Kubernetes Software Engineer

G-Research

Greater London

On-site

GBP 70,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive compensation plus annual discretionary bonus

Lunch provided

30 days’ annual leave

9% company pension contributions

Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance

Monthly company events

Job summary

A quant finance company in Greater London is looking for an enthusiastic developer to join their Workspace Engineering team. The role involves building remote development environments using Kubernetes and enhancing platforms for high-impact research. Ideal candidates have extensive Linux experience and expertise in Kubernetes administration. The company offers a highly competitive compensation package, including a discretionary bonus, generous leave, and a strong focus on work/life balance.

Qualifications

Proven track record of solving challenges.
Extensive experience working with Linux.
Experience with Kubernetes administration in production-grade environments.
Scripting with Bash or Python for automation and task automation.
Experience with Git, GitHub, Artifactory and CI/CD tools (Jenkins/Bamboo/ArgoCD).
Familiarity with GitOps workflows and infrastructure-as-code environments.

Responsibilities

Build stable and user-friendly developer environments.
Improve platform and delivery pipelines.
Engage with users to gather feedback.
Implement continuous improvements to platform and delivery pipelines.
Align with security requirements and build protective features.
Engage with users to gather feedback and drive feature requests.

Skills

Linux

Kubernetes

Scripting (Bash or Python)

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps tooling

Python

Git

GitHub

Artifactory

CI/CD

Jenkins

Bamboo

ArgoCD

GitOps

IaC

Go development (optional)

Remote dev environments

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Prometheus

CRI-O

Cilium

Prometheus

Jaeger

Grafana

Job description

We tackle the most complex problems in quantitative finance, by bringing scientific clarity to financial complexity.

From our London HQ, we unite world‑class researchers and engineers in an environment that values deep exploration and methodical execution - because the best ideas take time to evolve. Together we’re building a world‑class platform to amplify our teams’ most powerful ideas.

As part of our engineering team, you’ll shape the platforms and tools that drive high‑impact research - designing systems that scale, accelerate discovery and support innovation across the firm.

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The role

The Workspace Engineering team develops cutting‑edge remote development capabilities. Hosted in Kubernetes, these solutions provide our engineers and quantitative researchers with reliable, repeatable and high‑performance Linux environments.

The ideal candidate will be an enthusiastic developer with a keen interest in technologies such as Kubernetes and remote development workflows, a commitment to best practices and a drive for continuous self‑learning.

We’re seeking someone with a broad technical skill set, who is adaptable and excited to work across a range of engineering challenges. You should be comfortable applying modern tools and approaches to solve complex problems and eager to contribute to a fast‑paced, evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities of the role include:

Building stable and well‑designed solutions which make it easy for customers to use our developer environments
Understanding what makes a great end user experience for our customers and building towards that
Recommending and implementing continuous improvements to platform and delivery pipelines
Understanding our platform's security requirements, and designing and building features and capabilities to protect our developer environment
Being a product evangelist, liaising with users to gather feedback and understand their workflows, providing support and working on feature requests

Who are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

A strong desire to learn and grow, and a track record of solving challenges in unfamiliar areas
Extensive experience working with Linux
Experience with Kubernetes administration in production‑grade environments, including maintaining Kubernetes clusters and managing operators/CRDs
A firm understanding of Kubernetes concepts such as containers/resources, RBAC and networking,
Familiarity with automation through scripting, for example with Bash or Python
Familiarity with development practices, such as source code management and binary/dependency management using tools such as Git, GitHub and Artifactory
Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling across the full development lifecycle, using tools such as Jenkins, Bamboo or ArgoCD, and applying these to GitOps workflows and infrastructure‑as‑code environments

The ideal candidate would also have at least one of the following:

In‑depth experience with GO development, including designing, building, debugging and optimising GO applications
Building or maintaining other remote development environments, such as Coder, GitHub Codespaces or Gitpod
Building or maintaining Linux kernel drivers and components
Use of telemetry tools and practices within a Kubernetes context, including monitoring, tracing and logging with systems such as Prometheus, Jaeger and Grafana
Working knowledge of container runtimes, in particular CRI‑O, and cloud native networking, in particular Cilium
Familiarity working with and integrating virtualised desktop technologies, such as Citrix or VMWare
Experience communicating strategy and socialising change to a wide and disparate audience

Why should you apply?