System Engineer

Berkeley Square IT; London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative trading house is seeking experienced System Engineers to join their expanding team in London. This exciting role involves building and maintaining a large distributed compute cluster and working on automation software that directly impacts live trading and research platforms. The company fosters a supportive environment with a generous salary, discretionary signing bonuses, and quarterly bonuses, ensuring their employees are well taken care of. If you have a strong background in Linux systems and HPC, this could be the perfect opportunity for you to advance your career in a dynamic setting.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Linux systems installation and troubleshooting.
• Experience with HPC and financial trading systems.

Responsibilities

• Scale and maintain the HPC environment.
• Design and build new services and automate tasks.

Skills

Linux Systems Installation

High Performance Computing (HPC)

Financial Trading Systems

Linux/UNIX Command Line Tools

Python Scripting

Shell Scripting

Debian/Ubuntu Knowledge

Job description

System Engineer - London - Generous salary and benefits package offered

Hybrid Working

An exciting and brand-new opportunity for experienced System Engineers to join an innovative and growing trading house as they expand their team in London. Using HPC solutions they are providing cutting edge services to their customers and are growing in every department to meet the customer demand for their products.

This role will see you working within the system team, building and maintaining a large and growing distributed compute cluster, automation software and operating systems amongst other requirements. You'll be working on projects that have a direct impact on the company's live trading and research platforms. In addition to their flexible salary, my client also offers a discretionary signing bonus, quarterly bonuses amongst other benefits - they truly look after their employees.

During a normal day as a System Engineer, your tasks may include:

1. Scaling their HPC environment
2. Designing/building new services
3. Hardware/software installation
4. Scripting to automate repetitive tasks

You're likely to already have the following skills:

• Expertise in installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of Linux systems
• Solid experience of supporting High Performance Computing (HPC)/supercomputer solutions
• Experience with financial trading systems (high frequency systems, algorithmic trading systems, etc.)
• Comfortable using Linux/UNIX command line tools
• Python or Shell scripting experience
• Experience and knowledge of Debian/Ubuntu is a plus

If you're a trading systems specialist with skills in Linux and HPC then this could prove to be a fantastic career move for you - for more details and an immediate telephone interview please apply today.

NB: If you are currently employed in the trading sector and have a non-compete clause with your employer, this should not prevent you from applying as this employer will cover that period for you too.