Infrastructure Technology Lead

1 month ago

London, United Kingdom Man Group Full time

Infrastructure Technology Lead

The Role

The Platform Engineering team is responsible for the High Performance Compute infrastructure as well as End-User IT at Man Group. In Platform Engineering we build the foundational tech used to power our Research and Development, Front-Office Production Systems and End-User devices across a multi-national organisation. The team contains a mix of skills including Software Developers, System Administrators, and specialist Operations roles.

As a manager within this team, you should have existing experience as a technology lead. You will be a familiar with the detail of the work and be able to provide guidance and necessary leadership to the members in their delivery. This role will give you the opportunity to build the future infrastructure for Man’s hedge funds.

This is a very collaborative role, and you will work with managers and engineers across Man at all levels. The role requires you to lead engineers and communicate appropriately to stakeholders managing projects to successful delivery.

You will be an ambassador and champion for systematically improving a large technology estate, with a passion for some of: python, kubernetes, open source, automation, software delivery, developer / end-user experience, and have had an impact in engineering delivery in your previous role.

Our Technology

Our technology platform consists of a mix of Windows and Mac laptops and desktops.

In our data centres our servers run a mix of Linux and Windows (physical, and virtualized in VMWare and OpenStack). Kubernetes is widely used and all internal applications are deployed in containers. Linux is used to provide a developer/researcher desktop environment, accessed through Citrix.

Our technologists and researchers use a constantly evolving set of tools and libraries. Most of our code is in Python, with the full scientific stack: numpy, scipy, pandas, scikit-learn to name a few of the open-source libraries we use extensively. We implement the systems that require the highest data throughput in Java and C++.

We use Airflow for workflow management, Kafka for data pipelines, Bitbucket for source control, Jenkins for continuous integration, Grafana & Prometheus for metrics collection, ELK for log shipping and monitoring, Docker and Kubernetes for containerisation, OpenStack for our private cloud, Ansible and Terraform for architecture automation, and Slack for internal communication.

Working Here

Man Technology has a small company feel. It is open, transparent and collaborative, and you will have plenty of opportunity to have enormous impact on the firm. We are actively engaged with the broader technology community.

We host and sponsor London’s PyData and Machine Learning Meetups We open-source some of our technology. See We regularly talk at leading industry conferences, and tweet about relevant technology and how we’re using it. See

We’re fortunate enough to have a fantastic open-plan office overlooking the River Thames, and continually strive to make our environment a great place in which to work.

We offer competitive compensation, a generous holiday allowance, various health and other flexible benefits. We are also committed to continuous learning and development via coaching, mentoring, regular conference attendance and sponsoring academic and professional qualifications.

Technology and Business Skills

We strive to hire the brightest and most highly skilled and passionate technologists.

Essential

Excellent distributed team management and communication skills  A track record of delivering complex technology projects with stakeholder interaction Great technology skills Proficient on Linux platforms with software development experience. Ability to interact with, and develop, APIs – ideally in Python. Creativity applying technology to solve business challenges

Advantageous

An understanding of financial markets and instruments Experience with DevOps methodology and tooling for software development 

Personal Attributes

Strong academic record and a degree (or equivalent industrial experience) with high mathematical and computing content e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics from a leading university Strong interpersonal skills; able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with your team, quantitative researchers, traders and senior business people alike Intellectually robust with a keenly analytic approach to problem solving Self-organised with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with competing business demands and priorities Focused on delivering value to the business with relentless efforts to improve process Confident communicator; able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views.

Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man

Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equality of opportunity. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business, and this is embedded in our culture and values. We run a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and encourage diversity and inclusion across our firm and industry. . Man Group is also a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter.

Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme.

We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.

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