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AWS Scheduling Tool Specialist


Job details
  • Selby Jennings
  • London
  • 3 weeks ago

A leading trading firm is seeking an AWS Scheduling Tool Specialist to design, optimise, and maintain an AWS-based scheduling system supporting front-office trading operations. This role is crucial in ensuring efficient compute resource management, improving performance, and enhancing computational workflows. Working at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, high-performance computing (HPC), and low-level programming, this position requires expertise in optimising latency-sensitive systems.


Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain an AWS-based scheduling system to support trading and computation-heavy processes
  • Improve scheduling efficiency, optimising compute resource distribution across AWS infrastructure
  • Enhance alpha computation strategies through parallel processing and efficient resource management
  • Develop and refine performance-critical components using C, C++, or Rust
  • Identify and address computational bottlenecks to improve execution speed and system efficiency
  • Collaborate with traders, quantitative analysts, and technologists to align computational strategies with business objectives
  • Implement system monitoring tools and proactively troubleshoot performance issues


Skills and Experience

  • Strong experience with AWS services (EC2, ECS, Lambda, Batch, Step Functions, S3)
  • Proficiency in C, C++, Rust, Python, or Go
  • Expertise in low-level system optimisations, memory management, and CPU/GPU performance tuning
  • Experience in designing distributed systems for high-performance and latency-sensitive workloads
  • Familiarity with trading systems, market-making, or financial front-office operations is advantageous
  • Knowledge of HPC technologies such as MPI, CUDA, or OpenMP is beneficial


This firm offers a collaborative and innovative environment, providing opportunities for technical growth and professional development while supporting a strong work-life balance.

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