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The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm encompassing a number of closely related entities with approximately $35 billion in aggregate investment capital. Since its organization in 1988 by Dr. David E. Shaw, a former computer science professor at Columbia University, the firm has earned an international reputation for financial innovation, technological leadership, and an extraordinarily distinguished staff. While many of the D. E. Shaw group's activities focus on the use of advanced mathematical and computational techniques to trade in various domestic and international securities markets, the firm also devotes substantial resources to the conceptualization, early-stage development, and financing of internally developed start-up ventures. Projects now under development include a groundbreaking effort to build a special-purpose supercomputer designed to fundamentally transform the process of drug discovery.
The principal underpinning of our firm's success is an extraordinary staff of exceptionally gifted professionals, each among the very best in his or her field. Our staff includes an unusual number of Putnam winners, International Math Olympiad medalists, Rhodes and Marshall scholars, IAS members, and other world-class researchers and practitioners from a wide range of scientific disciplines. Our work environment also distinguishes us in our industry. While we are a motivated and productive group, we do not work long hours for their own sake. Casual dress and informality are the rule, as is a strongly entrepreneurial culture that encourages creativity and personal development. Employee satisfaction runs very high, as evidenced by strikingly low staff turnover at both junior and senior levels. In fact, many of us feel the environment at D. E. Shaw provides some of the most important advantages of academia, while offering considerably greater financial rewards.
We're looking to hire quantitative analysts and software developers for full-time and internship positions; a background in finance is not expected.
Be remarkable.
BAE Systems is proud to be a Gold Sponsor of MIT's latest BattleCode competition.
We all have it in us: The ability to shape exceptional achievements. The difference lies in aligning yourself with BAE SYSTEMS, the growing $4+ billion leader that is one of America's foremost national security, aerospace and information systems companies.
BAE Systems Advanced Information Technologies (AIT).
Established in 1979 as a spin-off from MIT, BAE Systems Advanced Information Technologies (AIT) is a cutting-edge developer of technology-intensive applications software that incorporates sophisticated mathematical and knowledge-based algorithms.
Our solutions enable individuals and organizations to make and execute better decisions faster - particularly in real-time, data-intensive environments such as those for the US Military, DARPA, the nation's Intelligence Community, the Department of Homeland Security, and companies engaged in selected commercial applications.
Technical Areas:
Artificial Intelligence, Tracking, Fusion and Sensor Management, Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Distributed Systems and Advanced Computing, Cognitive and Neural Technology, Stochastic Optimization & Battle Management
Careers:
Please visit our web site, or contact your campus career/placement office.
Technology. Intelligence. People.
These are the building blocks of DRW Trading Group. With them, we control a dynamic view of the world's financial markets and evolve to meet challenges and opportunities with innovative thought.
DRW created a name for itself by being influential in the areas of research, technology and market making. We are an aggressive, top-tier, proprietary trading firm thriving in numerous financial markets both abroad and domestic. Currently, our business lines are shifting from traditional floor trading to electronic platforms and algorithmic strategies. While financial markets undergo this transition, DRW is taking active steps to remain industry leaders.
Technology has improved traders' ability to communicate, collect market information, and execute trading decisions. The ability to integrate fast, precise and reliable technologies into our trading operations enables DRW to develop and execute complex trading strategies. The key to DRW's success lies in the collaboration of our employees, sharing knowledge across departments, and integrating technology, research and trading. Our company continues to prosper by staying committed to cutting edge technology and hiring the best talent.
DRW is dedicated to building and maintaining a world-class organization. Our benefits package reflects our commitment to our employees. DRW advocates the importance of a work-life balance, providing excellent perks for our employees in and out of the office. Some of our perks include a fully stocked game room, daily catered lunches, baseball game outings, charity events, wine tastings and yoga classes in the office, poker tournaments, and league sports.
Our employees are self-motivated, competitive, and combine intellectual curiosity and state-of-the-art technology to solve complexities in the marketplace. We are looking for full time and intern Trader Assistants, Software Engineers, and Quantitative Researchers to drive and enhance our presence in global trading markets.
