Entrepreneur in Residence

United States March 12, 2026 Proprietary Careers Portal

A new venture of the D. E. Shaw group (“DESCO”) seeks talented and highly motivated individuals to join its Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program as part of our DESCOvery initiative. DESCOvery is DESCO’s venture studio. It explores unique opportunities to build out innovative, non-asset management technology-oriented businesses and ventures in areas such as fintech, insurtech, and data and the EIR will help us explore such opportunities. DESCOvery operates inside an established, highly creative, and entrepreneurial firm, where we ideate and incubate new business ideas in a collegial working environment.

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How to Get Hired at D. E. Shaw

D. E. Shaw is one of the most selective quantitative firms in the world — prepare for a multi-stage process including a HackerRank assessment, phone screens, and a full-day 'superday' of on-site interviews
The firm values interdisciplinary talent — backgrounds in computer science, physics, mathematics, biology, and engineering are actively sought, not just traditional finance experience

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