DevOps Infrastructure Engineer (Trading)
Remote
London, United Kingdom
£ 150,000 / year
Full Time
11-02-2025
Job Specifications
DevOps Infrastructure Engineer - Crypto Asset Firm - London or Switzerland - Up to £150k base
Ideal experience: Python or C++, AWS, trading, Kubernetes, Terraform, Linux, networking, buy-side
A global investment firm operating at the intersection of finance and technology, specializing in digital assets, is seeking an experienced DevOps Infrastructure Engineer to manage and maintain a cloud-based systematic trading infrastructure while developing tools to enhance and accelerate research.
The team is composed of experienced professionals with backgrounds in trading, blockchain, and quantitative research who are committed to building cutting-edge infrastructure to support trading and research activities, leveraging the latest advancements in cloud technologies and automation.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software development tools, production management, and cloud-based infrastructure within a systematic trading environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Design, manage, and maintain production, research, and trading infrastructure across multiple cloud regions
Optimize low-latency systematic trading compute and network infrastructure
Support large-scale research computing and modelling workloads with resilient, auto-scaling clusters and efficient hardware utilization
Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues, including server downtime, network connectivity problems, and cloud outages
Continuously monitor system performance, identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and other risks that could impact trading operations
Collaborate with quantitative researchers, traders, developers, and other stakeholders to ensure the trading and research infrastructure meets their needs
Requirements:
5+ years of experience as an Infrastructure Engineer or in a similar role within a high-performance, fast-paced environment—ideally in buy-side systematic trading
Hands-on experience with cloud technologies (AWS preferred)
Expertise in Kubernetes, including managing large auto-scaling clusters and highly available services, as well as familiarity with GitOps tools such as FluxCD or ArgoCD
Strong Linux administration skills, including installation, configuration, and troubleshooting in production environments
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools—Terraform mastery is required; additional experience with automation tools like Ansible is a plus
Strong knowledge of networking, including UDP, TCP/IP, routing protocols, VPN technologies, and user-space kernel bypass networking
Experience with monitoring frameworks like Prometheus and Grafana
Strong problem-solving skills, ability to work independently, and excellent verbal and written communication skills
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in building and optimizing a world-class digital asset trading infrastructure.
About the Company
Durlston Partners began recruiting for the world's best Hedge Funds in 2010 and we have grown our business to deliver best-in-class talent to companies in Tech, Quant Finance, Portfolio Management, Data Science & Digital Assets. Our team operates from our offices in London, New York and Dubai. Led by 5 Partners, we have achieved organic growth and self-funded success without external investment. Our clients include leading hedge funds, banks, family offices, and AI / Machine Learning firms across global financial hubs such... Know more
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