janestreet

Software Engineer / Writer

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At a Glance

Location
New York, United States
Posted
2026-03-09T23:28:44-04:00

Key Requirements

Domain Knowledge

  • Embedded Systems
  • Finance

Responsibilities

We're looking to hire a programmer-who-writes, or a writer-who-codes.

Here are the kinds of things we’d like to have this person work on:

Documentation.

We’ve always believed that developers should spend time and effort documenting their own code, but at the same time, a great writer with a feel for the technology can raise the level of quality in a way that few developers can. Establishing a culture of great docs is especially important as we grow.

Building tools that support documentation.

So much documentation is auto-generated by our systems, whether as error messages, logs, automated emails, or library docstrings. Getting your hands dirty hacking on documentation-adjacent tools will help not just to a first order, but will also make your other writing more effective.