USa). If you are
interested, send an application to Yaron Minsky
(yminsky@janestcapital.com) including a resume, cover letter, and
optionally some sample code you've written.

If you'd like to know a little bit more about how we came to use OCaml
as our primary development language, take a look at these slides from
a talk we gave at CUFP 2006:

   http://www.galois.com/cufp/slides/2006/YaronMinsky.pdf


-- 
Yaron Minsky <yminsky@janestcapital.com>

Re: Job Announcement

[Yaron Minsky]

A quick note:  my email was down earlier today, but is back up now, in
case anyone was trying to reach me.

Yaron

On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 18:35 -0400, Yaron Minsky wrote:
> I'm pleased to announce that Jane Street Capital is yet again actively 
> looking to hire some top-notch functional programmers.
> 
> Jane Street Capital (http://janestcapital.com) is a proprietary
> trading company located in Manhattan, and we're looking to hire
> developers interested in working on trading systems and
> infrastructure, all built in OCaml.
> 
> Jane Street is an open and informal environment (you can wear shorts
> and a t-shirt to the office), and the work is technically challenging
> and wide-ranging.  Pay is competitive, and we're a reasonably small
> company (around 100 employees), so advancement is pretty quick for
> someone who performs well.
> 
> Here's what we're looking for (in no particular order):
> 
>  - Strong programming skills.  Pretty much all of our programming is
>    in OCaml, so being a solid Caml hacker is a big plus.  Extra points
>    for deep knowledge of OCaml internals and experience wrapping
>    thorny libraries.  But we're also interested in great programmers
>    who we are convinced will be able to pick up OCaml quickly, so
>    anyone with a high-level of proficiency with functional languages
>    would be a good match.
> 
>  - A commitment to the practical. Our work is tightly integrated with
>    our trading operation, and we work very hard to keep our work
>    relevant. One of the big attractions of the job is the opportunity
>    to apply serious ideas to real-world problems.
> 
>  - Great communication skills. We need people who can explain things
>    clearly and cogently.
> 
>  - Strong mathematical and analytic skills.  We want people who can
>    solve difficult technical problems, and think clearly and
>    mathematically about all sorts of problems.
> 
>  - Strong Unix/Linux skills --- We're looking for someone who knows
>    their way around the standard Unix tools, can write makefiles,
>    shell scripts, etc.  We're also very interested in people with
>    serious systems administration and architecture experience.
> 
> If you're interested (or have any students you think might be a good
> match) and would be willing to relocate to New York, please send a
> cover-letter and resume to:
> 
>   yminsky@janestcapital.com
> 
> And you can get more information about us here: 
> 
>   http://www.janestcapital.com/ocaml.html
> 
> Note for foreign applicants: it is never too early to apply!  The
> quote for this year for H1-B visas is already filled, so the earliest
> possible hiring date is October 2007.
> 
> 
-- 
Yaron Minsky <yminsky@janestcapital.com>

Job Announcement

[Yaron Minsky]

I'm pleased to announce that Jane Street Capital is yet again actively 
looking to hire some top-notch functional programmers.

Jane Street Capital (http://janestcapital.com) is a proprietary
trading company located in Manhattan, and we're looking to hire
developers interested in working on trading systems and
infrastructure, all built in OCaml.

Jane Street is an open and informal environment (you can wear shorts
and a t-shirt to the office), and the work is technically challenging
and wide-ranging.  Pay is competitive, and we're a reasonably small
company (around 100 employees), so advancement is pretty quick for
someone who performs well.

Here's what we're looking for (in no particular order):

 - Strong programming skills.  Pretty much all of our programming is
   in OCaml, so being a solid Caml hacker is a big plus.  Extra points
   for deep knowledge of OCaml internals and experience wrapping
   thorny libraries.  But we're also interested in great programmers
   who we are convinced will be able to pick up OCaml quickly, so
   anyone with a high-level of proficiency with functional languages
   would be a good match.

 - A commitment to the practical. Our work is tightly integrated with
   our trading operation, and we work very hard to keep our work
   relevant. One of the big attractions of the job is the opportunity
   to apply serious ideas to real-world problems.

 - Great communication skills. We need people who can explain things
   clearly and cogently.

 - Strong mathematical and analytic skills.  We want people who can
   solve difficult technical problems, and think clearly and
   mathematically about all sorts of problems.

 - Strong Unix/Linux skills --- We're looking for someone who knows
   their way around the standard Unix tools, can write makefiles,
   shell scripts, etc.  We're also very interested in people with
   serious systems administration and architecture experience.

If you're interested (or have any students you think might be a good
match) and would be willing to relocate to New York, please send a
cover-letter and resume to:

  yminsky@janestcapital.com

And you can get more information about us here: 

  http://www.janestcapital.com/ocaml.html

Note for foreign applicants: it is never too early to apply!  The
quote for this year for H1-B visas is already filled, so the earliest
possible hiring date is October 2007.


-- 
Yaron Minsky <yminsky@janestcapital.com>