Workspace Platform Engineer (Linux/Kubernetes/DevOps) | Quant Finance Research Firm

[Up to c. £325k Comp Package | Hybrid Working]Role OverviewWe’re representing a leading quantitative research and technology firm, hiring a Workspace Engineer to join their London-based engineering function. The team is responsible for developing and operating remote developer environments, providing quantitative researchers and software engineers with secure, high-performance Linux platforms hosted on Kubernetes. This is a lean, high-impact team where you’ll work on everything from building reliable environments to designing automation pipelines and improving developer workflows. The setup offers both breadth and depth: while you’ll bring domain expertise in either Linux, Kubernetes, or software engineering, you’ll also gain exposure across the full technology stack. With upcoming projects central to the firm’s infrastructure strategy, you’ll be directly influencing how development at scale is delivered...Key ResponsibilitiesBuild and maintain stable, well-designed developer environments that balance usability, performance, and securityDevelop automation and CI/CD pipelines (GitOps, infrastructure-as-code) to streamline platform deliveryPartner with users to understand workflows, gather feedback, and design solutions that improve the developer experienceEnsure security requirements are embedded into platform design, strengthening authentication, access, and data protection controlsDevelop and enhance monitoring, tracing, and logging for Kubernetes and Linux-based systemsAct as a technical advocate for workspace platforms, documenting solutions, producing runbooks, and socialising new features across engineering teamsContribute across the team’s domain areas, while serving as a subject-matter expert in Linux, Kubernetes, or software engineeringWhat You’ll Bring...Strong programming background - ideally in Python or Go, with the ability to design, build, and debug production-grade softwareDeep expertise in at least one of the following: Linux engineering - with strong infrastructure fundamentals; Kubernetes - with experience building and operating clusters from the ground up; Software engineering - with experience delivering scalable tools and platformsHands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps tooling across the full lifecycleFamiliarity with infrastructure-as-code and automation (Terraform, Helm, scripting with Bash/Python)Experience with Go development and Kubernetes operators/controllersStrong Linux fundamentals and experience managing containers, RBAC, networking, and access controls in production environmentsAbility to troubleshoot complex system issues and drive improvements across reliability and performanceKnowledge of container runtimes (CRI-O, containerd) and cloud-native networking (e.g. Cilium)(Preferred) Familiarity with telemetry tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry)(Preferred) Experience working with remote development environments (GitHub Codespaces, Gitpod, Coder)(Preferred) Background with virtualised desktop environments such as Citrix or VMware(Preferred) Experience contributing to technical strategy and communicating change across a wide audienceSeniority level

AssociateEmployment type

Full-timeJob function

Information Technology, Finance, and EngineeringIndustries

Financial Services, Capital Markets, and Investment Management

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