HPC Systems Engineer for High-Performance Trading

Susquehanna International; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Susquehanna International is seeking an HPC Systems Engineer to build and optimize our high-performance computing infrastructure powering trading and research. You’ll manage thousands of GPUs, hundreds of thousands of CPU cores, and petabytes of storage to support 100+ researchers worldwide.

You’ll automate monitoring and maintenance using Python and Bash, collaborate with researchers and IT teams, and tune systems for peak performance. Onsite role with exposure to cutting-edge HPC tech.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Experience building and operating Linux-based HPC platforms
• Experience tuning kernel and I/O subsystems and troubleshooting performance with tools such as sysctl, perf, strace, tcpdump, and Wireshark
• Strong automation skills in Python, Bash, or configuration management tools such as Ansible
• Experience administering parallel filesystems such as Lustre, GPFS, or VAST
• Experience administering and tuning workload schedulers such as Slurm
• Familiarity with high-speed interconnects (InfiniBand, RoCE) and GPU cluster environments

Responsibilities

• Automate and evolve by contributing to home-grown tools in Python and Bash to automate monitoring and maintenance
• Collaborate with Strategy Developers, Quantitative Researchers, and trade-support teams to translate problems into scalable solutions
• Optimize operating systems and batch workflows for performance and perform root-cause analysis of system issues
• Oversee all aspects of the HPC environment, including the scheduler, parallel filesystems, GPUs, and interconnects
• Implement and optimize high-performance storage solutions (Lustre, VAST, GPFS) to support cluster performance
• Develop capacity planning strategies using analytics to forecast needs and design reliable systems
• Troubleshoot and tune using monitoring tools to quickly pinpoint failures and recover workflows

Skills

Linux HPC

Automation

Python

Bash

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Python

Ansible

Lustre

GPFS

VAST

Slurm

Perf

Strace

tcpdump

Wireshark

Job description

Susquehanna International is seeking an HPC Systems Engineer to build and optimize our high-performance computing infrastructure powering trading and research. You’ll manage thousands of GPUs, hundreds of thousands of CPU cores, and petabytes of storage to support 100+ researchers worldwide.

You’ll automate monitoring and maintenance using Python and Bash, collaborate with researchers and IT teams, and tune systems for peak performance. Onsite role with exposure to cutting-edge HPC tech.