Cloud Engineer (AWS Infrastructure & Compute Architect)
Who We Are
Our client is a global quantitative hedge fund operating across major liquid asset classes worldwide. Technology is a core differentiator of the business, with cloud platforms playing a critical role in supporting research, trading, and application development across a highly scalable and performance-driven environment.
The AWS Cloud Engineering team provides the cloud foundation that enables engineering and business teams to deploy secure, reliable, and cloud-native services at scale.
We welcome applicants from across the globe. Relocation support will be provided for suitable candidates.
We Are Seeking: AWS Cloud Infrastructure & Compute Architect
We are seeking an experienced Cloud Architect with deep expertise in AWS infrastructure and compute services to help shape and scale the firm's cloud platform.
This role combines architecture, advisory, and hands-on engineering responsibilities. You will work closely with development teams, infrastructure groups, and business stakeholders to design reusable cloud solutions, establish best practices, and accelerate the delivery of secure and scalable cloud-native applications.
Experience working within buy-side firms, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, or other large-scale, performance-sensitive environments is highly valued.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable cloud architecture patterns and best practices
- Advise application and engineering teams on cloud-native solution design
- Support the delivery of new applications, services, and cloud platforms
- Drive standardisation across cloud deployments and operating models
- Define secure, scalable, and supportable AWS architectures
- Collaborate with internal teams to solve common platform and infrastructure challenges
- Evaluate new AWS services and recommend adoption opportunities
- Partner with cloud providers and internal stakeholders to improve platform capabilities
Requirements
- Extensive experience designing and implementing AWS cloud solutions
- Strong knowledge of AWS infrastructure services, networking, and security
- Deep experience with AWS compute platforms, including:
- EC2
- ECS
- EKS
- Kubernetes
- Lambda
- Ability to translate business and technical requirements into scalable cloud architectures
- Experience designing and operating cloud-native workloads at scale
- Strong Infrastructure-as-Code experience (Terraform or similar)
- Good programming or scripting skills (Python preferred)
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
Highly Relevant Experience
- AWS architecture advisory or platform engineering roles
- Large-scale cloud transformation or cloud-native adoption programmes
- Multi-account AWS environments
- Container platforms and Kubernetes ecosystems
- Financial services, trading, or highly regulated environments
- Cloud governance, security, and platform standards
What We're Looking For
- Strong architectural mindset with excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to balance technical excellence with business outcomes
- Passion for designing scalable and reusable cloud solutions
- Comfortable operating across both strategic and hands-on responsibilities
- Collaborative individual who enjoys enabling other engineering teams
Why Join Us
- Shape the cloud architecture of a global quantitative hedge fund
- Work with modern AWS technologies at scale
- Influence platform standards and engineering best practices
- Partner with highly technical teams across infrastructure, development, and research
- Direct impact on the firm's cloud adoption and innovation strategy
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