From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,SPF_FAIL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.104]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 746A4BBAF for ; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 23:58:39 +0200 (CEST) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aj4DAL+GgUomachlmWdsb2JhbACWE4Q6AQEBAQEICwoHE7lYhBkF X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.43,362,1246831200"; d="scan'208";a="32326491" Received: from mx1.janestcapital.com ([38.105.200.101]) by mail3-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 11 Aug 2009 23:58:38 +0200 Received: from nyc-qsv-mail1.delacy.com ([172.25.22.57]) by mx1.janestcapital.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MazMa-0005pt-MO for caml-list@inria.fr; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:58:36 -0400 Received: from nyc-qws-007.delacy.com ([172.25.131.107]) by nyc-qsv-mail1.DELACY.com with esmtpsa (SSLv3:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MazMa-0004RN-Kr for caml-list@inria.fr; Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:58:36 -0400 Subject: Re: Jane Street is hiring (as if you didn't already know) From: Yaron Minsky Reply-To: yminsky@janestcapital.com To: Caml List In-Reply-To: <1250027407.4019.123.camel@nyc-qws-007.delacy.com> References: <1250027407.4019.123.camel@nyc-qws-007.delacy.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:58:36 -0400 Message-Id: <1250027916.4019.130.camel@nyc-qws-007.delacy.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-8.el5_2.3) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam: no; 0.00; yaron:01 minsky:01 yminsky:01 icfp:01 yaron:01 minsky:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 2009:98 firms:98 blog:98 wrote:01 portions:01 functional:02 functional:02 And by-the-by, I will be at parts of ICFP, CUFP and DEFUN this year, so if you're interested in hearing more about Jane Street, you should come by and chat. y On Tue, 2009-08-11 at 17:50 -0400, Yaron Minsky wrote: > This is my periodic reminder to the FP world that Jane Street is > looking to hire functional programmers. I've started getting the > occasional inquiry coming in from people who are clearly unsure if our > previous hiring announcements still apply, and I wanted to make it > clear that they do. So, at the risk of boring longtime residents of > the list to tears: > > Despite the problems besetting much of the financial industry, we have > grown strongly in the last few years in our people, our technology, > the scope of our business and its profitability. We now have over 30 > OCaml developers, and we are actively looking to hire more in Tokyo, > London and New York. > > For someone who cares about functional programming, Jane Street is an > interesting place to consider. Jane Street has invested deeply in > OCaml, to the point where we now have the largest team of OCaml > programmers in any industrial setting, and probably the world's > largest OCaml codebase--over a million lines. We really believe in > functional programming, and use OCaml for everything from research to > systems adminstration to trading systems. > > The atmosphere is informal and intellectual, with a focus on learning. > The work itself is deeply challenging, and you get to see the > practical impact of your efforts in quick and dramatic terms. Jane > Street is also a small enough place that people have the freedom to > get involved in many different areas of the business. > > Unlike many financial firms, software and technology are considered a > core part of what we do, not some segmented-off cost center that the > people who run the business don't think about. Jane Street is a place > where people really care about the quality of the software, to the > point that several of the most senior members of the firm, who do not > have technology backgrounds, nonetheless review critical portions of > the codebase before they can go into production. > > If you'd like to learn more, here are some links. First, there are a > couple of papers we've written about our experiences here. > > http://www.janestreet.com/technology/articles.php > > We also have a technically-oriented blog: > > http://ocaml.janestreet.com > > For a (recruiting-oriented) overview of Jane Street, here's the firm > website: > > http://janestreet.com > > If you're interested, send me a resume and cover letter. > > y >