The D. E. Shaw group seeks a skilled senior engineer to join its Systems team and lead the evolution and modernization of the firm’s virtualization platform. This individual contributor role offers the chance to operate within a mature production setting while driving thoughtful change through evaluation, design, and execution in a collaborative and engaging work environment.

Own and maintain current virtualization platforms and storage solutions in our production environment, ensuring system availability, performance, and resource optimization.
Lead the technical exploration of “what’s next”, including researching alternatives, running proof-of-concepts, and defining migration paths from current platforms.
Develop automation and tooling to improve reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency.
Plan and execute virtualization and storage migrations with cross-functional teams.

Senior Virtualization and Storage Engineer (London)