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

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

Job summary

A leading firm in the FinTech sector seeks a Linux Engineer with 4+ years' experience. This role involves optimizing a high-performance computing environment, developing infrastructure solutions, and working within a dedicated DevOps team, offering the chance to impact in an innovative setting.

Benefits

Flexible hours and work options

Opportunity to work with industry-leading technology

Small, impactful team

Greenfield projects

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in systems engineering.
• Strong skills in scripting and automation.
• Experience in high-availability and low-latency environments.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Systems Engineering

Scripting

Automation

DevOps

Technology Passion

Tools

Python

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

Job description

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

Client:

Hunter Bond

Location:

Portsmouth, Hampshire, 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 seeking a highly talented Linux Engineer to join their systems team. They have an unlimited budget for infrastructure optimization.

Key responsibilities include:

• 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 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 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) preferred
• 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 industry-leading technology
• Technologists report to technologists
• Tech professionals are highly valued
• Small, impactful team in a growing company
• Greenfield projects in an evolving environment