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

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

Job summary

A leading FinTech firm in Derby seeks a talented Linux Engineer to join their systems teams, tasked with optimizing Linux infrastructure and working on cutting-edge technologies. This role offers an attractive salary up to £200k and industry-leading bonuses, alongside exciting greenfield projects in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Flexible hours and work options

Opportunity to work with industry-leading technology

Small, impactful team

Exciting greenfield projects

Qualifications

• Experience in high-availability and/or low-latency environments.
• Willingness to learn and passion for technology.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Systems engineering

Scripting

Automation

DevOps practices

Tools

Python

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

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

Client:

Hunter Bond

Location:

Derby, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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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 may include but are not limited to:

• Build and optimize next-gen Linux infrastructure on an HPC Cluster with over 1PB memory, 20K GPUs, and 100k CPUs
• Architecting a new on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure
• Working in their high-performance DevOps team (building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines)
• Developing a new observability platform handling over 6 million requests per second, focusing on tracing and OpenTelemetry, with exploration into ML for Observability
• Automating 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 and automation skills (Python, Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
• Experience with on-premise storage and Bare Metal infrastructure
• Interest in DevOps practices
• Willingness to learn and passion for technology

Benefits:

• Flexible hours and work options
• Opportunity to work with industry-leading technology
• Technologists report directly to other technologists
• Highly valued tech staff with excellent perks
• Small, impactful team within a growing company
• Exciting greenfield projects in an evolving environment