Compute Engineering Lead: Scalable On-Prem Infra

Selby Jennings; City Of London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings partners with a leading global investment firm to recruit a Compute Engineering Lead who will own and scale a world-class on-premises compute platform used by investment professionals, researchers, and engineering teams.

This hands-on leadership role combines strategy, architecture, and governance of the firm's compute environment, working with senior stakeholders to deliver a scalable, resilient platform at the core of the investment process.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience with large-scale compute infrastructure.
• Experience operating Kubernetes at scale.
• Strong experience managing bare metal Linux infrastructure.
• Experience in low-latency or performance-sensitive environments.
• Deep understanding of network performance and optimisation.
• Hands-on Python development experience.
• Experience owning disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives.
• 5+ years of people management leading high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the firm's compute infrastructure function.
• Design, build, and scale large-scale bare metal compute environments.
• Drive architecture, implementation, and governance of Kubernetes-based infrastructure.
• Partner with researchers, Portfolio Managers, and development teams to deliver robust solutions.
• Improve platform reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.
• Own disaster recovery and business continuity planning for critical infrastructure.
• Participate in platform support, maintenance, and on-call responsibilities.
• Mentor and develop a team of infrastructure engineers.

Skills

10+ years experience

Low-latency environments

Python development

People management

Platform reliability

Tools

Kubernetes

Bare metal Linux

Job description

Selby Jennings partners with a leading global investment firm to recruit a Compute Engineering Lead who will own and scale a world-class on-premises compute platform used by investment professionals, researchers, and engineering teams.

This hands-on leadership role combines strategy, architecture, and governance of the firm's compute environment, working with senior stakeholders to deliver a scalable, resilient platform at the core of the investment process.