Python Platform Engineer (Contract)

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

We tackle the most complex problems in quantitative finance by bringing scientific clarity to financial complexity.

From our London HQ we unite world-class researchers and engineers in an environment that values deep exploration and methodical execution - because the best ideas take time to evolve. Together were building a world-class platform to amplify our teams most powerful ideas.

As part of our engineering team youll shape the platforms and tools that drive high-impact research - designing systems that scale accelerate discovery and support innovation across the firm.

Take the next step in your career.

The role

The Storage Engineering team manages hundreds of petabytes across VAST PowerScale ECS Rubrik Alletra Pure and a custom Tier Zero platform. The current operational tooling is a patchwork of GitOps workflows and Jenkins pipelines. Were replacing it with a custom-built central automation and reporting engine backed by CockroachDB.

We are hiring a Python Platform Engineer on a contract basis to deliver key components of the platform alongside two other senior Platform Developers and the existing Storage Engineering team. This is a senior individual contributor role focused on hands-on delivery. You will write code every day contributing high-quality engineering work that meets the teams standards and supports the platforms long-term architecture.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

Designing and building the central automation and reporting platform in Python
Building a custom data orchestration engine to copy move and sync data across platforms sites and storage tiers
Delivering world-class self-service tooling for non-technical users
Implementing a tiered storage strategy to maximise GPU farm efficiency and minimise storage cost
Building proactive monitoring health checking and operational dashboards
Following established coding standards participating in code reviews and maintaining CI/CD quality gates and infrastructure-as-code discipline

Who are we looking for

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

Great Python experience with experience designing large codebases rather than scripting
Significant experience designing CI/CD pipelines beyond basic Jenkins
Proven ability to design modular maintainable systems with clean APIs and contracts
Strong testing discipline across unit integration and end-to-end testing
Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams

The following are desirable but not essential:

Experience with Go and/or Rust
CockroachDB or similar distributed SQL databases
HPC or storage domain knowledge
Workflow orchestration tools such as Temporal Airflow or Prefect
Data movement tooling at scale
Front-end development experience with frameworks such as React

G-Research is committed to cultivating and preserving an inclusive work environment. We are an ideas-driven business and we place great value on diversity of experience and opinions.

We want to ensure that applicants receive a recruitment experience that enables them to perform at their best. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know in the relevant section

Required Experience:

We tackle the most complex problems in quantitative finance by bringing scientific clarity to financial complexity.From our London HQ we unite world-class researchers and engineers in an environment that values deep exploration and methodical execution - because the best ideas take time to evolve. T...