Senior Platform Engineer
Core
Managing, stabilizing, and automating the global compute infrastructure supporting quantitative research and trading systems.
Role type
Senior Platform Engineer (Infrastructure)
Builds
Compute infrastructure, self-service platforms, and automation tooling for researchers and engineers.
Domain
Financial services / High-performance computing / Cloud infrastructure
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Linux systems administration, Virtualization (VMware/OpenStack), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible), Kubernetes, Python/Bash scripting, Cloud migration, Observability, On-call incident response
Preferred skills
GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux), Secrets management (HashiCorp Vault), CI/CD pipelines, Windows Server, Financial services domain knowledge, AI-assisted engineering tools
Technologies
VMware vSphere, OpenStack, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Python, Bash, Prometheus, Grafana, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
Responsibilities
Operating and evolving compute infrastructure across VMware and OpenStack; Deploying and maintaining Linux systems at scale; Driving automation coverage using Terraform and Ansible; Contributing to the operation and growth of the Kubernetes platform; Diagnosing and resolving complex infrastructure problems; Building self-service platforms; Participating in a 24/7 on-call rota
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC