Kubernetes Lead Engineer – HPC Infrastructure

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hedge fund in London is seeking a Kubernetes Lead Engineer to design and manage a robust container orchestration platform for high-performance computing. The role involves leading a team, ensuring platform scalability, and implementing observability tools in a dynamic trading environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in infrastructure/platform engineering roles.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes, both on-premises and cloud-native.
• Strong Linux systems administration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and operation of Kubernetes platforms.
• Manage HPC infrastructure for trading workloads.
• Define and enforce best practices for scalability and performance.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

HPC workloads

Observability tools

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Team leadership

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

GitOps tools

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25.05.2025

Expiry Date:

09.07.2025

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Job Description:

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-native)
• 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-native)
• 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