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

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

Job summary

A leading FinTech firm is seeking a Linux Engineer in Dartford, offering up to £200k plus an industry-leading bonus. This role involves optimizing high-performance infrastructure and developing cutting-edge observability solutions. Successful candidates should possess 4+ years in systems engineering and strong automation skills.

Benefits

Flexible hours and work options

Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology

Valued as top professionals

Small team with significant impact

Greenfield projects

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in a Linux engineering role.
• Strong skills in scripting and automation.
• Experience in high-availability environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize Linux infrastructure on an HPC Cluster.
• Architect new on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Develop an observability platform handling millions of requests.

Skills

Scripting and automation skills

Systems engineering experience

Exposure to on-premise storage

Interest in DevOps

Passion for technology

Tools

Python

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

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

Client: Hunter Bond

Location: Dartford, 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.

Responsibilities:

• Build and optimize next-generation 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, exploring ML for Observability
• Automate processes using Python and configuration tools

This is a top 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 and automation skills (Python, Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
• Exposure to on-premise storage and Bare Metal infrastructure
• Interest in DevOps
• Passion for technology and willingness to learn

Benefits:

• Flexible hours and work options
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology
• Technologists report to technologists
• Valued as top professionals in the company
• Small team with significant impact potential
• Greenfield projects in an evolving environment