Principal Manager, Tech (Jsh)

The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with more than $90 billion in investment capital as of March 1, 2026, and offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Since our founding in 1988, our firm has earned an international reputation for successful investing based on innovation, careful risk management, and the quality and depth of our staff. We have a significant presence in the world’s capital markets, investing in a wide range of companies and financial instruments in both developed and developing economies.

We are looking for exceptional developers to join our JSH team based in Hyderabad, Bengaluru, and Gurugram. As a member of the team, you will get to work on the firm’s analytical portfolio, risk management, and optimization engine for most of the discretionary strategies. The team focuses on making all this functionality available in real time by reengineering the current architecture and design. The team also supports our quant, portfolio managers, and traders’ requirements by adding necessary support to the engine and building various tools.

WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY:

As a member of the team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing complex financial trading systems that process large volumes of data customized to different business groups, focusing on scalability, reusability, performance, efficiency, and fault tolerance. You will also review and implement complex design and code that meets the requirements of multiple stakeholders. In this role, you will need to understand the complexities of multi-threaded and multi-forked systems that cater to ever-changing business needs and balance the long-term “big picture” and short-term implications of design decisions. Additionally, you will need to understand the product and project management space and plan roadmaps and deliverables in a manner that maximizes business capabilities. You will further be responsible for coaching, guiding, and mentoring various engineers working across different efforts by providing oversight and direction.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

The ideal candidate should hold-

Basic qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or any related discipline with 7 to 13 years of core software development experience
• Exceptional computer science fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, databases, operating systems, etc.
• Expertise in designing and developing complex systems and the ability to translate a vague high-level requirement into a well-structured and coherent system design and to build LLD, mentor juniors, and conduct solid code reviews
• Proven problem-solving skills and robust knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Excellent hands-on development skills in prototype technical solutions
• The ability to mentor and coach junior team members
• The ability to work with a diverse set of stakeholders, bring in the right prioritizations and deliver to the dynamically changing requirements
• Extensive hands-on experience in building multithreaded systems using C++ and Python
• Excellent technical communication skills
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working in the finance domain
• Mentoring or people management experience
  
  

Interested candidates can apply through our website: https://www.deshawindia.com/recruit/jobs/Ads/Link/LdTechjshMar2025

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The Firm offers excellent benefits, a casual, collegial working environment, and an attractive compensation package. For further information about our recruitment process, including how applicant data will be processed, please visit https://www.deshawindia.com/careers.

Members of the D. E. Shaw group do not discriminate in employment matters on the basis of sex, race, colour, caste, creed, religion, pregnancy, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or any other protected class.