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

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

Job summary

A leading elite FinTech firm is seeking a talented Linux Engineer to optimize their high-performance computing infrastructure. With an unlimited budget for technology and a focus on innovation, the successful candidate will enjoy flexible working options and work on exciting greenfield projects.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Work with industry-leading technology

Highly valued technologists

Small impactful team

Exciting greenfield projects

Qualifications

• 4+ years of systems engineering experience in high-availability or low-latency environments.
• Strong Python scripting and automation skills required.
• Willingness to learn in a tech-focused environment.

Responsibilities

• Build and optimize next-gen Linux infrastructure on a HPC Cluster.
• Architect a new on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Automate processes using Python and configuration tools.

Skills

Systems engineering

Scripting/automation skills

Interest in DevOps

Tools

Python

Ansible

Chef

Puppet

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

Client:

Hunter Bond

Location:

Swindon, Wiltshire, 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.

Responsibilities:

• Build and optimize next-gen Linux infrastructure on a HPC Cluster with over 1PB memory, 20K GPUs, and 100K CPUs
• Architect a new on-premise Kubernetes infrastructure
• Work in their high-performance DevOps team (building and optimizing CI/CD pipelines)
• Develop 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 role offers 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 skills (Python, Ansible, Chef, Puppet)
• Experience with on-premise storage and bare-metal infrastructure
• Interest in DevOps
• Willingness to learn and grow in a passionate tech environment

Selling points:

• Flexible working hours and options
• Work with industry-leading technology
• Technologists report directly to other technologists
• Technologists are highly valued and well-treated
• Small, impactful team in a growing company
• Exciting greenfield projects in an evolving environment