AWS Platform Engineer - Quant Trading

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business is seeking a Cloud Engineer/Architect in Greater London to design and implement custom AWS architectures for advanced quantitative research and modelling. You will build scalable, secure cloud solutions and work with researchers, developers and data scientists to translate needs into practical platforms.

The role focuses on leveraging platform engineering technologies (AWS, Kubernetes, Go, Python) and collaborating with the trading desk to drive the

Qualifications

• Design and implement AWS architectures.
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers, developers and data scientists.
• Translate needs into scalable and secure cloud solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design cloud architectures for research platforms and trading models.
• Build and maintain scalable cloud services in AWS.
• Work with cross-functional teams to meet research requirements.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Collaboration with researchers

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Go

Python

Job description

Paragon are partnered with a systematic hedge fund - who were up circa 30% in 2025.

They are searching for a Cloud Engineer/Architect to design and implement custom AWS architectures to enhance the quantitative research and modelling processes of the trading desk.

This team are essential in building the next generation of research platforms, leveraging platform engineering technologies (AWS, Kubernetes, Go, Python).

Day to day they will collaborate with quantitative researchers, developers, and data scientists to understand their needs and translate them into scalable, flexible, and secure cloud solutions.