Linux Engineer
Jane Street · New York, NY
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Jul 15, 2026
New York, NY
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An internship on the Linux Engineering team, focused on building and maintaining low-level infrastructure that underpins production trading systems. Work spans the full stack — from application performance down to the kernel, firmware, and hardware — and includes a primary mentored project alongside hands-on operational work. Suited to candidates with solid OS fundamentals, Linux command-line comfort, and a habit of solving problems through code.
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 2,950 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 1,250–4,400
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
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 (6)
SOC classification is a genuine toss-up: the role is framed as Linux/infrastructure engineering (systems administration, kernel, hardware, provisioning — pointing to 15-1244), but the JD also emphasises writing code, software engineering skills, and building automation (pointing to 15-1252). 15-1244 was chosen as primary because the day-to-day work described centres on operating and maintaining critical infrastructure rather than shipping a software product.
No specific technologies or tools are named as hard requirements beyond Linux itself. The JD lists operating system fundamentals, systems programming concepts (sockets, virtual memory, process lifecycle), network protocol knowledge, and command-line proficiency as required attributes, but names no specific language, framework, or toolchain — so only the concrete, named technical requirements are captured as skills.
The posting mentions past project areas (file systems, TCP diagnostics, infrastructure provisioning) as illustrative context, not as skill gates.
No compensation figures are mentioned.
Location is inferred as New York (Jane Street's primary office); the posting does not explicitly state a city but Jane Street is headquartered in New York, NY.
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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