Linux Infrastructure Engineer

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Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer – Systems & Platform

London – Hybrid

£200,000-350,000 total


Quant Capital is partnered with a global systematic trading firm seeking a Senior Linux Infrastructure Engineer to join a high-impact platform engineering function. The team owns core infrastructure across datacentres, cloud environments and global offices, supporting both investment activity and large-scale engineering workloads.


This role suits a deeply technical engineer who understands large distributed systems, low-level Linux internals, and the realities of running secure, high-availability infrastructure at scale.


What you’ll do

• Design, operate and improve global Linux-based infrastructure

• Engineer secure, reliable systems across datacentres, cloud and hybrid environments

• Contribute to networking, operating systems, platform security and core services

• Work on configuration management, automation and CI/CD pipelines

• Partner with engineering and research teams on platform design and integration

• Troubleshoot complex issues using advanced diagnostic tools across host and network layers


What you’ll need

• 10+ years in Linux systems engineering within large-scale or mission-critical environments

• Strong Python development experience

• Deep knowledge of Linux internals and configuration management tooling

• Strong debugging skills (host-level tracing, network diagnostics, performance profiling)

• Familiarity with CI/CD and automated build/deployment systems

• Experience with Rust, Go, Java, C or C# is beneficial

• Exposure to DNS, DHCP, Kerberos, storage, and interop between Windows/Linux

• Strong communication skills and ability to work across global teams


This is a hands-on senior role for an engineer who wants to shape global infrastructure, work alongside exceptional technologists and operate at scale with meaningful ownership.

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Location:
City Of London
Job Type:
FullTime
Category:
Technology

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