Core DevOps Engineer

Selby Jennings; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Job summary

Selby Jennings, on behalf of a global quantitative hedge fund, seeks a Core DevOps Engineer to design and maintain platform tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure across cloud and on-prem environments. You will partner with engineering and trading teams to boost reliability, automation, and developer productivity.

You should have strong Kubernetes (EKS), AWS, and IaC experience, plus a hands-on approach to observability with Grafana, Elasticsearch, or Splunk. Relocation support is provided.

Qualifications

• Experience operating infrastructure across hybrid environments (AWS and on-premises).
• Strong Kubernetes experience, preferably EKS, with production-grade deployments.
• Solid IaC experience (Terraform, OpenTofu) for scalable platform tooling.
• Proficient in Git workflows and mature CI/CD environments.
• Hands-on mindset for automation, monitoring, and reliability engineering.
• Familiarity with observability stacks (Grafana, Elasticsearch, Splunk/Coralogix).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement platform tooling and infrastructure to improve reliability and developer productivity.
• Build, automate, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and release processes.
• Manage environment deployments, upgrades, and migrations.
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure systems perform reliably in production.
• Build tools, APIs, and automation to reduce operational overhead.
• Improve monitoring, observability, alerting, and operational readiness.
• Develop and maintain integrations with internal platforms and services.

Skills

Kubernetes (EKS)

AWS (EC2, VPC, Load Balancing)

Terraform / OpenTofu / IaC

CI/CD pipelines

Git workflows

Automation & SRE mindset

Monitoring: Grafana/Elasticsearch/Splq

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Kubernetes tooling

Job description

Our client is a global quantitative hedge fund operating across major liquid asset classes worldwide. The firm combines technology, data, research, and trading expertise to drive investment decisions, with engineering platforms playing a critical role in supporting trading, market access, and technology teams globally.

We welcome applicants from across the globe. Relocation support will be provided for suitable candidates.

We Are Seeking: Core DevOps Engineer

This role focuses on building and supporting the platforms, tooling, and infrastructure that enable developers, traders, and technology teams to operate efficiently at scale.

You will work across cloud and on-premises environments, helping to improve developer productivity, platform reliability, automation, and operational excellence.

Previous experience within buy-side firms, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, or other performance-sensitive environments is highly valued.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement platform tooling and infrastructure to improve reliability and developer productivity
• Build, automate, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and release processes
• Manage environment deployments, upgrades, and migrations
• Partner with engineering teams to ensure systems perform reliably in production
• Build tools, APIs, and automation to reduce operational overhead
• Improve monitoring, observability, alerting, and operational readiness
• Develop and maintain integrations with internal platforms and services

Requirements

• Experience operating infrastructure across hybrid environments (AWS and on-premises)
• Strong experience with Kubernetes (preferably EKS)
• Good understanding of AWS services, including:
• EC2
• VPC networking
• Load balancing
• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform, OpenTofu, or similar)
• Good understanding of Git and software development workflows
• Experience working within mature CI/CD environments
• Strong problem-solving mindset with a focus on automation

Highly Relevant Experience

• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as:
• Grafana
• Elasticsearch
• Splunk
• Coralogix
• Exposure to C/C++, Make, or CMake-based build environments
• Experience building internal developer platforms or self-service tooling
• Supporting production systems in high-availability environments
• Experience within trading, financial services, or other performance-critical industries

What We're Looking For

• Engineer-first mindset with a passion for automation
• Strong sense of ownership and operational responsibility
• Comfortable working across infrastructure, tooling, and software engineering domains
• Effective communicator and collaborative team player
• Continuous improvement mentality and attention to system reliability

Why Join Us

• Build and operate critical platforms supporting trading and technology teams
• Work with modern cloud, container, and automation technologies
• Strong focus on engineering quality, automation, and reliability
• Opportunity to make a direct impact on the productivity of technical teams across the firm

Selby Jennings is a Trading Style of Phaidon International (License Number 16S8194)