Platform Engineer

We are seeking talented Platform Engineers to join our team at PDT's quantitative investment business. As a member of our platform engineering teams, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting scalable and performant systems that are crucial to our success. With a focus on technology, problem-solving, and collaboration, you will work on projects from conception to delivery, specializing in areas such as HPC Infrastructure, Container Orchestration, CI/CD, Linux, Cloud, and Network Engineering. Join us to be part of a close-knit and intellectually extraordinary community, where you can tackle challenging problems and make a direct impact on our bottom line.

• Design, implement, and deliver scalable and performant systems
• Implement automation for the platform infrastructure
• Collaborate closely with peer engineers and/or researchers to build high-quality, efficient, and reliable systems
• Adapt to change and dive into new domains to understand stakeholder needs
• Manage capacity and optimize benchmarks for critical workloads

• Excellent technology, problem-solving abilities, curiosity, and discipline
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Specialization in domains such as HPC Infrastructure, Container Orchestration, CI/CD, Linux, Cloud, and Network Engineering
• Design, implementation, and operational support of scalable and performant systems
• Experience with open-source and proprietary tools
• Implementation of automation, including CI/CD pipelines and production metrics
• Obsessive user focus and collaboration with engineers and researchers
• Capacity management and benchmark optimization skills

• Competitive salary range of $195,000 to $225,000
• Potential for bonus amounts
• Opportunity to work in a world-class technology platform
• Chance to work on challenging and complicated problems
• Direct impact on the company's bottom line
• Close-knit and diverse community
• High employee-retention and mobility
• Opportunity for career development and growth
• Collaborative and supportive work environment
• Focus on automation and working smart
• Mission-critical platforms
• Stable and reliable systems
• Opportunity to work with open-source and proprietary tools
• Exposure to different domains and stakeholder needs
• Capacity management and benchmark optimization
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies such as HPC, Trading, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Linux, Cloud Infrastructure, or Networking
• Opportunity to work with a public cloud, preferably AWS
• Supportive and inclusive company culture
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or Applied Sciences field or equivalent professional experience.