Hudson River Trading (HRT) is looking for candidates to join our growing Research and Development team to help build and maintain an exceptionally sophisticated HPC/AI research environment. We design and operate infrastructure at a large scale, including triple-digit petabyte-scale storage, massive CPU and GPU clusters on globally distributed data centers.
We’re hiring Systems Engineers to help scale and evolve this platform. You’ll join a team responsible for the compute, storage, operating systems, and automation tools that enable our trading and research to run 24/7 across the globe. This is a high-impact role with broad scope, from HPC/AI cluster design and performance tuning, to troubleshooting and automation for thousands of nodes.
Responsibilities- Design, build, and optimize large-scale Linux-based distributed compute clusters, including cutting-edge many-GPU systems
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across compute, storage, and networking layers
- Collaborate with research and development teams to profile, benchmark, and fine-tune GPU-based workloads
- Automate system deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting across thousands of nodes
- Collaborate with research, and engineering teams to support evolving workloads
- Own critical infrastructure projects—from concept to implementation and support
- Test and deploy new hardware and software, and partner with vendors to resolve complex issues
- 5+ years of experience in large-scale Linux systems engineering in HPC, AI or distributed infrastructure roles
- Extensive experience in Linux system installation, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
- Expertise in troubleshooting distributed GPU workloads
- Deep knowledge around GPU optimization and performance
- Proficiency in Python scripting and automation frameworks
- CUDA or C/C++ experience a plus
- Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g. Salt, Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
- Comfortable diagnosing complex system issues at the hardware, OS, and network levels
- Strong communication and organizational skills; able to collaborate across diverse technical teams
- Thrive in fast-paced environments and excited by high-impact work
Culture
Hudson River Trading (HRT) brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. We have built one of the world's most sophisticated computing environments for research and development. Our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading.
At HRT we welcome a variety of expertise: mathematics and computer science, physics and engineering, media and tech. We’re a community of self-starters who are motivated by the excitement of being at the cutting edge of automation in every part of our organization—from trading, to business operations, to recruiting and beyond. We value openness and transparency, and celebrate great ideas from HRT veterans and new hires alike. At HRT we’re friends and colleagues – whether we are sharing a meal, playing the latest board game, or writing elegant code. We embrace a culture of togetherness that extends far beyond the walls of our office.
Feel like you belong at HRT? Our goal is to find the best people and bring them together to do great work in a place where everyone is valued. HRT is proud of our diverse staff; we have offices all over the globe and benefit from our varied and unique perspectives. HRT is an equal opportunity employer; so whoever you are we’d love to get to know you.
