Compute Engineer

Balyasny Asset Management

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Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, ILLondon, United KingdomNew York, NY
Salary
$175,000–$250,000 / yr
Posted
12 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Above market

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About Balyasny Asset Management

Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is a global multi-manager hedge fund offering diversified investment strategies across equities, macro, commodities, and systematic trading.

Balyasny Asset Management currently has 53 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $175,000–$250,000 across 37 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Compute Engineer

The Compute Engineer joins the team to build a world-class on-premises compute platform for investment and research professionals. This role involves building fault-tolerant, distributed systems and software control systems for Kubernetes clusters, bare metal, and virtualized servers. The engineer will establish software guardrails to enforce standards, scale and harden infrastructure, and partner with application developers to ensure reliable, reproducible compute environments. Key technical requirements include expert knowledge of Kubernetes, experience managing bare metal compute at scale, and proficiency in IP network performance tuning and routing. The candidate must be comfortable writing Python and possess experience with software low latency environments. The work focuses on maintaining a mature AI environment using RPM-based Linux distributions and open-source server virtualization to solve complex infrastructure reliability problems.

What you'll do

  • Build fault-tolerant, distributed systems for investment and research teams.
  • Build software control systems for Kubernetes clusters, bare metal, and virtualized servers.
  • Establish software guardrails to enforce standards and enable reproducible compute environments.
  • Scale and harden compute infrastructure to provide a robust and resilient environment.
  • Leverage both open and closed source software solutions to meet firm needs.
  • Partner with application developers to enable their technical success.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation and perform regular system maintenance.

What we're looking for

  • 6+ years of hands-on experience with large-scale compute environments.
  • Experience with software low latency environments and the required tuning.
  • Expert knowledge of Kubernetes from both infrastructure and application perspectives.
  • Experience managing bare metal compute at scale.
  • IP network performance tuning and routing experience.
  • Proficiency in writing Python.
  • Experience with disaster recovery and business continuity planning.

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