Windows System Engineer - Hedge Fund

Saragossa; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Talantir in London is seeking a senior engineer to lead a greenfield server build-out and design a modern Windows infrastructure from the ground up. You will own the architecture and drive delivery end-to-end.

You will champion automation, Infrastructure as Code, and scalable engineering practices, collaborating with other engineering teams to ensure high availability, reliability, and performance in a fast-paced hedge fund environment. Strong PowerShell skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering Windows-based infrastructure at scale.
• Strong PowerShell scripting and automation capabilities.
• Familiarity with IaC approaches and modern engineering practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead a greenfield server build-out and design a modern Windows infrastructure.
• Drive automation and IaC initiatives to modernise existing systems.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure high availability, performance and reliability.

Skills

PowerShell

Automation

Tools

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Develop and support some of the most advanced corporate infrastructure environments within a leading global hedge fund. These platforms are critical to the organisation’s performance, reliability, and ability to operate at scale in a highly demanding financial environment.

This role offers the opportunity to take the lead on a greenfield server build-out, helping to design and deploy a modern Windows infrastructure from the ground up. Beyond the initial build, you will play a key role in identifying opportunities to modernise existing systems through automation, Infrastructure as Code, and scalable engineering practices. Strong PowerShell skills and a focus on automation will be essential to success in this position.

You will collaborate closely with other engineering teams to design and deliver robust solutions across server platforms, networking integration, and storage services, ensuring high availability, performance, and operational reliability across the environment.

This hedge fund is known for hiring some of the best engineers in the world, and compensation packages are highly competitive and flexible, designed to attract exceptional talent. They are genuinely looking to hire the top 1% of engineers in the industry.