Senior Kubernetes AI Infrastructure Engineer - Hedge Fund

Senior Linux & Kubernetes Engineer with expertise in AI Tooling, Automation, Observability and CI/CD / GitLab / GitOps sought by a large Quantitative Hedge Fund to support further business growth. Our client is one of the World's Elite Quant Hedge Fund Managers with large-scale, massively Distributed Systems, and ample opportunity for Engineering-at-Scale on huge big-ticket projects They boast a highly lean and flat, non-hierarchical business, which has very little in the way of siloes - unlike many of their industry peers - and therefore engineers are fortunate enough to take ownership of projects and relationships end-to-end across the firm. This operating model relies on strong collaboration and communication skills. This a newly created Platform Infrastructure team, separated out of a Core Infrastructure function, and with a focus on Platform Engineering, Developer Tooling, DevOps, plus some Production Operational Support. The team collaborate heavily with diverse stakeholders - typically peer Technology teams (Data, Software, Infrastructure....), Quantitative Development, and business users in Quantitative Research. Requirements 5+ years' professional Platform Infrastructure Engineering experience.Expertise in Kubernetes and On-Prem Linux. Experience of Planning around Production environments and Kubernetes deployments.Strong CI/CD and GitLab / GitOps working with Development teams. A track-record in Engineering for Developer Experience / Developer Tooling would be highly desirable.Programming / automation proficiency in at least one language (Bash, Python, Go, PowerShell, C...)Advanced User of AI Tooling such as Claude Code, Cursor...Financial Services experience is helpful but not a hard requirement.Communication skills, drive and passion for Engineering and Technology essential. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a highly successful and elite Quantitative Hedge Fund Manager, working with large-scale, bleeding edge technology and collaborating with diverse, world-class colleagues. Compensation is commensurately market-leading as is the firm's record of employee retention/tenure. Our client requires a four day onsite commitment in London SW1.