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Kubernetes Platform Engineer
Location: London (Hybrid – 3 days per week)
Salary: Highly Competitive + Bonus + Excellent Benefits
A Tier 1 systematic trading firm is looking for an experienced Kubernetes Platform Engineer to help build and evolve the infrastructure that powers world-class quantitative research and trading.
This is an opportunity to work on highly scalable Kubernetes platforms supporting everything from GPU-intensive machine learning workloads to ultra-low latency trading systems.
The role
You'll design, build and operate secure, highly automated Kubernetes infrastructure while partnering closely with researchers and engineers to deliver reliable, high-performance platforms.
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Key responsibilities
- Design and operate Kubernetes infrastructure at scale
- Develop custom Kubernetes operators and controllers
- Drive Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Helm
- Build GitOps pipelines with ArgoCD and FluxCD
- Implement observability using Prometheus, Grafana and OpenTelemetry
- Improve platform security through RBAC and OPA/Gatekeeper
- Collaborate with engineering teams to improve developer experience
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Requirements
- Strong Linux engineering background
- Excellent Go or Python skills
- Deep Kubernetes knowledge
- Helm, Terraform and GitOps experience
- Prometheus, Grafana and OpenTelemetry
- Experience with Kubernetes security and multi-tenant environments
This is an opportunity to work on some of the most technically challenging Kubernetes platforms in the financial markets while joining a collaborative engineering culture focused on automation, scalability and reliability.
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