Systems Engineer (HPC/Cloud)

Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong; hybrid working opportunities available

Company

hirify.global is a global quantitative trading firm that develops electronic trading infrastructure and operates independent systematic trading teams.

What you will do

• Design, support, and operate HPC compute and storage infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Maintain and improve large-scale Linux systems covering compute, storage, networking, automation, and monitoring.
• Troubleshoot issues across operating system, storage, networking, and cluster scheduling layers.
• Manage batch and containerized CPU and GPU workloads across diverse compute resources.
• Develop cloud infrastructure on GCP, AWS, and Azure, together with HPC management tools, access modules, and internal libraries.
• Build observability pipelines, analyze system performance, automate repetitive workflows, and manage deployments and infrastructure lifecycle processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• 1–5 years of relevant experience in Linux systems, DevOps, HPC, or infrastructure engineering.
• Strong knowledge of Linux internals, including process scheduling, virtual memory, filesystems, and networking.
• Experience with distributed or networked storage, at least one major cloud provider, and Infrastructure-as-Code or configuration management tools.
• Strong scripting or programming skills in Python, Go, or Bash, plus hands-on experience with Docker or Podman and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of TCP/IP, Ethernet, hardware and server components, troubleshooting, automation, and end-user experience.

Nice to have

• Experience managing GPU-based compute platforms and hybrid on-premises/cloud HPC environments.
• Exposure to CI/CD systems, release automation, performance tuning, scalability, and systems optimization.
• Experience with batch schedulers such as Slurm or HTCondor.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, welcoming, and diverse workplace with limited hierarchy and an emphasis on respectful teamwork.
• Generous paid time off policies and regional savings plans and financial wellness tools.
• Hybrid working opportunities.
• Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks, plus in-office wellness experiences and selected wellness reimbursements.
• Company-sponsored sports teams, fitness events, volunteer opportunities, charitable giving, social events, and continuous learning workshops.