Please visit www.drwtrading.com or email afredette@drwtrading.com for more information.
Two Sigma Investments, located in the Soho neighborhood of New York City, is a technology and finance firm that actively manages money across the world financial markets. The trading strategies we apply to various markets and asset classes are based on statistical models and utilize vast computational resources to identify, quantify and act on market opportunities while monitoring risk exposure. This systematic methodology gives us the opportunity to develop quantitative trading strategies based on the extensive industry insights of our employees using rigorous computational models and mathematical analysis.
Technology is an integral part of the trading strategies, corporate functions and life in general at Two Sigma. To us, technology is a profit center, not merely a cost item, and it continues to be a driving force behind our company structure. Each day, our staff works in small teams to develop and improve analytical and measurement tools for the financial markets, and we encourage collaboration - a structure that seems rare in the financial field. In fact, many have observed that we look and feel a lot like a software firm. Sounds good to us.
We are looking for talented, team-oriented software developers and mathematicians with strong analytical and organizational skills to join the firm. If you are interested in learning more about us, please go to www.twosigma.com !
VMware® was founded in 1998 to bring virtual machine technology to industry-standard computers and is the pioneer in virtualization and related infrastructure technologies. In June 2006, VMware introduced VMware Infrastructure 3, the industry's first complete infrastructure virtualization suite to deliver comprehensive virtualization, management, resource optimization, application availability and operational automation capabilities in an integrated offering.
VMware has the technology and vision that are needed to dramatically improve productivity and change the way people work. People are the essential component for the development of our technology and the execution of our vision.
Impossible without you.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning desktop and notebook computers, OS X operating system, and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital music revolution with its iPod portable music players and iTunes online store.
Interested in an internship or full-time opportunities with Apple? Email your resume to mit@apple.com
Blizzard Entertainment® is a premier developer and publisher of entertainment software. With blockbuster hits including World of Warcraft® and the Warcraft, Diablo®, and StarCraft® series, the company's track record includes several consecutive #1-selling games and multiple Game of the Year awards. Blizzard's online-gaming service, Battle.net®, is one of the largest in the world, with millions of active users.
Facebook is a social utility that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends, family and coworkers. The company develops technologies that facilitate the sharing of information through the social graph, the digital mapping of people's real-world social connections.
At Facebook, our strategy is simple: we hire the smartest and most passionate people we can find. We value efficiency, simplicity, and working smart. We're still a small company so there's a good opportunity for anyone who joins to make a big impact.
If you are interested in either full-time or internship opportunities, please send your resume to: mit@facebook.com
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google today is a top web property in all major global markets. Google's targeted advertising program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit www.google.com.
We really want to meet software engineers who thrive in small, focused teams and high-energy environments and believe in the ability of technology to change the world. Does this sound like you?
Not graduating yet? If you like the idea of applying your computer science skills in an entrepreneurial environment that supports creative thinking, Google has a proposition for you: spend the summer with us!
For more information, visit www.google.com/jobs/students.html.
International Game Technology (www.igt.com) is a global company specializing in the design, development, and manufacturing of computerized gaming machines and networked systems products. With $2.6 Billion in revenue and >19% Net Profit Margins, we are the leading developer of gaming machines and networked gaming systems in the world.
IGT provides video and slot games for many applications including traditional casinos, lottery environments, and online. We own 60% of the domestic market and >20% of the international market. In addition to our corporate headquarters in beautiful Reno/Tahoe, NV, we also maintain locations across the US, Asia, Australia, Europe, and the globe.
Oracle technology can be found in nearly every industry around the world and in the offices of 98 of the Fortune 100 companies. Oracle is the first software company to develop and deploy 100 percent internet-enabled enterprise software across its entire product line: database, business applications, and application development and decision support tools. Oracle is the world's leading supplier of software for information management, and the world's second largest independent software company.
