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

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

Job summary

A leading FinTech firm in High Wycombe seeks a talented Linux Engineer to optimize their advanced infrastructure and work on innovative projects. This position offers a competitive salary of up to £200k plus bonuses, focusing on cutting-edge technology with a strong emphasis on systems engineering and automation skills. Join a passionate team dedicated to impactful growth in a vibrant tech environment.

Benefits

Flexible hours and work options

Work with cutting-edge technology

Significant impact opportunity

Exciting greenfield projects

Qualifications

• 4+ years experience in high-availability environments.
• Strong scripting experience in Python, Ansible, Chef, Puppet.
• Exposure to on-premise storage and Bare Metal infrastructure.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Systems Engineering

Scripting/Automation

Interest in DevOps

Passion for Technology

Job description

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

Client:

Hunter Bond

Location:

High Wycombe, 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 all of the below but spend most of your time in one main area:

• Build and optimize next-gen Linux infrastructure on an HPC Cluster with over 1PB memory, 20K GPUs, and 100k CPUs
• Architect a brand new on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure
• Work in their high-performance DevOps function (building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, etc.)
• Develop a new observability platform handling over 6 million requests per second, working on tracing and OpenTelemetry (as well as exploring ML for Observability)
• Automate processes using Python & 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)
• Exposure to on-premise storage/Bare Metal infrastructure
• Interest in DevOps
• Willingness to learn and passion for technology

Sells

• Flexible hours and work options
• Work with cutting-edge technology
• Technologists report to technologists
• Technologists are valued highly
• Small team, significant impact opportunity
• Exciting greenfield projects in an evolving environment