Kubernetes Engineer

Arcus Search; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcus Search is seeking a Software Engineer to join a highly technical, engineering-led team in Greater London. You will work on a large-scale container platform underpinning critical systems, building core Kubernetes components and developing tools for multi-tenant environments.

You will contribute to scheduling, orchestration, and performance of distributed systems while ensuring reliability and scalability.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering background.
• Experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
• Proficiency in Go and/or Python.
• Experience building or working on distributed systems.
• Comfortable working in Linux-based environments.
• Ability to solve complex engineering problems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve core components of a Kubernetes-based platform.
• Develop tooling and services to support large-scale, multi-tenant environments.
• Work on scheduling, orchestration, and performance of distributed systems.
• Contribute to platform reliability, scalability, and efficiency.
• Collaborate closely with infrastructure and platform teams.
• Write production-quality code and improve engineering standards.

Skills

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Linux

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

A highly technical, engineering-led firm within the quant space is looking for a Software Engineer to work on a large-scale container platform that underpins critical systems.

The role

• Building and improving core components of a Kubernetes-based platform
• Developing tooling and services to support large-scale, multi-tenant environments
• Working on scheduling, orchestration, and performance of distributed systems
• Contributing to platform reliability, scalability, and efficiency
• Collaborating closely with infrastructure and platform teams
• Writing production-quality code and improving engineering standards

Scale / environment

• High-throughput distributed systems processing millions of workloads daily
• Infrastructure spanning large compute clusters and GPU workloads
• Highly automated environment with continuous deployment and change
• Performance-sensitive systems with real scale challenges

What they’re looking for

• Strong software engineering background
• Experience with Kubernetes in production environments
• Proficiency in Go and/or Python
• Experience building or working on distributed systems
• Comfortable working in Linux-based environments
• Ability to solve complex engineering problems at scale