• Lead a team of engineers in designing and delivering cloud-native solutions on AWS. • Partner with cross-functional teams to define technical direction and ensure alignment. • Drive Scrum ceremonies to maintain team velocity and continuous improvement. • Promote a culture of ownership, learning, and continuous improvement within the team. • Support engineers through coaching, mentorship, and clear goal setting.

Job Description Overview If you have accepted an offer to join an internship or full-time role, or you are a current intern with Citadel or Citadel Securities, we invite you to refer candidates via this application. This application accepts referrals for the Software Engineering Full-Time and Internship Programs, as well as the Launch Internship Program. Please review the job description below prior to submitting your referral to ensure the candidate's skills and background align with the role. Job Description Our engineers work in small teams to turn the best ideas into high-performing and resilient technology. With short development cycles, work rapidly goes into production. As an engineer, you can create systems architectures, develop platforms and build web frameworks. You'll have access to state-of-the-art tools and apply innovative techniques including distributed computing, natural language processing, machine learning and more. Objectives: - Create technological tools that bring trading strategies to life - Develop high-performance, large data research platforms - Work in small teams to build the future of finance Skills & Talents: - Bachelor's, master's or PhD in computer science, computer engineering or related fields - Exceptional programming and design skills - Strong analytical skills and familiarity with probability and statistics - Ability to communicate effectively in a collaborative, complex and highly technical team environment - Intellectual curiosity and passion for solving challenging problems using technology What's next? Following the submission of your referral, your candidate will receive an email from the Citadel People Systems with the subject line "Thank you for Applying". We recommend informing the candidate that you are referring them, and they should expect to receive an application confirmation email. The candidate can expect to receive an update from the Citadel and Citadel Securities Recruiting Team within two weeks of your submission. Note: If your candidate was previously referred by another individual, you will receive a notification that says "Thank you - you've already applied to this job opportunity". This means your candidate is already under consideration, and you are unable to refer them. In these instances, we encourage you to notify the campus recruiting team so you can be included in the candidate's recruitment experience should they be on track to receive an offer. About Citadel Citadel is one of the world's leading alternative investment managers. We manage capital on behalf of many of the world's preeminent private, public and nonprofit institutions. We seek the highest and best use of investor capital in order to deliver market leading results and contribute to broader economic growth. For over 30 years, Citadel has cultivated a culture of learning and collaboration among some of the most talented and accomplished investment professionals, researchers and engineers in the world. Our colleagues are empowered to test their ideas and develop commercial solutions that accelerate their growth and drive real impact.

Runpod is pioneering the future of AI and machine learning, offering cutting-edge cloud infrastructure for full-stack AI applications. Founded in 2022, we are a rapidly growing, well-funded company with a remote-first organization spread globally. Our mission is to create a foundational platform for developers to build and run custom AI systems that scale. Join us as we shape the future of AI. We’re looking for a Sr Director of Software Engineering to lead and scale Runpod’s product-delivery engineering organization. This role owns the end-to-end delivery of customer-facing platform features - from roadmap execution to high-quality launches - across multiple teams. You’ll build the operating rhythm, culture, and technical direction that help Runpod ship quickly, safely, and consistently as demand scales. You will partner tightly with Product, Design, GTM, and Infrastructure leadership.Your focus is ensuring our customers experience Runpod as the fastest, most intuitive path to training and running AI inference workloads. Responsibilities - Own Product Feature Delivery: Lead multiple engineering teams responsible for shipping new features and improving Runpod’s customer experience across console, APIs, and developer workflows. Ensure predictable, high-velocity execution. - Translate Roadmap into Results: Partner with Program management, Product and GTM to shape strategy, define quarterly goals, and convert requirements into clear technical scopes, milestones, and measurable outcomes. - Build a High-Output Org: Hire, mentor, and grow engineering managers and senior ICs. Create a culture of ownership, speed, and craft in a remote-first environment. - Drive Cross-Functional Launch Excellence: Run feature lifecycle processes - discovery support, design/architecture reviews, build phases, QA and rollout plans, release comms, and post-launch iteration. - Continuously Improve Engineering System & Flow: Drive measurable improvements in delivery and reliability through metrics such as cycle time, throughput, defect failure rate, incident frequency, escape defects, adoption, and retention. - Customer-Backed Prioritization: Ensure engineering work aligns to user impact and business value. Constantly leverage customer insights, product analytics, and operational data to refine priorities. - Quality & Velocity Leadership: Balance speed and reliability by improving automated testing, staging/preview environments, observability for product surfaces, and regression prevention. - Architectural Stewardship Without Becoming a Bottleneck: Provide architectural oversight for product systems (backend services, APIs, user workflows, integrations), ensuring scalability and coherence without bottlenecking teams. - Partner with Infrastructure Leadership: Coordinate dependencies cleanly with infra/SRE teams to ensure high quality product delivery. Requirements - Engineering Leadership Experience: 7+ years leading software engineering teams including managers and/or multiple squads (80+ person group), with a proven record of shipping customer-facing products. - Product Delivery Strength: Demonstrated ability to take complex roadmap goals from concept through launch, balancing scope, risk, timelines, and quality. - Full-Stack or Backend Product Expertise: 8+ years building SaaS, platforms, or developer-facing products. Comfortable with modern backend stacks and pragmatic architectural decisions. - Remote-First Operating Excellence: Experience building culture, accountability, and momentum across distributed teams. - Process & Metrics Mindset: Strong use of delivery metrics (cycle time, throughput, escape defects, reliability, adoption), and experience improving team flow. - Communication & Collaboration: Clear written and verbal communication, strong stakeholder management, and calm leadership through ambiguity. - Successful completion of a background check. Preferred Qualifications - Experience building cloud or developer platforms, APIs, or workflow-heavy products used by technical customers. - Expertise with AI/ML product surfaces such as job orchestration UX, model deployment flows, observability dashboards, or billing/usage systems. - Track record of scaling product teams in high-growth environments. - Open-source contributions or recognition with communities of developers. What You’ll Receive: - The competitive base pay for this position ranges from ($225,000 - $325,000). This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Runpod and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and location - Meaningful equity in a fast-growing company- everyone on the team receives stock options — your impact drives our growth, and you share in the upside. - Generous medical, dental & vision plans — we cover 100% for all employees and partial for dependents. - Flexible PTO- take the time you need to recharge - Most roles are remote work first with an inclusive, collaborative teams utilizing slack as the main form of internal communication - Join a passionate team on the cutting edge of AI infrastructure — where culture, learning, and ownership are at the heart of how we scale. - $1,200 Home Office & Equipment Stipend- We set you up for success from day one with gear and support to create your ideal workspace Runpod is committed to maintaining a workplace free from discrimination and upholding the principles of equality and respect for all individuals. We believe that diversity in all its forms enhances our team. As an equal opportunity employer, Runpod is committed to creating an inclusive workforce at every level. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We welcome every qualified candidate eligible to work in the United States; however, we are currently unable to sponsor employment visas

• Lead, mentor, and support software engineers and application analysts • Provide technical guidance, coaching, and performance feedback • Foster a collaborative, innovative, and continuously improving team culture • Contribute hands-on to coding, testing, debugging, and troubleshooting • Oversee design and development of software solutions following best practices and architectural standards • Drive implementation of features, enhancements, and technical improvements • Partner with business users and stakeholders to understand requirements and priorities • Manage timelines, resources, and project deliverables effectively • Align work with other engineering teams to ensure consistency and system compatibility