Systems Engineer

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the compute infrastructure, including on-premise Slurm/Ray clusters and hybrid cloud environments (GCP and AWS).
• Drive architectural improvements to capacity, scheduling efficiency, and throughput for GPU and research workloads.
• Manage high-performance storage systems (e.g., VAST) to ensure fast, reliable data access.
• Design and maintain provisioning systems, CI/CD infrastructure (GitHub Actions), and developer toolchains.
• Serve as a technical leader and architect for infrastructure decisions, providing mentorship to junior engineers.
• Diagnose and resolve complex, low-level system issues across the stack.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in systems engineering or infrastructure.
• Deep Unix/Linux expertise across multiple distributions.
• Strong experience with HPC grid systems (SLURM preferred) in research or scientific computing environments.
• Experience managing bare-metal infrastructure and data centers.
• Familiarity with high-performance or parallel storage systems (VAST, GPFS, Lustre, etc.).
• Fluency in scripting and automation using Bash or Python.
• Ability to operate as an independent technical leader and communicate clearly with stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with distributed compute frameworks such as Ray, Dask, or Spark.
• Low-level systems programming in C/C++ with a focus on performance.
• Experience with GPU computation and instrumenting workloads for ML/research.
• Hands-on experience building and operating autoscaling compute clusters on GCP.
• Strong networking fundamentals and experience troubleshooting complex topologies.
• Background working in trading, finance, or research-intensive organizations.

Benefits

• Fully paid medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents.
• Competitive 401k plan and employer-paid life & disability insurance.
• Generous PTO, paid holidays, and competitive paid caregiver leaves.
• Wellness programs, snacks, lunch, and team events.
• An open environment designed to maximize learning and knowledge sharing.

About the Company

Aquatic Capital Management is a quantitative investment manager driven by a commitment to applying cutting-edge scientific research and technological innovation to global financial markets. We foster a culture of collaboration, meritocracy, and relentless excellence.