Senior Storage Engineer

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global quantitative investment firm is seeking a Senior Storage Engineer to join their core infrastructure team in London. The role involves building and supporting scalable storage systems for advanced AI/ML and HPC workloads. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with Linux-based storage systems and a strong understanding of various protocols and DevOps tools.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in large-scale, Linux-based storage systems.
• Deep knowledge of storage protocols and technologies.
• Strong performance tuning and benchmarking skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and support high-performance, scalable storage systems.
• Collaborate with research and trading teams.
• Work in a fast-paced, technical environment.

Skills

Linux-based storage systems

NFS

S3

CEPH

Lustre

GPFS

ROCE

Infiniband

Performance tuning

Benchmarking

DevOps tooling

Python

Golang

Monitoring tools

Observability tools

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab

Jenkins

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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We’re partnering with a leading global quantitative investment firm to find a Senior Storage Engineer to join their core infrastructure team.

In this role, you'll work closely with research and trading teams to build and support high-performance, scalable storage systems powering advanced AI/ML and HPC workloads. The environment is fast-paced, deeply technical, and highly collaborative.

What we’re looking for:

• 6+ years of experience in large-scale, Linux-based storage systems
• Deep knowledge of protocols and technologies such as NFS, S3, CEPH, Lustre, GPFS, ROCE, and Infiniband
• Strong performance tuning and benchmarking skills (storage, network, Linux kernel)
• Solid experience with DevOps tooling (Terraform, Ansible, GitLab, Jenkins)
• Proficiency in Python, Golang, or similar languages
• Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools like Splunk, Prometheus, and Grafana
• Bonus: experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

If you're passionate about high-performance infrastructure and want to work at the intersection of research, trading, and cutting-edge technology, make an application or reach out for a chat!