Lead Infrastructure Engineer

y-intercept; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Limited is a quantitative investment management firm seeking a lead infrastructure engineer to architect and optimize trading and research environments in Hong Kong. You will drive data center migrations, domain decoupling, and performance tuning for low-latency trading workflows.

The role requires extensive experience with networking, virtualization, AWS, and storage systems, plus strong leadership and collaboration with traders and developers.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or STEM field.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in data center and cloud infrastructure engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Expertise in networking, virtualization, cloud platforms (AWS), and storage solutions (Pure Storage, Ceph, GPFS, VAST Data).
• Experience with latency-sensitive workloads and Kernel tuning.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef).
• Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes and monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk).
• Experience in exchange connectivity and proximity hosting; knowledge of market data feeds and FIX.
• Strong organizational and communication skills; ability to lead a team and collaborate with traders and developers.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement robust infrastructure solutions for trading (performance focus) and research (scale focus).
• Lead data center migrations, domain decoupling, and performance optimization initiatives.
• Implement solutions to monitor latency, detect anomalies, troubleshoot performance issues quickly, and gain a single source of truth for complex trading environments (e.g. Corvil).

Skills

Leadership

Team mentoring

Latency optimization

Stakeholder communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or STEM field

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Puppet

Chef

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK/Splunk

Corvil

AWS

Pure Storage

Ceph

GPFS

VAST Data

Solarflare/NIC

Mellanox NIC

PTP

FIX protocol

Colocation

Job description

Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Limited is a quantitative investment management firm dedicated to delivering high-quality returns, supported by tested and proven investment strategies across various asset classes and global financial markets. We pride ourselves on and value intellectual curiosity and hard work, investing in people who are driven to learn and achieve. We are a merit-focused and talent-driven organization, characterized by compassion, respect, and modesty among our team members. We believe in maintaining a healthy and happy lifestyle in an intellectually stimulating environment.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and implement robust infrastructure solutions (servers, storage, networking, and GPU computing grid) for trading (performance focus) and research (scale focus)
• Lead data center migrations, domain decoupling, and performance optimization initiatives
• Implement solutions to monitor latency, detect anomalies, troubleshoot performance issues quickly, and gain a single source of truth for complex trading environments (e.g. Corvil)

Required Technical Qualification, Skills, and Experience:

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or STEM field
• Minimum 15 years of experience in data center and cloud infrastructure engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership role
• Expertise in networking, virtualization, cloud platforms (AWS), and storage solutions (Pure Storage, Ceph, GPFS, VAST Data solution)
• Expertise in multicast data distribution, Solarflare/Mellanox NIC optimizations, PTP time synchronization, and Corvil like tools
• Experience with CPU pinning, NUMA optimization, IRQ affinity, BIOS tuning, overclocked servers, FPGA integration and Kernel configuration for latency-sensitive workloads
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools (Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef)
• Familiarity with Docker/Kubernetes and tools like Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack/Splunk
• Experience in exchange connectivity and proximity hosting
• Understanding of market data feeds, FIX protocol, and colocation environments
• Strong organizational skills,attention to detail,and excellent writtenand verbal communication skills
• Ability to build and lead a team, mentor engineers, and collaborate with traders and developers

Location:

Central, Hong Kong

Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Limited is an equal opportunity employer.