Senior Systems Engineer

In this Senior Systems Engineer role, you will manage and evolve a large-scale compute and infrastructure stack supporting global trading and research. You’ll drive automation and IaC adoption while migrating workloads between platforms and expanding container-based workloads on Kubernetes. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to maintain system reliability and enable self-service for hundreds of researchers and engineers. The role offers impactful work at scale, with on-call responsibilities and exposure to cutting-edge tooling. You will contribute to a culture that values automation, resilience, and continuous improvement.

• two annual days of paid leave for community volunteering
• competitive holiday entitlement
• pension/401k
• life and long-term disability coverage
• group sick pay
• enhanced parental leave

• Operate and evolve compute infrastructure across VMware and OpenStack during migration
• Deploy, configure, and maintain Linux systems at scale with OS provisioning and BMC/iDRAC config
• Advance automation with Terraform and Ansible toward full IaC coverage
• Support and grow the Kubernetes platform, enabling containerised workloads
• Diagnose and resolve complex infra issues under pressure with practical judgment
• Build and contribute to self-service platforms for researchers and engineers
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rota covering production environments
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate delivery and improve quality

• Linux systems administration at scale (Ubuntu, RHEL)
• Experience with virtualization (VMware vSphere, OpenStack)
• Infrastructure-as-code/configuration management tools (Terraform, Ansible)
• Experience with large-scale infrastructure projects and migrations
• Ability to operate in partially automated environments and fix things by hand when needed
• Scripting/automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell
• Familiarity with Kubernetes (production workloads)
• Problem-solving under high pressure and seeing through incidents
• Willingness to participate in on-call

• strong problem-solving instincts
• ability to work under pressure
• ownership mindset
• Terraform
• Ansible
• Kubernetes