Ultra-Low-Latency Platform Engineer (Colocation) - London / Singapore- Leading Global Quant Fun[...]

Oxford Knight; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading quant hedge fund in Singapore is seeking a skilled Ultra-Low-Latency Platform Engineer to provide robust infrastructure solutions. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with Linux systems and low latency networks. This role offers a dynamic work environment, opportunities for career advancement, and a hybrid working model. Competitive compensation and attractive benefits are included.

Benefits

Market-leading compensation

Generous benefits

Relaxed and friendly culture

Hybrid working flexibility

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience working with Linux in a large environment.
• Experience in server management and support.
• Proficiency with low latency network interfaces.
• In-depth knowledge of server network stack configuration.

Responsibilities

• Provide low-latency infrastructure solutions across multiple servers.
• Collaborate with various partners to deliver systems based on Linux.
• Automate routine tasks and promote Infrastructure as Code.

Skills

Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Rocky)

Low latency network interfaces

Critical and analytical problem-solving

Server management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Chef

Ansible

Grafana

Prometheus

Python

Ruby

Bash

Job description

Ultra-Low-Latency Platform Engineer (Colocation) - London / Singapore- Leading Global Quant Fund

Ultra-Low-Latency Platform Engineer (Colocation) - London / Singapore- Leading Global Quant Fund

Salary: Competitive

Our client is a leading quant and systematic hedge fund, leveraging a deep knowledge of trading, technology and operations to deliver high-quality, uncorrelated returns. Seeking a Linux Platform Engineer with a background in ultra low latency systems to join their team in London or Singapore.

In this role, you will provide low-latency infrastructure solutions consistently across 400+ servers at 22+ global sites. Your responsibilities will cover project delivery, support escalations, monitoring, automation, security, documentation and capacity management. This will involve collaborating with business partners, application owners, clients, vendors and internal teams to deliver systems, based on Linux (CentOS and Rocky) in response to requirements and day-to-day requests. You'll also take the initiative where possible to automate routine tasks and promote the practice of Infrastructure as Code.

This is a technology and data-driven firm, offering excellent opportunities for career growth. You'll be expected to be well-organized, proactive, resourceful; able to handle a fast-paced, dynamic environment, question the status quo; be accountable and possess an ownership mindset.

Requirements

• 5+ years' experience working with Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Rocky preferred) in a large environment focused on operations, systems engineering and systems performance
• Experience in server management and support: HP, SuperMicro, Dell, various overclock servers
• Proficiency with low latency network interfaces and kernel bypass (configuration and optimization): Solarflare with onload, Mellanox with VMA
• In-depth knowledge of server network stack configuration, tuning & troubleshooting including TCP, UDP (unicast/multicast), NTP, PTP, wireshark/tshark
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or related)
• Excellent critical and analytical problem-solving skills

Nice to have

• Good knowledge of system hardware/OS tuning and performance troubleshooting, understanding of CPU architectures
• Experience with build and configuration management tools, specifically Chef or Ansible
• Experience with observability tools, in particular Grafana & Prometheus
• Experience with scripting & automation (Python, Ruby, Bash)

Benefits

• Great opportunity to be part of a tech-driven environment with close collaboration between desks
• Market-leading compensation + generous benefits
• Relaxed, friendly culture, with a regular socials
• Hybrid working flexibility

Whilst we carefully review all applications, to all jobs, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.

Contact
If you think you are a strong match for this role, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

Kishan Patel
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[phone]
linkedin.com/in/kishan-patel-4029aa8b

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