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

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

Job summary

A leading FinTech firm in Guildford seeks a talented Linux Engineer with experience in building and optimizing high-performance infrastructure. You will work on exciting projects with cutting-edge technology, including Kubernetes and observability platforms. This is an exceptional opportunity for those passionate about technology and eager to make a substantial impact.

Benefits

Flexible hours and work options

Work with cutting-edge technology

Small team size

Significant impact on projects

Qualifications

• 4+ years of systems engineering experience in high-availability environments.
• Strong scripting/automation experience required.
• Passionate about technology and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize Linux infrastructure on a HPC Cluster.
• Architect a new on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Develop a new observability platform focusing on tracing.

Skills

Systems engineering

Scripting

Automation

DevOps

Interest in learning

Tools

Python

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

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

Client:

Hunter Bond

Location:

Guildford, 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.

You'll likely work on the following areas, spending 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 new on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure
• Working in their high-performance DevOps function (building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines)
• Developing 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 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/automation experience (Python, Ansible, Chef, Puppet) is highly preferred
• Exposure to 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 the most cutting-edge technology in the industry
• Technologists report only to technologists
• Technologists are highly valued and well-treated
• Small team size in a growing company allows for significant impact
• Exciting greenfield projects in an evolving environment