Hybrid HPC Linux Platform Engineer for Trading Systems

Client Server; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £130k

Pension

25 days holiday

Opportunity to work on Greenfield systems

Continual learning and development opportunities

Job summary

A global systematic trading firm is seeking an HPC Platform Engineer to develop and optimize workload scheduling solutions in HPC environments. You will work on both on-premise and cloud (AWS) platforms, collaborating with teams to enhance performance and resilience of compute infrastructures. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in Linux and HPC schedulers. Salary up to £130k with attractive benefits including bonus potential. Join a team at the cutting edge of technology in London.

Qualifications

• Experience engineering and supporting HPC schedulers such as YellowDog.
• Deep knowledge of Linux required.
• Experience with large-scale systems with 5000+ nodes and 100k+ tasks.
• Knowledge of AWS IAM and identity providers like Okta.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support scalable workload scheduling solutions for HPC environments.
• Collaborate with internal teams to optimize HPC platforms.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and automate processes.

Skills

Experience with HPC schedulers (e.g., YellowDog, Ray, Slurm, IBM Symphony)

Deep knowledge of Linux

Understanding of loosely and tightly coupled HPC workloads

Experience with large-scale systems

Monitoring and visualization of large-scale systems

Performance tuning of compute, network and storage

Knowledge of AWS cloud services

Automation and coding in Python

Strong analysis and problem-solving skills

Collaborative and pragmatic communication skills

Education

Degree in relevant discipline (MSc/PhD level likely)

Job description

A global systematic trading firm is seeking an HPC Platform Engineer to develop and optimize workload scheduling solutions in HPC environments. You will work on both on-premise and cloud (AWS) platforms, collaborating with teams to enhance performance and resilience of compute infrastructures. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in Linux and HPC schedulers. Salary up to £130k with attractive benefits including bonus potential. Join a team at the cutting edge of technology in London.