VP of Engineering

DE Shaw; Camden (NJ); On-site; USD 244,000 - 342,000; Part time

Job summary

DE Shaw in Camden, NJ seeks a VP of Engineering to inherit and evolve a solid codebase with room to run. The role targets a 12+ year veteran who can lead stakeholders, ensure audit readiness, and drive part-time projects with a bias for action while maintaining trust and discretion.

The ideal candidate will mentor teams, tighten authentication in C#, and defend uptime across critical Camden infrastructure, delivering crisp, testable GitHub Actions criteria.

Qualifications

• 12+ years navigating technology politics
• Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information
• Comfort with accountability in a part-time role
• Tinker-friendly bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait

Responsibilities

• Walk technology stakeholders through collaboration tradeoffs in language executives grasp
• Harden C# authentication to ensure NJ audit readiness
• Spot and address C# anti-patterns before they spread
• Defend system uptime for critical Camden operations
• Pair with cross-functional partners to scope and deliver part-time projects
• Translate vague tech tickets into crisp, testable GitHub Actions criteria

Skills

Technology leadership

C# expertise

Stakeholder management

Audit readiness

Part-time leadership

Tools

GitHub Actions

C#

Job description

The VP of Engineering we're hiring will inherit a technology codebase with good bones and a few skeletons; DE Shaw is honest about both. At its core, this is a VP of Engineering job in NJ that rewards 14 years with $244,000 - $342,000 and room to run.

The story of DE Shaw is really the story of Camden, NJ betting on a quietly-excellent idea about technology and being proven right. Disagreement is welcome here, but once we decide, the whole DE Shaw team rows in the same direction.

Here is the deal: $244,000 - $342,000, a mentor who answers, benefits that hold up, and a flexible part-time schedule that fits real life.

Key Responsibilities

• Walk technology stakeholders through Collaboration tradeoffs in language DE Shaw execs grasp
• Harden DE Shaw's C# auth so the NJ audit comes back clean
• Spot the innovative C# anti-pattern in review before it spreads through DE Shaw
• Defend DE Shaw uptime through the 2 a.m. Camden pages nobody volunteers for
• Pair with cross-functional partners to scope and deliver part-time projects
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable GitHub Actions acceptance criteria

What You'll Bring

• Professionalism, integrity, and discretion with sensitive information
• Comfort being accountable for an innovative outcome in a part-time role
• 12+ years navigating the politics that technology work attracts
• A tinker-friendly bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait