Job Specifications
Validus is looking for a Platform Engineer to join our growing platform team. The team builds and maintains the frameworks, infrastructure, and tools that power our technology platform, Horizon. You'll help improve and support our AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and internal developer tooling, working closely with experienced engineers and other technical teams.
The platform team is part of the broader technology team working in collaboration with quants, frontend and backend engineers. Our teams work together to grow our technology platform, Horizon. Horizon comprises multiple applications for trade execution, portfolio management and risk analysis for alternative asset managers in various domains, such as private equity, private debt and real estate.
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and maintain cloud-native services on AWS under guidance from senior engineers
Collaborate with the Quant team to help move compute-intensive simulations to scalable cloud infrastructure
Contribute to the design and implementation of improvements to our job scheduling framework for quantitative workloads
Help integrate and maintain third-party tools (e.g., Snyk, Datadog) that support platform operations
Contribute to improving monitoring and observability across our systems
Support the containerisation of services and deployment on AWS
Help maintain clear documentation for platform projects and processes
Participate in problem-solving design discussions and contribute ideas for potential solutions.
Requirements
Solid experience with one or more modern programming languages. We require a minimum of 1+ year of commercial experience with Python (within a Platform, Back-end or DevOps setting) though are happy to consider candidates who have the bulk of their experience in a different language
Experience with AWS. We use a wide range of services, but the ones we deal with the most are Lambda, ECS, RDS, S3, API Gateway and Step Functions
Experience with databases. We use MySQL, MongoDB and DynamoDB, but experience with other database technologies would also be valuable
Experience with IaC tools such as CDK, Terraform or Pulumi
Experience in building and optimising CI/CD pipelines
Understanding of monitoring and observability tools such as DataDog or New Relic
Knowledge of architecture patterns. Experience working on event-driven microservices is a plus
Curiosity to explore new technologies. We are constantly looking for potential technologies to improve our platform
Strong communication skills in working with other teams and mentoring more junior developers
Preferred Qualifications/Experience:
Experience with financial risk management software or platforms
Exposure to Python web frameworks such as FastAPI or Django
Benefits
Validus assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $80,000 and $100,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualised basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the Validus total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include, generous bonus, and Company-sponsored benefit programs
Performance bonus linked to agreed success criteria - paid semi annually
20 days' holiday (increasing to 25 with tenure) plus bank holidays
Private health insurance (including dental, optical and mental health)
Travel insurance
Learning & development allowance and support for professional qualifications
No AI is used to screen, assess or select applicants
About the Company
Validus Risk Management is an independent market risk advisory firm specialising in the management of currency, interest rate and commodity price risk.
We help our clients navigate and manage financial risk with a hands-on advisory approach and award-winning technology solutions. Our systematic financial risk management methodology has been designed to increase risk transparency, create customised risk management solutions, and facilitate the efficient execution of hedging transactions by minimising information asymmetry b...
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