System Engineer - London

Berkeley Square IT; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading trading house in London is seeking experienced System Engineers to join their innovative team. This hybrid role involves building and maintaining a high-performance computing cluster, impacting live trading and research platforms. Ideal candidates will have expertise in Linux and HPC, along with experience in financial trading systems. A competitive salary and benefits package is offered, making this an exciting career opportunity.

Benefits

Flexible salary

Discretionary signing bonus

Quarterly bonuses

Qualifications

• 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.).

Responsibilities

• Scale the HPC environment.
• Design and build new services.
• Hardware/software installation and scripting to automate repetitive tasks.
• Work on projects with direct impact on live trading and research platforms.

Skills

Installation and troubleshooting of Linux systems

Supporting High Performance Computing (HPC)

Experience with financial trading systems

Linux/UNIX command line tools

Python or Shell scripting

Debian/Ubuntu knowledge

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

• Scale the HPC environment
• Design and build new services
• Hardware/software installation and scripting to automate repetitive tasks
• Work on projects with direct impact on live trading and research platforms

Qualifications

• 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

Benefits & Additional Information

Flexible salary, discretionary signing bonus, quarterly bonuses amongst other benefits - they truly look after their employees.

If you\'re a trading systems specialist with skills in Linux and HPC then this could prove to be a fantastic career move. 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.