Lead, Tech (DESFlow)

The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with more than $60 billion in investment capital as of March 1, 2024, 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 an experienced mobile-application architect/developer to spearhead the development of a high-quality native DESFlow app — an internal business-productivity platform, and once the application foundation is in place, to formalize and evolve the mobile technology stack that will support future releases. The role is based in Hyderabad within our Core Tech R&D organization. The DESFlow team develops and maintains the firm’s core productivity tools, including DESFlow — a proprietary workflow management and request-tracking system used across multiple business areas. The team is also responsible for TaskIt, an internal to-do list platform, as well as other collaboration and workload management tools. The team’s scope of work includes full-stack development — covering front-end user experience, scalable application design, performance, and security — as well as infrastructure projects focused on reliability and availability. The team’s primary objective is to provide platforms that facilitate daily tasks, support collaboration, and maintain high performance across the firm. This involves enhancing user interfaces, improving system infrastructure, and ensuring robust availability. By continually refining these tools, the team enables effective tracking and management of requests, helping employees concentrate on strategic initiatives and contributing to the overall efficiency of the organization.

WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY:

In this position, you will be designing the overall mobile architecture, choose appropriate native and/or cross-platform technologies, and set up development tooling and CI/CD pipelines. You will be responsible for building and iterating on the DESFlow mobile application with an emphasis on performance, reliability, and UX quality. Furthermore, you will be collaborating with back-end, design, and infrastructure teams to integrate services and enforce security best practices. You will also be evaluating new frameworks and third-party services, articulate trade-offs, and present recommendations to engineering leadership. Lastly, you will be establishing coding standards, automated testing, and performance-monitoring processes; drive continuous improvement of build, release, and maintenance workflows.

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

Basic qualifications:

• A master’s or bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field with 7 to 12 years of professional mobile-app development experience, including recent ownership of architecture or large-scale feature design
• Deep knowledge of native iOS (Swift/Objective-C) and at least one cross-platform framework (e.g., React Native, Flutter, Kotlin Multiplatform)
• Exceptional grasp of mobile design patterns, offline storage, security, and performance optimization
• Hands-on experience setting up green-field projects, automated testing, and CI/CD for mobile apps
• Excellent communication skills in terms of ability to articulate technical choices, influence stakeholders, and work independently in a distributed team
  
  

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in enterprise, SaaS, or established product companies; prior exposure to large internal user bases is a plus
  
  

Interested candidates can apply through our website:

https://www.deshawindia.com/recruit/jobs/Adv/Link/LdTcDflowMay25

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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.