HPC Engineer | Experienced Hire

Susquehanna International Group, Llp (Sig) • Bala Cynwyd, PA

251d

About The Position

As a member of our Platform Development team, you will be instrumental in building and optimizing high-performance trading systems, research compute clusters, databases, support systems, and more. You will heavily utilize Linux and Windows internals while working on servers in our HPC environment.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related discipline.
• 5-7 years of progressive experience building Linux and/or Windows based HPC platforms.
• Familiarity with kernel-level and I/O subsystem tweaks and tools such as sysctl, strace, tcpdump, and netstat.
• Recent hands-on experience with automation in Python or other tools.
• Experience administering Lustre, GPFS, VAST, or other parallel filesystems.
• Understanding of resource schedulers like HTCondor, SLURM, or similar.

Nice To Haves

• Bonus points for equivalent Windows knowledge (registry, procmon, wireshark, tshark).

Responsibilities

• Contribute to our library of home-grown tools, written primarily in Python and Bash, to automate monitoring and maintenance.
• Work closely with Strategy Developers, Quantitative Researchers, and trade-supporting application teams to translate complex problems into scalable solutions.
• Coordinate with IT infrastructure teams, including storage and networking, to identify and implement the best solutions.
• Tune operating systems and batch workflows for performance.
• Conduct root-cause analysis of systems issues.
• Oversee all aspects of our HPC environment, including the scheduler, parallel filesystems, GPUs, and interconnects.
• Implement and optimize high-performance storage solutions, including Lustre, VAST, and GPFS.
• Develop strategies for optimal resource allocation and scalability using analytics.
• Utilize monitoring and diagnostic tools to quickly pinpoint failures and streamline troubleshooting processes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree