Software Engineer (Application Engineering) - Senior Member
D. E. Shaw
D. E. Shaw
We are looking for a C# .NET Developer to join our Application Engineering team based in our Hyderabad office. As a member of this team, you will partner with senior engineers to design, build, and operate reliable, high-performance services that power critical pieces of our enterprise infrastructure and associated business workflows. You will have the opportunity to take meaningful ownership of features end-to-end, sharpen your engineering craft, and grow as part of an inclusive, collaborative, and intellectually engaging organization.
Responsibilities:
In this role, you will develop highly available, resilient, and performant software using C# and ASP.NET Core, adhering to team coding standards and established design patterns. You will build web applications, services, and automation tooling for enterprise platforms, while triaging bugs, debugging production incidents, and collaborating with support teams to reproduce and resolve issues quickly and effectively. You will write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code, actively contributing to peer code reviews to uphold engineering quality across the team. Working alongside a truly global team of experienced engineers, you will tackle complex engineering challenges at scale, optimize application performance, identify bottlenecks, and improve the reliability of existing services. You will also participate in design discussions, bringing ideas that help evolve the team's architecture and engineering practices over time.
Who we're looking for:
The ideal candidate should hold-
Basic qualifications:
A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science and engineering, or a related technical discipline, with 1–5 years of experience in software development
Thorough understanding of C# and .NET, including modern language features and asynchronous programming, along with a solid grasp of object-oriented design principles and common architectural patterns
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with effective written and verbal communication skills
Experience designing and building web APIs using standard web protocols and data formats
Excellent troubleshooting capabilities and hands-on experience with system diagnostic tools such as WinDbg, PerfMon, Fiddler, and Wireshark
Preferred qualifications:
Experience with modern authentication and authorization protocols, enterprise IAM systems, SSO, and Directory Services, along with familiarity with scripting languages such as PowerShell
Exposure to container orchestration platforms, cloud environments, and distributed systems concepts
Hands-on experience with unit testing practices, common mocking techniques, CI/CD pipelines, and observability platforms
Prior experience with desktop application development on the .NET stack
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