Java Engineer – HPC Cluster Development & Maintenance

Future-proof and maintain Java-based cluster scheduling and control systems Ensure high availability and reliability of HPC resources Maintain and improve monitoring systems for infrastructure and client submissions Collaborate with internal stakeholders to balance resource allocation with business requirements Troubleshoot and optimize performance across on-prem and Azure-augmented environments Ensure compliance with banking regulatory requirements

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Our hybrid platform, spanning hundreds of on-premises servers and cloud resources in Microsoft Azure, delivers the high-performance, resilient computing capabilities that power a state-of-the-art trading floor. The cluster scheduling and control systems are primarily built in Java, with Apache Ignite as the clustering layer. Jobs are received from internal clients via legacy HTTP and ActiveMQ interfaces, while modern clients use an in-house API developed in Java and Python. System statistics are collected in MongoDB and Elastic/Kibana.

• Strong Java development expertise (core and enterprise-level)

• Experience with distributed systems

• Experience with Distributed Execution Engines

• Experience with NoSQL Databases

• Experience with ActiveMQ (messaging)

• Experience with Front-end Web Technologies (legacy UI maintenance)

• Experience with Python (for API and tooling)

• Familiarity with Azure Portal and Azure SDK for Java

• Familiarity with Red Hat Linux

• Understanding of banking systems and regulatory requirements

• Fluent English; German is a plus

• Bonus: Scala and C++

• Bonus: Kubernetes (container orchestration)

• Bonus: Java multithreaded development expertise

• Used to designing and developing collaboratively

• Good code review skills, pride in code quality

• Focused, capable of driving the delivery of technical changes to completion

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with the occasional priority changes and context switches

• Structured, able to follow processes systematically

• Very good English and communication skills

• Team player

• Ability to work in an agile environment

• Positive thinking personality with a can-do attitude

• Self-motivator, able and willing to work with minimal direction