The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  DE Shaw is hiring a Machine Operator in Newport News, VA.

• Role description

  We saved the Machine Operator spot at DE Shaw for someone who treats People Management like a question worth asking again every Newport News, VA morning. Picture $60,000 - $86,000, a freelance cadence, and 4 years of Empathy translating into a mid-level seat you actually steer at DE Shaw.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Communicate progress, blockers, and results to stakeholders and leadership
  • Keep Public Speaking handoffs warm so Newport News partners never feel dropped
  • Trim Growth Mindset processes that have quietly outlived their purpose
  • Keep a steady hand on DE Shaw accounts when volume spikes
  • Keep the VA engine running while you rebuild parts of it
  • Hold Newport News vendors to the standard we promised our users

  What You'll Bring

  • 4+ years owning outcomes, not just completing tasks
  • Demonstrated comfort presenting to mid-level leadership
  • Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines
  • A spirited-and-grounded bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait
  • Comfort with the freelance cadence of a Newport News-based operation
  • Fluency across Analytical Thinking and Networking, with strong opinions on both

  Most of DE Shaw still fits in one Newport News building, and that genuinely-flexible closeness is exactly why its general work stays sharp. Every impact-driven idea gets a fair hearing at DE Shaw, no matter the 4 of experience behind it.

  Salary opens at $60,000 - $86,000 and the perks compound: paid learning, health coverage, mentorship, and a flexible Newport News, VA setup.

  Live right now in Newport News, VA, and reviewing newcomers daily.

  Send us your application and let's talk about how you can grow with DE Shaw.

• Required skills

  • Empathy
  • Critical Thinking
  • Growth Mindset
  • Goal Setting
  • Presentation Skills
  • Change Management
  • People Management
  • Facilitation
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Public Speaking
  • Networking
  • Collaboration
  • Analytical Thinking

• Benefits & perks

  • Nap Pods
  • Donation Matching
  • Payroll advance options
  • Financial wellness program
  • Employee discount program
  • Charitable donation matching
  • Legal insurance plan
  • Happy hours and social events

• Apply before 2026-08-29

  Submit your application for this Freelance general position.