HPC Engineer - HFT Firm

About This Role

HPC Engineer – Elite HFT Firm – Dubai | Up to $275,000 Tax-Free Total Compensation

I'm working with an elite HFT firm in Dubai hiring a strong HPC Engineer to join their infrastructure team.

• One of the most technically sophisticated trading environments in the region
• Small, high-calibre engineering team — real ownership, serious problems

They need a strong HPC engineer to own and evolve the compute infrastructure that powers their trading operation.

What you'll be working on:

• Designing and scaling high-performance compute infrastructure supporting live trading systems
• Optimising CPU, memory, and network performance across a latency-sensitive environment
• Managing and evolving GPU and parallel compute resources for research and trading workloads
• Building and automating tooling to monitor, tune, and maintain HPC systems at scale
• Collaborating directly with trading and engineering teams — your work has a direct line to performance

What they're looking for:

• Strong HPC engineering background — you've designed and owned these environments at scale
• Deep Linux expertise and low-level systems knowledge
• Experience with performance profiling, tuning, and optimisation across compute and networking
• Scripting proficiency in Python or Bash for automation and tooling
• HFT, quant finance, or similarly demanding environment experience a strong plus

What's on offer:

• Up to $250,000 fully tax-free total compensation
• Relocation support to Dubai
• Lean, meritocratic culture — real ownership, no corporate overhead
• Direct impact on mission-critical trading infrastructure from day one

A rare HPC opportunity at an elite trading firm — in one of the world's most exciting and tax-free financial hubs.

If you are interested, please apply! Alternatively, feel free to reach out to david@durlstonpartners.com for a confidential discussion.