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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