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Cloud Platform Engineer

  • Nova Prospect is a systematic prop trading firm, founded by industry experts who previously built some of the most successful businesses in quant finance. This is a rare opportunity to join a growing A-team with incredible talent density, meritocratic culture, no politics and razor-sharp focus on outcome.
  • The ideal candidate is demonstrably among the best in their field, highly ambitious and a proven problem-solver with excellent judgement. Successful candidates will have the opportunity to learn from the best, grow their role significantly over time and build a highly rewarding, long-term career in systematic trading.

responsibilities

  • Architect, deploy and operate the cloud based (AWS, GCP, etc.) technology platform that powers our quantitative research and trading systems
  • Build out our cloud computing and storage platform, workspaces, identity and access management, SDLC/DevOps tooling, job scheduling framework, and other core platform infrastructure
  • Support daily trading operations and swiftly troubleshoot, debug, and fix production systems
  • Boost the productivity of our quant developers and quant researchers by proactively identifying inefficiencies and designing flexible and scalable cloud solutions
  • Proactively collaborate and communicate with team members to keep them informed on the available infrastructure, and make usage recommendations
  • Follow the latest cloud technology developments, and identify the best available solutions
  • Standardize our technology stack and follow best practices to ensure maintainability

qualifications

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
  • Demonstrated exceptional ability to design and implement cloud-based solutions in AWS or other cloud platforms
  • Strong familiarity with Linux environments
  • Proficiency in Python, C++ or other similar programming languages is a plus
  • Solid understanding of DevOps principles and best practices
  • Experience with implementing infrastructure-as-code and GitOps solutions
  • Experience with implementing Docker and Kubernetes or other containerization and orchestration tools
  • Organized, systematic and meticulous approach to developing cloud-based solutions
  • Desire to learn continuously and increase your impact
  • Knowledge of financial markets is a plus but not required – we will invest in the right candidate

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