--- title: 'AV Engineer at Jane Street' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/av-engineer-jane-street-hong-kong-9chbk1fbab8y' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-29' --- # AV Engineer at Jane Street - **Company:** Jane Street - **Location:** Hong Kong, Hong Kong - **Posted:** 2026-10-21 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-29 - **Apply:** https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/apply/7979592002?gh_jid=7979592002 ## Job description ## About the Position We are looking for an Audio/Video (AV) Engineer with a strong background in project delivery to design, implement and support our growing AV/UC infrastructure. Technology is a key component of Jane Street’s core business, and our AV needs are evolving as we grow. In this role, you will be responsible for all AV systems, collaboration platforms and videoconferencing services, including complex event spaces (~300-person auditoriums), standard meeting rooms (4-50 person capacity), trading floor communication systems, live event support and digital signage/IPTV networks. The ideal person for the role will be passionate about the AV technology space and eager to help solve issues by researching, testing and implementing creative, appropriate technology solutions in a fast-paced financial environment. The scope of this role is broad, and we will rely on you to serve as a subject-matter expert in AV systems—from maintaining and supporting our existing technologies, to developing design standards for new and expanding spaces, as well as sourcing and managing MSP contracts to scale operations. You’ll be expected to provide exceptional technical support, whether during a field installation or while troubleshooting directly with end users. You will also coordinate closely with our Technology and Infrastructure teams during expansion projects to ensure the infrastructure needs of each project are met. You should be passionate about audio/visual technology and eager to solve business problems by researching, testing, and implementing reliable, flexible systems. Beyond the project ownership and delivery, this role will be essential in continuing to develop our operations and systems in the region. We would expect the person in this role to have a strategic perspective on an AV/UC organization. ## About You - Have a deep, broad understanding of enterprise AV and all its facets, including control systems, DSPs, AVoIP, AoIP, digital signage/IPTV and Cisco VC solutions; ideally, you’ve helped design and manage a similar environment - Experience with scaling process and systems within an enterprise environment (both AV systems and operational systems) - Have exceptional AV engineering skills and experience with designing and supporting AV-heavy spaces such as meeting rooms, classrooms, auditoriums/lecture halls and recreation spaces - Able to multitask and manage multiple projects with competing priorities that vary in scale and complexity. - Possess a track record of project delivery, from concept phase to client handover. - Experience using project management tools like Jira, Autodesk Forma. - Familiar with the stages of both general contractor-led build projects and design-build projects, and have successfully held vendors accountable to performance standards on large-scale projects - Have an understanding of networking fundamentals (e.g., VLANs, subnetting, basic routing) - Able to present technical concepts to both engineers and business stakeholders, as well as leverage data and industry insights to help drive our strategy - Comfortable assisting with the technical production and hands-on support of events, and able to provide excellent in-person and remote support with tools like Zoom and Webex - Willing and able to travel to other offices as needed - Fluent in English If you're a recruiting agency and want to partner with us, please reach out to agency-partnerships@janestreet.com. ## About Jane Street ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Jane Street is a global quantitative trading firm and liquidity provider that uses sophisticated technology, machine learning, and deep market expertise to trade financial products across equities, bonds, options, and ETFs. - **Entity Type**: Private (not publicly traded) - **Headquarters**: New York, USA (with offices in London, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Amsterdam) - **Founded**: 2000 - **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed as a single founder group; the firm was founded by a team of quantitative traders and technologists. ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Quantitative finance / Proprietary trading / Market making - **Target customers**: Institutional clients (asset managers, pension funds, insurance companies, hedge funds) and global exchanges; the firm acts as a liquidity provider on over 200 electronic exchanges. - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Solving the puzzle of global markets” — a research-driven approach to trading, blending human intuition with cutting-edge quantitative analysis. ## Products & Services - **Market Making**: Jane Street provides continuous, two-sided quotes on equities, ETFs, bonds, options, and other instruments, helping keep prices consistent and reliable across global markets. - **Proprietary Trading**: The firm trades its own capital across a wide range of asset classes, using sophisticated models and automated strategies. - **Institutional Sales & Trading**: Partners with asset managers, pensions, and insurance companies to provide trading solutions and access to differentiated liquidity. - **Technology & Infrastructure**: Builds all critical software in-house (trading systems, risk management, data analysis tools), using the OCaml functional programming language. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private firm). Industry estimates suggest Jane Street is one of the world’s largest and most profitable market makers, with annual trading volumes in the trillions of dollars. - **Key Metric**: Not publicly disclosed. The firm is widely reported to have generated billions in annual revenue and profit, though exact figures are private. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: 100% employee-owned. No external investors. Partners include top institutional clients globally. - **Growth Signals**: Jane Street has grown every year in team, capital, and global presence since its founding in 2000. It has expanded from a focus on ETFs into equities, bonds, options, and other asset classes. The firm continues to invest heavily in machine learning and quantitative research. ## Competitive Advantages - **Technical Moat**: Builds almost all software in-house using OCaml, a statically typed functional language that provides high reliability, real-time visibility, and performance at market scale. - **Data & Scale**: Trades on 200+ electronic exchanges globally, processing trillions of historical events to uncover both sub-microsecond and long-term market inefficiencies. - **Talent Density**: A culture of intellectual curiosity and collaboration across trading, research, and technology teams. The firm is known for hiring top minds from any background (math, physics, CS, engineering) and training them in-house. - **Long-Term Track Record**: Over 20 years of consistent growth and profitability, navigating volatile markets with a disciplined, research-driven approach. ## Strategic Focus - **Machine Learning & Quantitative Research**: Deepening the use of ML techniques across all trading strategies, from high-frequency to long-term systematic models. - **Global Expansion**: Continuing to grow its presence in existing offices (NY, London, HK, Singapore, Amsterdam) and exploring new markets. - **Technology Investment**: Ongoing investment in infrastructure, hardware (e.g., programmable hardware, high-performance computing), and software tools to maintain a competitive edge. - **Talent Pipeline**: Heavy focus on recruiting interns and new grads, as well as experienced hires, with structured programs for learning and mentorship. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as “open and collaborative,” with porous boundaries between trading, research, and technology. Intellectual humility and curiosity are highly valued. - **Learning & Development**: Offers immersive internships, multi-day programs, direct mentorship, and a week abroad for interns. Full-time employees have access to extensive internal training, a library, and classrooms in every office. - **Work Environment**: Most employees write code as part of their regular work. The firm is known for its technical excellence and for using the most advanced tools available. - **Benefits**: Daily breakfast and lunch, fully-stocked kitchens, on-site gyms, nursing suites, quiet rooms, recreation spaces, health services, and more. Offices are designed for collaboration and deep focus. - **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Not explicitly stated, but the firm emphasizes in-person collaboration on trading floors. Offices are located in major global cities. - **Diversity**: Actively seeks people from all backgrounds and emphasizes that the company is only as strong as its people. ## Sources 1. [janestreet.com - Home](https://www.janestreet.com/) 2. [janestreet.com - Overview](https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/overview/) 3. [janestreet.com - What We Do](https://www.janestreet.com/what-we-do/overview/) 4. [janestreet.com - Departments](https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/departments) 5. 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