[Caml-list] Job Announcement
Yaron Minsky
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
(ymi...@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
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Yaron Minsky <ymi...@janestcapital.com>
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