Platform Solutions Engineer

Full-time - Mid Level

NY

About the position

We are seeking a proactive and self-motivated engineer to join our Platform Solutions team in Schonfeld’s technology department. This team is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining our quantitative development platform and ensuring its high availability and scalability. Our objective is to provide a reliable, user friendly, fully automated platform that allows our developers and quantitative investment teams to quickly get up and running operationally without worrying about infrastructure. The ideal candidate should demonstrate excellent leadership, a willingness to take initiative, be a strong learner, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with quant and development teams to ensure seamless application deployments, and to establish comprehensive coding environments from day one.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and management processes.
• Contribute and lead efforts to continuously improve the platform reliability, security, and cost optimization.
• Design, build, and maintain highly available and scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IAC) principles.
• Participate in L3 on-call rotations and incident response processes.
• Mentor and upskill team members on cloud-native technologies and best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of proven experience in managing and maintaining cloud infrastructure.
• Strong coding skills in at least one language, ideally Golang or Python, but open to other object oriented languages.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Extensive experience with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure) and cloud-native technologies.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines leveraging DevOps practices.
• Extensive experience with IaC and cloud provisioning tools.
• Excellent cultural fit and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively communicate with Portfolio managers.

Nice-to-haves

• A track record of successfully managing cloud infrastructure and delivering high-quality solutions.
• Passionate about cloud-native technologies and has a strong desire to learn and grow.
• Has a deep understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and practices.
• Is adept at translating complex requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Is committed to driving engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
• Have experience in tools like coder and prefect.

Benefits

• Performance bonus
• Competitive benefits package