Cloud Platform Engineer- Market-Leading Global Hedge Fund | London, UK

Oxford Knight; London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hedge fund is seeking a talented Software Engineer to join their innovative team in London. The role involves building a cloud platform, applying strong Computer Science fundamentals, and collaborating on complex software solutions. Candidates should possess solid experience with cloud technologies, Linux, and Kubernetes, and will benefit from a supportive culture and attractive incentives.

Benefits

Significant salary + bonus + benefits

Positive, friendly culture

Qualifications

• Experience deploying and managing services in AWS or GCP.
• Experience moving software to the cloud at scale.
• Bonus for experience with large-scale distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a modern cloud platform.
• Work with application teams on new design patterns.
• Manage security, networking, and architecture.

Skills

Linux

Kubernetes

GitOps

Infrastructure-as-Code

Terraform

Ansible

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Computer Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Job description

Summary

Industry-leading hedge fund using innovative and cutting-edge technology, with data at the core of the investment process. Great opportunity for talented software engineers with strong CompSci fundamentals to join the team using modern cloud-based technology to develop innovative solutions for the biggest business challenges.

In this high-impact role, the successful engineer will be responsible for building out and managing a modern cloud platform - security, networking, and structure - and working with application teams on new design patterns. Projects are varied and involve modern, large-scale databases (BigQuery, MongoDB), cloud-based object/file/block storage solutions, and microservices architectures.

The ideal candidate is a strong generalist and has experience of moving software from on-prem to the cloud (GCP or AWS) at scale.

Requirements

• Solid experience with Linux, Kubernetes, GitOps, Infrastructure-as-Code and tools such as Terraform and Ansible
• Experience deploying and managing services in a cloud environment (AWS and/or GCP would be ideal)
• Minimum bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineer, Electrical Engineering (or related field)
• Bonus points for large-scale distributed systems experience (design, development, operation)
• Finance experience not required

Rewards and Incentives

• Significant salary + bonus + benefits
• Build complex software solutions to solve challenging problems in agile environment
• Positive, friendly culture

Whilst we carefully review all applications, to all jobs, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.

Contact
If you feel you are suitable for this role, or would like more information, drop me an email:

Jack Peck
[e] [e-mail]
[t] [phone]
linkedin.com/in/jack-peck-448a70131

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