Compute Engineering Lead

Balyasny Asset Management L.P.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Balyasny Asset Management L.P. seeks an experienced Compute Engineering Lead to own the compute infrastructure end-to-end.

You will manage architecture, implementation, and governance, collaborating directly with Portfolio Managers and business stakeholders to align resources with their needs. The role demands a hands-on leader with deep expertise in large-scale, low-latency compute environments, Kubernetes, bare metal, and disaster recovery, while mentoring a team to deliver robust, secure

Qualifications

• 10+ years, hands-on experience with large-scale compute environments.
• 5+ years people management experience.
• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes from infra and app perspectives.
• Experience managing bare metal compute at scale.
• IP network performance tuning and routing experience.
• Comfortable writing Python.
• Experience with disaster recovery and business continuity planning.

Responsibilities

• Be the hands-on manager and leader of compute infrastructure.
• Scale and harden our compute infrastructure to provide a robust and resilient environment.
• Leverage both open and closed source software solutions.
• Partner with application developers across the firm and enable their success.
• Participate in on-call rotation and maintenance.

Skills

Kubernetes

Bare metal

Python

Low latency

Disaster recovery

Leadership

On-call rotation

Network tuning

Job description

BAM is building a world-class on-premises compute platform for its investment professionals and is looking for an engineering manager to own the compute infrastructure pieces of this. This senior, hands-on leader will own compute architecture, implementation and governance. This role offers the opportunity to work directly with Portfolio Managers and other business stakeholders to understand their needs and enable them to efficiently use on-premises compute resources.

As the Compute Engineering Lead at BAM, you will:

• Be the hands-on manager and leader of compute infrastructure.
• Scale and harden our compute infrastructure to provide a robust and resilient environment for researchers and investment professionals.
• Leverage both open and closed source software solutions.
• Partner with application developers across the firm and enable their success.
• Participate in on-call rotation and maintenance.

Core Tech Stack:

• Kubernetes on bare metal Linux.

To be considered a good cultural fit, you must be:

• An ambitious self-starter who strives for excellence in everything you do
• An efficient communicator that can work with technical and non-technical people equally well
• A person that inspires and motivates your team to be their best

To be considered a good technical fit, you must have:

• 10+ years, hands-on experience with large-scale compute environments.
• Experience with software low latency environments.
• 5+ years people management experience.
• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes from the infrastructure and application points of view.
• Experience managing bare metal compute at scale.
• IP network performance tuning and routing experience.
• Comfortable writing Python.
• Experience with disaster recovery and business continuity planning.