Compute Engineering Lead

Balyasny Asset Management L.P.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Balyasny Asset Management L.P. is hiring an engineering manager to own the compute infrastructure for its on-premises platform.

This senior technical leader will design, implement, and govern compute architecture and operations, working closely with Portfolio Managers and business stakeholders to meet their needs. The Compute Engineering Lead will be a hands-on manager, scaling and hardening the infrastructure, leveraging open and closed source solutions, and coordinating with developers to

Qualifications

• 10+ years hands-on experience with large-scale compute environments.
• 5+ years people management experience.
• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes from infra and app perspectives.
• Experience managing bare metal compute at scale.
• IP network performance tuning and routing experience.
• Comfortable writing Python.
• Experience with disaster recovery and business continuity planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead compute infrastructure as hands-on manager.
• Scale and harden compute infrastructure for resilience.
• Leverage open and closed source software solutions.
• Partner with application developers firm-wide to enable success.
• Participate in on-call rotation and maintenance.

Skills

Kubernetes

Python

Large-scale compute

Low latency

Networking

Tools

Bare metal

Job description

BAM is building a world-class on-premises compute platform for its investment professionals and is looking for an engineering manager to own the compute infrastructure pieces of this. This senior, hands-on leader will own compute architecture, implementation and governance. This role offers the opportunity to work directly with Portfolio Managers and other business stakeholders to understand their needs and enable them to efficiently use on-premises compute resources.

As the Compute Engineering Lead at BAM, you will:

• Be the hands-on manager and leader of compute infrastructure.
• Scale and harden our compute infrastructure to provide a robust and resilient environment for researchers and investment professionals.
• Leverage both open and closed source software solutions.
• Partner with application developers across the firm and enable their success.
• Participate in on-call rotation and maintenance.

Core Tech Stack:

• Kubernetes on bare metal Linux.

To be considered a good cultural fit, you must be:

• An ambitious self-starter who strives for excellence in everything you do
• An efficient communicator that can work with technical and non-technical people equally well
• A person that inspires and motivates your team to be their best

To be considered a good technical fit, you must have:

• 10+ years, hands-on experience with large-scale compute environments.
• Experience with software low latency environments.
• 5+ years people management experience.
• Expert knowledge of Kubernetes from the infrastructure and application points of view.
• Experience managing bare metal compute at scale.
• IP network performance tuning and routing experience.
• Comfortable writing Python.
• Experience with disaster recovery and business continuity planning.