Linux Engineer - Platform Automation

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hedge fund in London seeks a Linux Engineer to enhance platform automation and optimise systems for low-latency trading. The ideal candidate will design and maintain robust infrastructure and drive efficiency through advanced tools like Ansible and Terraform in a dynamic, supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with optimising Linux systems for low-latency applications.
• Proficiency in automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform.
• Strong understanding of performance tuning and sustainability in infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain global infrastructure across data centres.
• Tune Linux kernels for speed and stability.
• Automate processes to improve scalability and resilience.

Skills

Linux systems optimisation

Infrastructure as Code

Ansible

Python

Terraform

Job description

Linux Engineer - Platform Automation, London (City of London)

Join a high-performance platform engineering team at a smaller Hedge Fund.

You'll play a key role in optimising Linux systems that power low-latency trading and LLM workloads.

You'll design and maintain global infrastructure across data centres and co-lo facilities, tune Linux kernels for speed and stability, and drive efficiency through Infrastructure as Code using tools like Ansible, Python, and Terraform.

You'll also lead continuous improvement efforts, automating processes to boost scalability and resilience.

This is a role for engineers who think in milliseconds and build for scale.

The fund operates more in line with a fintech than an established hedge fund.

It’s a 250-person business, with fast-paced environment.

There is limited red tape, and engineers are empowered to make decisions and implement change.

Are you the innovative engineer they're looking for?