Principal DevOps Engineer

Company: LinuxRecruit
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

In this leadership role you will architect and elevate the DevOps foundation for a high-scale fintech platform. You will own mission-critical infrastructure, drive strategic initiatives, and mentor a team of elite engineers. You’ll shape toolchains and automation to support reliability at global scale in a fast-paced, in-office environment. Your work enables real-time performance for hundreds of millions of users and defines the future of the platform.

Pay / Benefits

  • Private health insurance
  • relocation package
  • flexible hours

Responsibilities

  • Architect and lead evolution of DevOps toolchain (Kubernetes, Jenkins, Gitlab, Terraform)
  • Optimize automation and performance across infrastructure
  • Champion containerization and high-performance base images
  • Advance monitoring with Zabbix, Prometheus, Thanos for 24/7 reliability
  • Secure infrastructure access management balancing innovation with security
  • Take ownership of mission-critical infrastructure and lead strategic initiatives
  • Mentor and guide a team of engineers
  • Drive innovation, scale infrastructure, and reinforce reliability

Key requirements

  • leadership
  • mentorship
  • problem-solving under high-stakes conditions
  • Kubernetes
  • Jenkins
  • Gitlab

Posted: September 14th, 2026