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I have partnered with a global leader in algorithmic trading who are seeking a dynamic addition to their research technology team. The client holds a prominent position in the Equity, FX, Fixed Income, Commodity & Options markets, offering extensive liquidity to traders worldwide.
Emphasizing the pivotal role of technology in their achievements, the company proudly maintains one of the largest High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters on a global scale passing through hundreds of billions per day in trading volume. Their commitment to technological prowess is evident in their practice of developing all software in-house.
Mandate of the role:
In this senior role, nWorking closely with a full-stack engineering team, you will collaboratively ensure that research efforts yield the highest-performing machines worldwide, surpassing industry standards.
Specific responsibilities:
Essential qualities:
Apply today or contact Charlie.todd@harringtonstarr.com for immediate enquiries.
Research Technology Engineer – London – HPC, Python, Networks, Automation, Filesystems – up to £175,000 basic salary
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Research Technology Engineer
| Job title: | Research Technology Engineer |
| Location: | London |
| Industry: | DevOps and Cloud Engineering |
| Salary: | £150,000-£170,000 |
| Reference: | 17643 |
| Contact name: | George Harris |
| Job published: | June 08, 2023 |
Job description
Research Technology Engineer – London – HPC, Python, Networks, Automation, Filesystems – up to £175,000 basic salaryI have partnered with a global leader in algorithmic trading who are seeking a dynamic addition to their research technology team. The client holds a prominent position in the Equity, FX, Fixed Income, Commodity & Options markets, offering extensive liquidity to traders worldwide.
Emphasizing the pivotal role of technology in their achievements, the company proudly maintains one of the largest High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters on a global scale passing through hundreds of billions per day in trading volume. Their commitment to technological prowess is evident in their practice of developing all software in-house.
Mandate of the role:
In this senior role, nWorking closely with a full-stack engineering team, you will collaboratively ensure that research efforts yield the highest-performing machines worldwide, surpassing industry standards.
Specific responsibilities:
- Enhance every facet of a High-Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure and codebase while actively participating in expanding one of the largest privately-owned compute clusters globally.
- Write software that runs on a compute cluster that grows continually
- Step into an environment that fosters rapid improvements, enabling significant enhancements to the core quantitative research function, which lies at the heart of the business.
Essential qualities:
- Previous direct experience in a similar setting with large-scale-compute, between 5-10 years
- Strong coding skills (Python preferred) and at least one statically typed language.
- STEM degree and or high level technical credentials
- Clear working knowledge with computer networks; design, configuration, monitoring, automation, approaches to loss + congestion control, understanding of underlying hardware, IP/Ethernet and InfiniBand, host tuning
- Comprehensive understanding of computer networks:
- encompassing design
- configuration
- monitoring
- automation
- loss and congestion control methodologies
- A working knowledge of large-scale distributed systems
- A desire to solve highly complex problems
Apply today or contact Charlie.todd@harringtonstarr.com for immediate enquiries.
Research Technology Engineer – London – HPC, Python, Networks, Automation, Filesystems – up to £175,000 basic salary
