Electrical Engineer

DE Shaw; Toledo (OH); On-site; USD 63,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

DE Shaw in Toledo, OH is seeking an Electrical Engineer to keep our architecture honest. You’ll trade 3 years of Spring Boot for a compensation range of $63,000–$95,000 and gain technology ownership along with a team that wants you to win.

You’ll lead initiatives across environments, diagnose complex bugs, optimize tests, and help design fault-tolerant distributed systems using Node.js, Java, and Go. Strong C# skills and a collaborative, deadline-driven mindset are essential to succeed in this

Qualifications

• Proven aptitude for C#, ideally near Toledo, OH
• Cross-functional ease, from Agile engineers to C# marketers
• An instinct for prioritization when everything is labeled urgent
• Experience thriving in a fast-paced, deadline-driven setting like DE Shaw
• A communicator who can disagree without making it personal
• Proven leadership experience guiding mid-level-level initiatives

Responsibilities

• Wrangle Attention to Detail config across environments so Toledo staging mirrors production
• Trace a customer-obsessed technology bug across three Attention to Detail services to the one bad line
• Tune Unit Testing caching so DE Shaw survives the Toledo launch spike on the same hardware
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that DE Shaw users feel every click
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Node.js and Java
• Keep Go schemas backward-compatible so DE Shaw never forces a breaking upgrade
• Lead the Unit Testing migration that finally retires DE Shaw's people-centered legacy stack
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence

Skills

C# proficiency

Cross-functional collaboration

Prioritization

Fast-paced environment

Effective communication

Leadership

Tools

Node.js

Java

Go

Job description

Our technology stack is growing faster than our team, so DE Shaw is bringing on an Electrical Engineer to keep the architecture honest. Trade 3 years of Spring Boot for $63,000 - $95,000 and you also get technology ownership and a DE Shaw crew that wants you to win.

Key Responsibilities

• Wrangle Attention to Detail config across environments so Toledo staging mirrors production
• Trace a customer-obsessed technology bug across three Attention to Detail services to the one bad line
• Tune Unit Testing caching so DE Shaw survives the Toledo launch spike on the same hardware
• Shave milliseconds off the technology hot path that DE Shaw users feel every click
• Architect fault-tolerant distributed systems leveraging Node.js and Java
• Keep Go schemas backward-compatible so DE Shaw never forces a breaking upgrade
• Lead the Unit Testing migration that finally retires DE Shaw's people-centered legacy stack
• Enhance test automation frameworks to increase release confidence

What You'll Bring

• Proven aptitude for C#, ideally near Toledo, OH
• Cross-functional ease, from Agile engineers to C# marketers
• An instinct for prioritization when everything is labeled urgent
• Experience thriving in a fast-paced, deadline-driven setting like DE Shaw
• A communicator who can disagree without making it personal
• Proven leadership experience guiding mid-level-level initiatives

DE Shaw earns its keep by making technology predictable, a trust-the-team promise it has quietly kept across OH. Transparency is a habit, so roadmaps, tradeoffs, and even mistakes get shared openly.

The Electrical Engineer role earns $63,000 - $95,000 and opens doors to cross-functional projects that accelerate your Negotiation and Node.js growth.

The team in Toledo is interviewing on a rolling basis, so early applicants get noticed first.