The D. E. Shaw group seeks a pragmatic, engineering-oriented AI technical product manager to join its DESCOvery team’s venture studio. The DESCOvery team ideates, researches, and builds innovative, technology-driven businesses, with a growing focus on leveraging AI to address real-world business challenges. This hands-on, high-autonomy role offers the chance to transform business needs into working prototypes, internal tools, and lightweight products that deliver immediate impact in a collaborative and engaging work environment.

Partner with internal leads to translate business pain points into actionable technical solution paths.
Prototype solutions using tools and technologies such as OpenAI APIs, LangChain, Llama Index, vector DBs, and orchestration frameworks.
Develop simple, user-friendly front-ends to demonstrate product viability.
Collaborate with engineers and external vendors to evolve prototypes into robust MVPs ready for broader adoption.
Work across multiple problem areas—including internal tools, process automation, and workflow enhancements—supporting both DESCOvery and portfolio companies.

AI Product Engineer – Venture Studio (Startup Incubator)