Network Engineer at Jane Street
New York, NY
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Jul 5, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A summer internship on the network engineering team, focused on maintaining and improving the distributed network infrastructure that underpins the firm's trading and connectivity systems. Day-to-day work spans routing protocol debugging, provisioning market data feeds, automating operational tasks, and contributing to site or colocation builds. The role suits candidates with a grounding in networking protocols, OS fundamentals, and programming who are early in their careers and eager to learn on the job.
Junior level · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Internship
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,200 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 500–1,800
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $122,015 (middle half $98,091–$145,542).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
This is an internship posting; no degree or years of experience are stated as requirements.
The role sits at the intersection of network engineering and software development — the JD emphasizes both network protocol knowledge and strong programming ability. 15-1244 was chosen as primary because the day-to-day work described (routing protocols, provisioning feeds, monitoring, colocation builds) is network operations; 15-1252 is a plausible runner-up given the explicit automation and programming emphasis.
Network protocol knowledge (ARP, BGP, OSPF) is framed as a requirement ('You should be: Able to understand…'), but only at a 'basic level' — the bar is low, consistent with an internship.
Programming ability is required ('A strong programmer who can demonstrate high potential') but no specific language or framework is named, so no named-technology skill can be emitted.
Linux/Unix command-line comfort is explicitly required ('Comfortable at the command line of a *nix machine').
Network automation appears in the day-to-day narrative ('We automate as much of our work as we can') rather than in a formal requirements section, so it is marked preferred.
Location is not explicitly stated in the posting; Jane Street's primary office is New York, NY, which is used as the default.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): network automation.
Posting is for a internship engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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