Linux Engineer - Up to £200k + Industry Leading Bonus - Elite FinTech Firm

JR United Kingdom; Basildon; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech firm in Basildon is seeking a talented Linux Engineer with over 4 years of experience. This exciting opportunity involves building and optimizing advanced Linux infrastructure and working on greenfield projects using cutting-edge technology. Candidates should possess strong scripting skills and a passion for DevOps in a dynamic team environment, where tech talent is highly valued.

Benefits

Flexible hours and work options

Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology

Exciting greenfield projects

Small team with significant impact

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in high-availability or low-latency environments.
• Strong scripting/automation skills in Python, Ansible, Chef, Puppet.
• Exposure to on-premise storage and Bare Metal infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize next-gen Linux infrastructure on a HPC Cluster.
• Architect on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines in a DevOps environment.

Skills

Scripting/automation skills

Systems engineering experience

Interest in DevOps

Tools

Python

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

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Linux Engineer - Up to £200k + Industry Leading Bonus - Elite FinTech Firm, Basildon

Client: Hunter Bond

Location: Basildon, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

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Posted:

06.06.2025

Expiry Date:

21.07.2025

Job Description:

Job title: Linux Engineer

Client: Elite FinTech Firm - Award-winning, tech-focused, run by passionate Computer Scientists

Experience Level: 4+ Years

Salary: Up to £200k + Industry Leading Bonus

My client is looking for a highly talented Linux Engineer to work in one of their systems teams. They have an unlimited budget for optimizing their infrastructure.

You'll likely work on the following but spend most of your time in one main area:

• Build and optimize next-gen Linux infrastructure on a HPC Cluster with over 1PB memory, 20K GPUs, and 100k CPUs
• Architecting a brand new on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure
• Working in their high-performance DevOps function (building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, etc.)
• A new observability platform handling over 6 million requests per second, working on tracing and OpenTelemetry (as well as exploring ML for Observability)
• Automate everything with Python & configuration tools

This is an excellent opportunity for passionate Linux infrastructure enthusiasts working with cutting-edge technology, offering a chance to make a significant impact in a growing organization.

Skills/Experience:

• Systems engineering experience in high-availability and/or low-latency environments
• Strong scripting/automation skills (Python, Ansible, Chef, Puppet) are highly preferred
• Exposure to on-premise storage/Bare Metal infrastructure
• Interest in DevOps
• We welcome applications from passionate tech enthusiasts eager to learn!

Selling points:

• Flexible hours and work options
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology
• Technologists report to technologists
• Tech talent is highly valued and well-treated
• Small team size with significant impact potential
• Exciting greenfield projects in an evolving environment