Kubernetes Platform Specialist
🚀 Kubernetes Platform Specialist – Hedge Fund Opportunity
Actus Search are currently supporting a global hedge fund in hiring a Kubernetes Platform Specialist to join a high-impact engineering team powering research and trading workflows.
This is a hands-on platform engineering role where Kubernetes sits at the core of how cutting-edge quantitative research moves into production.
🔧 What you’ll be doing
- Designing and scaling Kubernetes-native orchestration used by hundreds of internal teams
- Owning cluster capacity and workflow orchestration supporting research delivery and trading deployments
- Building and enhancing platform capabilities across:
- Kubernetes ecosystem
- Service mesh (Istio)
- Serverless (Knative)
- GitOps (ArgoCD)
- CI/CD pipelines
- Observability stack
- Delivering impactful projects (e.g. GPU scheduling, networking enhancements, platform hardening)
🧠 What makes this role stand out
- Direct impact on quant research and trading systems
- High ownership — you’ll lead EPICs and drive engineering decisions
- Close collaboration with quant researchers and platform teams
- Strong mentorship and clear opportunities to expand into adjacent platform areas
📍 Working model
- 4 days onsite / 1 day remote
💡 Ideal background
- Strong experience with Kubernetes in production environments
- Exposure to cloud-native tooling and platform engineering
- Interest in high-performance, data-driven environments (finance experience not required)
If you're interested in building large-scale, high-performance platforms in a fast-moving environment, feel free to reach out or apply directly.