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

JR United Kingdom; Southampton; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An elite FinTech firm in Southampton is seeking a passionate Linux Engineer to join its systems team. The role offers an exciting opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in a collaborative environment focused on infrastructure optimization and DevOps practices, allowing significant impact in a growing company.

Benefits

Flexible working hours and options

Work with cutting-edge technology

Direct reporting to technologists

Top treatment for tech staff

Significant impact in a small growing team

Engagement in exciting greenfield projects

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize the next-generation Linux infrastructure.
• Architect a new on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Develop a new observability platform with high traffic handling.

Skills

Systems engineering

Scripting

Automation

Interest in DevOps practices

Tools

Python

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

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

Client:

Hunter Bond

Location:

Southampton, 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 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 high-performance DevOps, including building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines
• Developing a new observability platform handling over 6 million requests per second, working with tracing, 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/automation skills (Python, Ansible, Chef, Puppet) preferred
• Experience with on-premise storage and Bare Metal infrastructure
• Interest in DevOps practices
• Willingness to learn and passion for technology

Benefits:

• Flexible working hours and options
• Work with the most cutting-edge technology in the industry
• Technologists report directly to other technologists
• Top treatment for tech staff
• Small team in a growing company allows for significant impact
• Engagement in exciting greenfield projects in an evolving environment