Millennium · 2 days ago
Senior HPC Engineer
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$175K/yr - $250K/yr
7+ years expMillennium's Infrastructure organization is seeking a Senior HPC Engineer for a hands-on technical leadership position to support Worldquant’s initiative of maintaining financial research leadership. This role is pivotal in designing, building, and maintaining High-Performance Computing (HPC) and GPU clusters essential for AI and Machine Learning initiatives.
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Responsibilities
Lead the architectural design, implementation, and maintenance of large-scale HPC and GPU clusters
In collaboration with the storage team, architect and manage high-performance storage solutions tailored for GPU-intensive workloads, ensuring low-latency data access and high throughput
Monitor, analyze, and tune the performance of the HPC environment, including compute nodes, networking fabrics, and parallel file systems
Develop and maintain automation scripts and tools for provisioning, configuration management, and monitoring of the HPC infrastructure
Work closely with researchers, data scientists, and software engineers to understand their computational needs and provide a robust and efficient platform to accelerate their work
Provide expert-level support for complex issues related to hardware, software, and networking within the HPC ecosystem
Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends in HPC, GPU computing, and storage, and conduct evaluations to recommend new solutions
Contribute to organizational knowledge through documentation, education, and writing maintainable code. Provide guidance to the team in your subject matter expertise
Qualification
Required
A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
A minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in designing, building, and managing complex HPC environments
Proven experience with GPU-accelerated computing, including NVIDIA GPUs and associated software (e.g., CUDA)
Deep expertise in high-performance storage systems and parallel file systems (e.g., Lustre, GPFS/Spectrum Scale)
Strong proficiency in Linux/Unix operating systems, scripting languages and configuration management platforms
Experience with cluster management and scheduling software (e.g., Kubernetes, Run.io), with a strong preference for Slurm
Familiarity with high-speed interconnects like InfiniBand or RoCE
Understanding AI technologies and their applications in infrastructure automation and management. Experience with or a strong interest in implementing AI/ML solutions for infrastructure optimization, anomaly detection, or predictive analytics
A passion for technology and automation, with a deep sense of curiosity and ownership
A hands-on approach to problem-solving and a demonstrable enthusiasm for technology
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Preferred
Master's or Ph.D. in a relevant technical field
Experience in a buy-side financial organization
Experience with cloud-based HPC, preferably with GCP
Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker and Singularity
Benefits
Discretionary performance bonus
Comprehensive benefits package
Company
Millennium
Millennium is a global, diversified alternative investment firm, founded in 1989, which manages $83.5 billion in assets.
5001-10000 employees
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