Senior HPC Systems Engineer, London

P2P; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical, vision and dental

Travel medical insurance

Group pension scheme

Parental leave

Job summary

Jump Trading Group, based in London, is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain high performance compute and storage systems. You will work closely with researchers and software teams to optimize workflows across Linux-based HPC infrastructure.

The role involves building scalable tooling, monitoring, and documentation, plus occasional travel for vendor relations and cross-site projects. A strong background in HPC, Linux, and scripting is essential for success.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in HPC environments with Lustre/GPFS and Slurm/Grid Engine.
• 5+ years Linux administration experience.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, or C.
• Experience with configuration management tools (SaltStack, Ansible, Puppet).
• Strong debugging and profiling skills and distributed systems knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, maintain, and support HPC compute and storage systems.
• Implement and support performance and fault monitoring for large-scale environments.
• Monitor performance of compute, storage, and networks, including interconnects.
• Build tooling to compile, package, install, and upgrade software and OS components at scale.
• Collaborate with researchers and teams to optimize HPC usage and workflows.

Skills

HPC experience

Linux systems administration

Go

Python

C

Distributed systems design

Root cause analysis

Team collaboration

Tools

SaltStack

Ansible

Puppet

Job description

Jump Trading Group, based in London, is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain high performance compute and storage systems. You will work closely with researchers and software teams to optimize workflows across Linux-based HPC infrastructure.

The role involves building scalable tooling, monitoring, and documentation, plus occasional travel for vendor relations and cross-site projects. A strong background in HPC, Linux, and scripting is essential for success.