HPC Production Engineer

Jump Trading, LLC.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial technology firm in Greater London seeks an experienced Production Engineer to design and maintain high-performance computing systems. The ideal candidate has extensive Linux administration experience and a background in high-performance computing. This role involves collaborating on global projects and providing operational support in a dynamic environment with competitive benefits.

Benefits

Discretionary bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid vacation plus paid holidays

Retirement plan with employer match

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in high-performance computing (HPC).
• Extensive experience designing, building, and maintaining complicated distributed systems.
• Reliable and predictable availability.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and support high-performance compute and storage systems.
• Monitor systems performance and integrate seamlessly with networks.
• Provide operational support on a rotating basis.

Skills

Linux systems administration

High-performance computing experience

Programming/scripting languages (Go, Python, C)

System configuration management tools

Root cause analysis

Job description

Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking unique individual talent by incenting collaboration and mutual respect. At Jump, research outcomes drive more than superior risk adjusted returns. We design, develop, and deploy technologies that change our world, fund start-ups across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems.

Our global High Performance Computing Team is looking to add a Production Engineer in our Chicago office. The scale of our computing environments provides unique challenges in providing good performance and reliability. Several systems including compute, scheduling, networks, and large‑scale data storage must integrate seamlessly to support data pipelines and quantitative research. The ideal candidate would be a hands‑on individual, highly skilled in the details and nuances of managing Linux environments with a strong software development background necessary to support uniquely customized systems at scale.

What You'll Do

• Design, implement, maintain, and support high performance compute and storage systems
• Implement and support performance monitoring and fault monitoring systems
• Monitor systems and storage performance, up to and including network components
• Build tooling to compile, package, install, and upgrade software and operating system components at scale
• Collaborate with team members and across teams to write code and testing infrastructures spanning both new and existing codebases in multiple programming languages
• Develop and improve systems and user documentation
• Participate in large, coordinated maintenance operations, including during evenings and weekends.
• Work on global projects across a wide range of infrastructure
• Collaborate directly with researchers to optimize their use of HPC infrastructure
• Develop and monitor the tools used to maintain a production computing environment
• Provide operational support on a rotating basis and as needed
• Manage relationships with outside vendors, including traveling both domestically and internationally to meet with current and potential vendors
• Adhere to all company cybersecurity and IT policies, including performing all work using only approved hardware and software
• Other duties as assigned or needed

Skills You'll Need

• 5+ years of professional experience in high performance computing (HPC), including parallel filesystems (e.g., Lustre, GPFS), batch systems (e.g., Slurm, Grid Engine), and high-performance network interconnects experience is a plus, but not required
• 5+ years of experience with Linux systems administration
• High proficiency with at least one programming/scripting language (e.g., Go, Python, C)
• Extensive experience designing, building, and maintaining complicated, interdependent, and distributed systems
• Extensive experience profiling and debugging application stacks (debuggers and profilers)
• Experience with system configuration management tools (SaltStack, Ansible, Puppet, etc.)
• A compulsion to perform root cause analysis
• Reliable and predictable availability

If you are currently a student or recent graduate, please see our Campus postings which offer both intern and full-time opportunities.

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus eligibility
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• HSA, FSA, and Dependent Care options
• Employer Paid Group Term Life and AD&D Insurance
• Voluntary Life & AD&D insurance
• Paid vacation plus paid holidays
• Retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness Programs

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