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

JR United Kingdom; Bath; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An elite FinTech firm in Bath is seeking a highly skilled Linux Engineer with 4+ years of experience in building advanced infrastructure. This role involves optimizing next-gen Linux systems and the opportunity to work on exciting greenfield projects in a passionate tech-focused team. Candidates with strong automation skills and an interest in DevOps are highly encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Flexible hours and work options

Work with industry-leading technology

Significant impact in a small team

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in systems engineering, preferably in high-availability environments.
• Strong scripting/automation skills in Python and configuration management tools.
• Experience with 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 a new observability platform and automate processes using Python.

Skills

Scripting/Automation

Systems Engineering

DevOps Interest

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

Client:

Hunter Bond

Location:

Bath, 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
• Architect a new on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure
• Work in their high-performance DevOps team (building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines)
• Develop a new observability platform handling over 6 million requests per second, focusing on tracing and OpenTelemetry, and exploring ML for Observability
• Automate processes using Python and configuration tools

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

Skills/Experience:

• Systems engineering experience in high-availability and/or low-latency environments
• Strong scripting/automation experience (Python, Ansible, Chef, Puppet) preferred
• Experience with on-premise storage and Bare Metal infrastructure
• Interest in DevOps
• Passionate techies willing to learn are encouraged to apply!

Selling Points:

• Flexible hours and work options
• Work with industry-leading technology
• Technologists report to technologists
• Top priority on talented tech professionals
• Small team in a growing company allows for significant impact
• Exciting greenfield projects in a dynamic environment