Kubernetes Lead Engineer - HPC Infrastructure

ZipRecruiter; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hedge fund in London seeks a Kubernetes Lead Engineer with expertise in High-Performance Computing (HPC) Infrastructure. In this role, you will design and manage a robust container orchestration platform while leading a team of engineers to ensure optimal performance and scalability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in infrastructure/platform engineering.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes and HPC workloads.
• Experience leading teams in distributed environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and operation of Kubernetes platforms.
• Manage HPC infrastructure for trading workloads.
• Guide team of engineers on best practices.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Infrastructure as Code

Observability tools

DevOps

Team Leadership

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitOps tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

Job description

Job Description

Kubernetes Lead Engineer – HPC Infrastructure

Contract | London | Hedge Fund

I'm currently partnering with a leading hedge fund based in London to find a Kubernetes Lead Engineer with strong experience in High-Performance Computing (HPC) Infrastructure.

Role Overview

As the Kubernetes Team Lead, you will be responsible for designing, building, and managing a robust container orchestration platform to support large-scale, compute-intensive workloads in a high-performance trading environment. You'll lead a team of engineers, define best practices, and ensure observability, scalability, and performance across the platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and operation of Kubernetes platforms (on-prem & cloud-)
• Manage HPC infrastructure to support trading workloads and scientific compute
• Guide a team of engineers across distributed environments
• Define and enforce best practices for infrastructure scalability, performance, and monitoring
• Implement observability tooling and ensure high platform availability
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to drive automation and operational efficiency

Requirements

• 8+ years in infrastructure/platform engineering roles
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes (both on-premises and cloud-)
• Strong Linux (preferably RHEL) systems administration skills
• Proven experience with HPC workloads or scientific computing clusters
• Hands-on experience with observability tools: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Ansible
• CI/CD experience with GitOps tools (e.g., ArgoCD, Flux)
• Prior experience leading engineering teams in distributed environments