Lead Compute Platform Engineer: Scale, Reliability & Impact

Apollo Solutions; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive compensation

Strong bonus

Job summary

A top-performing investment firm in Boston seeks an experienced engineer to architect a high-performance compute platform for large-scale research and production workloads. In this pivotal role, you will shape compute provisioning, optimize performance, and lead complex initiatives on cloud platforms like AWS. The ideal candidate will have a strong systems engineering background, development expertise in languages like Python and Java, and hands-on experience with Kubernetes. This position involves significant interaction with quant researchers to enhance operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Strong background in systems, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes or custom schedulers.
• Experience with cloud platforms and large on-prem clusters.

Responsibilities

• Architect a high-performance compute platform for research and production workloads.
• Design systems for job scheduling and resource allocation.
• Lead complex initiatives in AWS.

Skills

Systems engineering

Python

Java

Golang

Kubernetes

Infrastructure automation

AWS

Cloud platforms

Technical communication

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD

Job description

A top-performing investment firm in Boston seeks an experienced engineer to architect a high-performance compute platform for large-scale research and production workloads. In this pivotal role, you will shape compute provisioning, optimize performance, and lead complex initiatives on cloud platforms like AWS. The ideal candidate will have a strong systems engineering background, development expertise in languages like Python and Java, and hands-on experience with Kubernetes. This position involves significant interaction with quant researchers to enhance operational efficiency.