Platform Reliability Engineer

WorldQuant develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across a broad range of asset classes and global markets. We seek to produce high-quality predictive signals (alphas) through our proprietary research platform to employ financial strategies focused on market inefficiencies. Our teams work collaboratively to drive the production of alphas and financial strategies – the foundation of a balanced, global investment platform.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in SRE, DevOps, or other infrastructure engineering roles, preferably within the financial industry.
• 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).
• Experience with container orchestration and virtualization technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Nomad, VMware).
• Familiarity with on-premises and cloud-based HPC infrastructure (operational knowledge of Slurm and GPU is a plus).
• Understanding of 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.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package.
• Core benefits include: premium private health insurance.
• Strong culture of learning and development: training courses, guest speakers, share and learn events, etc.
• Regular team buildings, annual conferences and occasional global summits – opportunity to travel and connect with our local and global teams.
• Dynamic work without routine in a leading international company.