Tessella is the premier scientific software solutions company, with a 27-year history of providing innovative solutions to the R&D arms of Fortune 500 companies worldwide. Our staff are all scientists and mathematicians from top schools, trained in software engineering, who work side-by-side with scientists at companies like Pfizer, Lockheed Martin, ExxonMobil and more on a wide variety of projects. With offices in Boston, Washington DC, and Europe, Tessella offers exciting and challenging career opportunities for the right graduates. Be a part of the solution - see our website www.tessella.com for more details.
Vertica Systems is a software development company founded by Mike Stonebraker, which focuses on solving the most pressing issues of multi-terabyte data warehouses with the latest innovations in technology. Here at Vertica, we've assembled a diverse culture of brilliant minds who enjoy the daily challenges of building software that will undoubtedly change the entire DBMS industry. Our company values team work, solving problems, building cool technology and having fun doing it! We are always looking for motivated individuals to join our challenging, fast-paced work environment. Learn more about Vertica at www.vertica.com and read our column-oriented database technology blog at www.databasecolumn.com !
Akamai is the leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online. Together, we've transformed the Internet from a chaotic network into a predictable, scalable, and secure business platform.
Akamai has open positions across the US, that can accommodate all levels of study. Akamai also offers Internships that provide a lot more than passing exposure to the intricacies and challenges of today's Internet. Your skills and academic training will be tested daily, and your contribution will be valued and expected.
If you would like to help Akamai change the online landscape search our open positions at www.akamai.com/careers.
AppJet is a tool for programming simple web apps and having them hosted online. AppJet provides an IDE that runs entirely in a web browser, virtualized execution of server-side javascript, easy data persistence, and free hosting at your-name.appjet.com.
AppJet Inc. was founded by former 6.370 directors David Greenspan and Aaron Iba, who gained their experience with software virtualization from running 6.370 in 2004 and 2005. (Before that, they were the 1st-place winners in 2003). To this day, they remain huge fans of BattleCode, and can't wait to watch this year's competition.
Since its founding in 1990, Citadel has grown into one of the world's most sophisticated alternative investment institutions. Our team of professionals allocates investment capital across a highly diversified set of proprietary investment strategies in nearly every major asset class. Through a combination of world-class talent and the use of advanced technology to support them, we relentlessly seek to initiate and capitalize on change in the global financial markets with the goal of remaining at the forefront of the industry.
Dropbox is an MIT/Y Combinator startup founded by recent 6.370 alums that aims to change the way people store and share files online. It's backup, sync and sharing that "just works" and is elegantly integrated into the OS.
We want to free millions of people from the quaint ideas of having files locked up on different computers, carrying around USB sticks, emailing attachments, or losing data to hard drive crashes.
We are looking for a few great entrepreneurial Python/C++ hackers (full time or summer/IAP) who get more excited about taking something from 0 to 60 than being engineer number x,000 at some large company.
Infinity Ward is an award winning developer and wholly owned subsidiary of Activision, Inc., and is headquartered in Encino, CA. IW is the creator of the games Call of Duty 1, Call of Duty 2, and Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. We pride ourselves on creating the absolute best games feasible by only hiring the absolute best candidates in their respective fields. We will continue to release high quality games, which not only exceed the standard in game development, but define it. We are currently seeking talented Software Engineers to add to our team for the next exciting project.
Jump Trading, LLC is an algorithmic trading firm, focused on trading index futures, equities, and commodities. We set the standard for high frequency trading, and our goal is to remain the best in the world.
Trading at Jump is about being in control of your own destiny and being the best you can possibly be at what you do. We are looking for candidates who are eager to deploy their exceptional technical skills in an entrepreneurial environment that provides some of the most exciting and rewarding challenges a career can offer.
Kiva Systems, a Boston startup, is revolutionizing how companies organize and run their supply chain operations. Using hundreds of mobile robots and powerful control software, the Kiva Mobile Fulfillment System increases the speed, accuracy and productivity within distribution centers.
With the Kiva solution, all of the inventory in a warehouse can walk and talk on its own. When an order is made, robotic drive units retrieve the appropriate inventory and bring it to a worker, who packs the requested items for immediate shipping.
Kiva is a fun, high-energy workplace where the best and brightest in their fields have come together to create the factory of the future.
