Infrastructure Engineer

About the role

This position focuses on the creation, management, and maintenance of Numeus Group's production, research, and trading infrastructure across various cloud regions. A key aspect of the role is optimizing low-latency systematic trading compute and network infrastructure. The engineer will also support large research computing and modeling workloads by building resilient, auto-scaling clusters and ensuring efficient hardware utilization.

The role involves proactive monitoring of system performance to identify and address bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and other issues that could affect trading operations. The engineer will also be responsible for troubleshooting and resolving technical issues such as server downtime, network connectivity problems, and cloud outages. Collaboration with quantitative researchers, traders, and developers is essential to ensure the infrastructure meets their requirements.

Success in this role means maintaining a highly available and performant infrastructure that supports both trading and research activities. It requires a commitment to automation, deep technical knowledge of cloud and networking technologies, and the ability to work effectively with diverse stakeholders to deliver reliable and efficient solutions for a fast-paced trading environment.

The base salary for this role is expected to be between $125,000 and $200,000, with additional compensation and benefits potentially available.

Skills that matter here

• DevOps: This role is for a DevOps Infrastructure Engineer, indicating a focus on integrating development and operations practices to manage infrastructure.
• AWS: The position requires production experience with cloud technologies, specifically mentioning AWS as the ideal platform.
• Kubernetes: Extensive experience with Kubernetes, including managing large auto-scaling clusters and highly available services, is a core requirement.
• GitOps: Knowledge of GitOps tools like FluxCD or ArgoCD is expected in conjunction with Kubernetes experience.
• Terraform: Mastery of Terraform is required, reflecting a strong emphasis on Infrastructure as Code principles.
• Linux: Hands-on production experience with Linux, including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting, is necessary for managing the underlying systems.

Who this role suits

• A person with 5+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, ideally within a buy-side systematic trading environment.
• Someone who is passionate about automation and has practical experience with tools like Ansible.
• An individual who can dive deep into technical details, especially understanding the full network stack.
• A self-starter with strong communication skills who can collaborate effectively with various teams.

From the employer

• Create, manage and maintain our production, research and trading infrastructure across multiple cloud regions
• Optimize our low-latency systematic trading compute and network infrastructure
• Support large research computing and modeling workloads with resilient, auto-scaling clusters and efficient hardware utilization
• Troubleshoot and resolve any technical issues that arise, including server downtime, network connectivity problems, and cloud outages
• Monitor system performance, and proactively identify and address any performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, or other issues that could impact trading operations
• Work collaboratively with quantitative researchers, traders, developers, and other stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure that the trading and research infrastructure meets their requirements

• 5+ years experience as an Infrastructure Engineer or similar role in a fast-paced environment, ideally buy-side systematic trading
• Production experience with cloud technologies, ideally AWS. Certifications alone are not enough.
• Extensive experience with Kubernetes, including large auto-scaling clusters, and highly available services, as well as knowledge of related GitOps tools such as FluxCD or ArgoCD
• Hands-on production experience with Linux, including knowledge of installations, configurations, and troubleshooting
• Religious about IaC, mastery of Terraform is required.
• Must have a passion for automation, and experience with relevant tools, such as Ansible.
• Practical working knowledge of UDP, TCP/IP, routing protocols, VPN technologies, user-space kernel bypass networking.
• Ability to dive deep and understand the full network stack.
• Experience with monitoring frameworks, such as Prometheus and Grafana
• Self-starter with strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to travel periodically between our offices in London, NYC, and Zug, Switzerland

• The base salary for this role is anticipated to be between $125,000 and $200,000.
• This role may also be eligible for additional forms of compensation and benefits, such as a discretionary bonus, health, dental and other benefits plans.
• Actual compensation will be carefully determined based on a number of candidate factors, including their skills, qualifications and experience.