Kubernetes Platform Engineer: Scale High‑Impact Research

G-Research; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive compensation

Annual discretionary bonus

Lunch provided

30 days’ annual leave

9% company pension contributions

Cycle-to-work scheme

Comprehensive healthcare

Monthly company events

Job summary

A leading quantitative finance firm in London is seeking a Kubernetes engineer to shape platforms supporting cutting-edge workloads. The role involves designing and operating secure, automated, and scalable Kubernetes infrastructure. Ideal candidates will have a strong Linux background, programming skills in Go or Python, and familiarity with GitOps workflows. This position offers competitive compensation, a supportive work environment, and numerous benefits including 30 days of annual leave and comprehensive healthcare.

Qualifications

• Strong Linux system engineering background required.
• Great programming ability in Go or Python is preferred.
• Hands-on experience with Helm and GitOps workflows is necessary.
• Experience implementing multi-tenant security controls in Kubernetes.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex performance issues across infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate custom Kubernetes operators/controllers.
• Guarantee multi-tenant security and isolation.
• Engineer GitOps-driven CI/CD pipelines.
• Drive Infrastructure as Code practices with Terraform and Helm.
• Heavily embed observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.

Skills

Linux system engineering

Programming in Go or Python

Kubernetes internals

GitOps workflows

Observability tools

Technical documentation

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

A leading quantitative finance firm in London is seeking a Kubernetes engineer to shape platforms supporting cutting-edge workloads. The role involves designing and operating secure, automated, and scalable Kubernetes infrastructure. Ideal candidates will have a strong Linux background, programming skills in Go or Python, and familiarity with GitOps workflows. This position offers competitive compensation, a supportive work environment, and numerous benefits including 30 days of annual leave and comprehensive healthcare.