HPC Systems Engineer - Production & Research Infra

Jump Trading; Illinois; On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

HSA, FSA options

Retirement plan with employer match

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

Jump Trading Group is a frontier technology firm known for research-driven innovation in mathematics, physics, and computer science. Our Chicago office hosts a high-performance computing environment where a Production Engineer will ensure the reliability and performance of large-scale compute and storage systems.

The role combines architecture, engineering, and operational duties, requiring hands-on work with Linux systems, performance monitoring, and cross-team collaboration with researchers to

Qualifications

• 5+ years in high performance computing environments.
• Strong Linux systems administration experience.
• Proficiency in at least one programming/scripting language (Go, Python, C).
• Experience designing and maintaining distributed systems.
• Familiarity with debugging tools and profiling.
• Experience with configuration management tools (SaltStack, Ansible, Puppet).
• Strong root cause analysis and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect, engineer, and administer HPC systems.
• Design, implement, maintain, and support compute and storage infrastructure.
• Develop tooling to build, package, install, and upgrade software at scale.
• Collaborate across teams to write code and testing infrastructures.
• Provide operations support on a rotating basis and during maintenance windows.
• Manage vendor relationships and travel as needed.

Skills

HPC experience

Linux administration

Programming languages

Distributed systems

Debugging tools

Config management

Root cause analysis

Vendor relations

Tools

SaltStack

Ansible

Puppet

Job description

Jump Trading Group is a frontier technology firm known for research-driven innovation in mathematics, physics, and computer science. Our Chicago office hosts a high-performance computing environment where a Production Engineer will ensure the reliability and performance of large-scale compute and storage systems.

The role combines architecture, engineering, and operational duties, requiring hands-on work with Linux systems, performance monitoring, and cross-team collaboration with researchers to