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

JR United Kingdom; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech firm is seeking a talented Linux Engineer to join their high-performance system teams. This role offers an unlimited budget for optimizing infrastructure and the chance to work with cutting-edge technology on exciting greenfield projects. You will help build and enhance next-gen Linux systems in a flexible and innovative environment.

Benefits

Flexible hours and work options

Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology

Small, growing team with significant impact

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in high-availability and low-latency environments.
• Strong scripting skills in Python and automation tools.
• Exposure to on-premise storage and Bare Metal infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize Linux infrastructure on an HPC Cluster with over 1PB memory.
• Architect a new on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Develop a new observability platform for high request handling.

Skills

Systems engineering

Scripting/automation (Python, Ansible, Chef, Puppet)

Interest in DevOps

Passionate about technology

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 system teams. They have an unlimited budget for optimizing their infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Build and optimize next-gen Linux infrastructure on an HPC Cluster with over 1PB memory, 20K GPUs, and 100k CPUs.
• Architect a new on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Work in their high-performance DevOps function, 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.

Skills/Experience:

• Systems engineering experience in high-availability and/or low-latency environments.
• Strong scripting/automation skills (Python, Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
• Exposure to on-premise storage and Bare Metal infrastructure.
• Interest in DevOps.
• Passionate about technology and willing to learn.

Selling points:

• Flexible hours and work options.
• Work with cutting-edge technology.
• Technologists report only to technologists.
• Tech professionals are highly valued and treated well.
• Small, growing team with opportunities to make a significant impact.
• Engage in exciting greenfield projects in an evolving environment.