Senior Platform Engineer

Technologists at WorldQuant research, design, code, test and deploy firmwide platforms and tooling while working collaboratively with researchers and portfolio managers. Our environment is relaxed yet intellectually driven. We seek people who think in code and are motivated by being around like-minded people.

The Role: Our Infrastructure organization is dedicated to designing, engineering, supporting, and managing a robust server estate, systems virtualization, and core enterprise services. We are seeking a Senior Platforms Engineer to join a highly specialized team of exceptionally talented yet refreshingly humble individuals from diverse disciplines. We believe that delivering exceptional services requires the ability to make meaningful changes across the entire stack. Our mission is to solve real business challenges, reduce operational complexities, and foster a collaborative, team-driven environment that promotes mutual growth and success.

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable and reliable infrastructure solutions. This role requires deep expertise in one or more of the following areas: High-Performance Computing (HPC), Kubernetes, and Cloud platforms (particularly Google Cloud Platform - GCP). The focus will be on solving complex engineering problems, optimizing system performance, and ensuring the reliability and scalability of the infrastructure.

What You'll Do:

• Proactively understand internal clients’ needs and effectively communicate them to leadership at both regional and global levels. Own the roadmap and implementation of large components of production infrastructure.
• Ensure the production reliability of the firm’s Linux-based research and trading platform as part of a globally distributed engineering team.
• Provide rapid emergency response to production infrastructure issues.
• Identify risks, develop contingency plans, and implement solutions to mitigate them.
• Develop and enhance the observability platform to monitor the performance and health of critical computing environments.
• Participate in occasional (monthly) on-call rotations and support on-call staff during their shifts.
• Contribute to organizational knowledge through documentation, education, and writing maintainable code. Provide guidance to the team in your subject matter expertise.

What You’ll Bring:

• 6+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or other infrastructure engineering roles, preferably within the financial industry.
• Expert level understanding and at-scale hands-on experience with one or more of the following (preferably in a financial institution):
  • HPC infrastructure design, deployment and operations
  • Kubernetes or other container orchestration technology
  • Cloud, especially GCP, at an enterprise scale
• Strong understanding of Linux system internals, including kernel operations, memory management, and performance optimization.
• In-depth knowledge of storage technologies, particularly those used in high-performance computing (GPFS experience is a plus).
• Broad understanding of IT infrastructure components, such as networking, DNS, NTP/PTP, and NIS.
• Proficiency in system automation, monitoring, and self-healing (experience with Salt is a plus).
• Understanding AI technologies and their applications in infrastructure automation and management. Experience with or a strong interest in implementing AI/ML solutions for infrastructure optimization, anomaly detection, or predictive analytics.
• A passion for technology and automation, with a deep sense of curiosity and ownership.
• A hands-on approach to problem-solving and a demonstrable enthusiasm for technology.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation package 
• Core benefits include: premium private health insurance and life insurance with savings plan  
• Support for every aspect of life through Employee Assistance Program and fully covered sick leave 
• Strong culture of learning and development: training courses, library, guest speakers, share and learn events, global conferences 
• Regular offsite team buildings, annual conferences and occasional global summits – opportunity to travel and connect with our local and global teams 

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