Linux Systems Engineer – HFT
Quant Capital · London, England ·
Overview In this role you will support a UK-based, high-frequency trading infrastructure expanding over the next 6–12 months. You'll work within a small, cross-functional team to maintain hardware, networking, and software build pipelines that enable ultra-low latency trading.
You'll shape automation and tooling to scale operations for a high-performance environment. This is a hands-on, technically sharp role with mentoring and clear potential for career growth in a fast-paced culture. Pay / Benefits training and mentoring competitive bonus opportunity for career progression inclusive culture with relaxed environment London-based role hands-on exposure to cutting-edge tech Responsibilities Support and scale the UK infrastructure for low-latency trading systems Triage, troubleshoot, and resolve complex hardware, network, and in-house software issues Manage existing hardware/software footprint and help specify/procure new systems Develop tooling and automation to improve operational efficiency Participate in software build, deployment, and maintenance processes Collaborate with cross-functional teams including developers and traders Understand and implement core networking concepts and data-centre architecture Support virtualization and hardware/networking components as part of the HPC stack Key requirements BA degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Science or similar technical field Strong understanding of Linux Python proficiency Operations experience Ability to triage and troubleshoot complex network and systems issues from hardware to software Experience managing hardware/software footprints and procurement Development of tooling and automation Good understanding of TCP and LAN/WAN networking and data-centre architecture curiosity strong problem-solving collaboration within a small team Linux Python tooling and automation development