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

JR United Kingdom; Northampton; On-site; GBP 145,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech firm in Northampton seeks a Linux Engineer to join their systems team, offering up to £200k salary plus bonuses. This role involves building state-of-the-art Linux infrastructure and contributing to high-performance DevOps projects with a strong emphasis on automation and optimization.

Benefits

Flexible hours and work options

Opportunity to work with industry-leading technology

Technologists report directly to other technologists

Top treatment for tech professionals

Small, impactful team in a growing company

Exciting greenfield projects in an evolving environment

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in systems engineering, ideally in high-availability or low-latency environments.
• Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Ansible, Chef or Puppet.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize Linux infrastructure on a HPC Cluster with over 1PB memory.
• Architect a new on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Develop a new observability platform for over 6 million requests per second.

Skills

Systems engineering

Scripting

Automation

Python

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

DevOps practices

Job description

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

Client:

Hunter Bond

Location:

Northampton, 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 their systems team. They have an unlimited budget for infrastructure optimization.

Key responsibilities include:

• Build and optimize next-generation 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 team (building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines)
• Developing a new observability platform handling over 6 million requests per second, working on tracing and OpenTelemetry, and exploring ML for Observability
• Automating processes using Python and configuration tools

This role offers an excellent opportunity for a passionate Linux infrastructure enthusiast 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 practices
• Passionate techies willing to learn are encouraged to apply!

Benefits:

• Flexible hours and work options
• Opportunity to work with industry-leading technology
• Technologists report directly to other technologists
• Top treatment for tech professionals
• Small, impactful team in a growing company
• Exciting greenfield projects in an evolving environment