Data Center Engineer

2 days ago

Shanghai, Shanghai, China Polymer Capital Full time
Company Introduction
Polymer Capital Management is a market-neutral, multi-manager investment platform focused on Asia. Our goal is to discover and nurture the region's top investment talent by combining established institutional support with extensive local financial market knowledge. We were founded in partnership with PAG, one of the world's largest Asia-focused alternative asset managers, and we have been operational since 2019.

Job Brief We are seeking a seasoned data center engineer to lead the end-to-end design, procurement, deployment of data center projects. You will partner with our consultants, select vendors, oversee implementation, and coordinate cross-functional teams to deploy or migrate workloads, all while ensuring security, compliance, and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
  • End-to-end project leadership for data center build-out
  • Collaborate with local consultants to gather site requirements, review and vet mechanical, electrical, and architectural designs
  • Lead RFP process for power, cooling, rack/caging, network, security, and monitoring systems; select and manage vendors
  • Define network architecture and integrate with existing cloud
  • Architect and deploy high-performance storage and database clusters on bare-metal hardware
  • Develop migration plan from exsiting cloud to owned facilities
  • Implement neccessary security controls in accordance with financial regulations
  • Establish operational procedures: capacity planning, fleet management, incident response, DR/BCP
  • Create budgets, forecasts, and ROI models; monitor spend vs. cost-savings targets relative to current cloud spend
  • Mentor and coordinate with in-house engineers to hand off for ongoing operations
Required Qualifications & Experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
  • 8+ years of data-center design & build experience, with at least two facilities delivered from 0→1
  • Deep expertise in:
    • Power distribution & UPS systems
    • Cooling
    • Racking, cable management, and airflow containment
    • Network backbone design
  • Hands-on experience with bare-metal server provisioning, virtualization (e.g. KVM, VMware)
  • Strong background in storage and database performance tuning (PostgreSQL, KDB)
  • Proven ability to manage budgets, vendor contracts, and project schedules
  • Excellent communication skills; able to translate between business, financial, and technical stakeholders
  • Willingness to travel to the local data centers when needed
Preferred Skills
  • Prior experience in financial services or hedge-fund infrastructure, especially colo infra
  • Familiarity with cloud-to-on-prem migrations and hybrid cloud networking
  • Fluency in English
Why join us?
You'll work full-time in our centrally located office in the heart of Shanghai, alongside a team of highly driven professionals eager to learn and develop their skills. We celebrate diversity and are dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. With 12 offices across the region, Polymer teams collaborate to tackle meaningful challenges at scale.

Some of our Benefits
  • Annual paid leave  
  • Medical group insurance
Email resume to: (Subject Line: HC Department RE: Job Title)

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