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Job Description

Attribution Search is partnered with a leading quantitative hedge fund to appoint a Head of Platform Engineering into its London office. This is a high-impact leadership role within a technology-led business operating at scale across hybrid cloud infrastructure.

The Role

You will lead and scale the Platform Engineering function, owning the architecture, reliability and evolution of the firm’s hybrid-cloud platform (on-prem + AWS). The remit includes compute, networking, storage, orchestration, containerisation, and infrastructure for advanced AI/ML workloads used across the systematic trading environment.

This is a senior hands-on engineering leadership role, combining strategic platform design with day-to-day implementation, mentoring and organisational influence.

Key Responsibilities

Define the roadmap for hybrid infrastructure across compute, network, storage and orchestration Design and operate core infrastructure services (containers, batch, serverless, data compute) Build and maintain an internal developer platform enabling secure, scalable deployments Own CI/CD pipelines, release automation, configuration and infrastructure lifecycle Lead observability strategy across monitoring, logging, tracing and incident response Establish standards for automation, IaC, secrets management and security Collaborate with data, quant, trading and security teams across global offices Blend hands-on engineering with team leadership and architectural decision-making

Experience Required

Deep expertise with AWS services and hybrid cloud environments Strong Kubernetes/EKS and container orchestration Solid background in Linux, networking, compute and storage IaC and automation (Terraform / Python / Bash) CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions or similar tooling Observability technologies (Datadog, Grafana, CloudWatch etc.) 7+ years in a senior platform, DevOps or infrastructure leadership role

Exposure to quantitative trading, high-performance computing, security frameworks or AI infrastructure is highly advantageous.

Why This Is a Compelling Opportunity

Influence the platform powering advanced systematic trading strategies Shape the firm’s AI infrastructure roadmap High ownership across architecture, standards and team structure Global visibility and collaboration with leaders across engineering and trading Small, senior team with autonomy and minimal bureaucracy Competitive compensation package

Candidates with relevant experience are encouraged to apply to learn more.

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