Senior Software Engineer- Linux Engineering

D. E. Shaw India Private Limited; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,800,000; Full time

Job summary

D. E. Shaw India Private Limited seeks a highly skilled Software Engineer for the SRE-Linux team in Hyderabad (preferred) or Bengaluru.

You will design and build robust Linux tools, own the observability stack (Grafana/Grafana Mimir/ELK/ClickHouse), and drive reliability for core services. The role emphasizes incident response, toil reduction, and cross-functional collaboration. You will mentor engineers, improve the SDLC with GenAI, and push for scalable, high‑availability infrastructure across

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of software development and SRE experience
• Proficiency in Go and Python for production-grade applications
• Strong Linux internals knowledge; Kerberos, TLS, LDAP, DNS, load balancers
• Solid observability and reliability fundamentals (metrics, logs, traces, SLIs/SLOs)
• Experience with observability tools (Grafana, Grafana Mimir, ELK)
• Experience with distributed systems and highly available architectures

Responsibilities

• Design and develop robust, scalable Linux tooling and automation
• Build and scale the observability platform across metrics, logging, and traces
• Lead incident response and conduct blameless postmortems for permanent fixes
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to design reviews
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and drive SDLC improvements with GenAI

Skills

Go

Python

Linux internals

Observability

Distributed systems

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Grafana

Grafana Mimir

ELK

ClickHouse

Kubernetes

Temporal

Job description

The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with more than $100 billion in investment capital as of June 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 seeking a highly skilled and experienced Software Engineer to join our SRE‑Linux team in Hyderabad (preferred) or Bengaluru, India. The team is responsible for the reliability, observability, and day‑to‑day operation of the core services and infrastructure that underpin our Linux‑based environments. This includes owning the firm's observability stack end to end — metrics, logging, tracing, and alerting — as well as ensuring the stability, reliability, and efficiency of the critical Linux infrastructure that forms the backbone of our systems.

WHAT YOU'LL DO DAY-TO-DAY:

You will design and develop robust, scalable, high‑performance tools and automation solutions for Linux environments using Go and Python, leveraging distributed systems and modern orchestration platforms. You will also build and scale the firm's observability platform, including metrics (Grafana, Grafana Mimir), logging (ELK: Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), and high‑throughput telemetry stores (ClickHouse). You will develop and advocate for robust observability and reliability practices: logging, metrics, tracing, SLIs/SLOs, alerting, and capacity planning. You will lead critical incident response and drive blameless postmortems that turn incidents into permanent fixes, with a standing mandate to engineer toil out of operations and support rather than absorb it. Additionally, you will develop innovative solutions and streamline day‑to‑day workflows, including enhancing the SDLC pipeline by leveraging the rapidly evolving GenAI landscape to improve efficiency, quality, and automation. You will also lead and collaborate within a cross‑functional team, provide mentorship to junior engineers, and contribute to code and design reviews. Furthermore, you will troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to Linux infrastructure, core services, and the observability pipeline.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

Basic qualifications:

• A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical discipline, with 4 to 8 years of software development and SRE experience
• Excellent proficiency in Go/Python for developing production‑grade applications, services, and automation tooling
• Exceptional understanding of Linux internals; familiarity with Kerberos, TLS, Puppet, LDAP, DNS, DHCP, mail, and load balancers
• Solid grounding in observability and reliability principles (metrics, logs, traces, SLIs/SLOs, alerting, and capacity planning)
• Experience with observability tools (e.g., Grafana, Grafana Mimir, ELK)
• Familiarity with distributed systems, including experience designing and maintaining highly available systems
• Exceptional problem‑solving skills and the ability to think critically
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with GenAI and its application to observability and reliability (e.g., anomaly detection, alert‑noise reduction, incident triage/summarization, log analysis, or AIOps)
• Experience with container orchestration and workflow systems (e.g., Kubernetes, Temporal)
• Hands‑on experience operating ClickHouse or similar high‑cardinality/high‑throughput data stores

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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.