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  • Infrastructure Engineering
  • London

We tackle the most complex problems in quantitative finance by bringing scientific clarity to financial complexity.

From our London HQ, we unite world-class researchers and engineers in an environment that values deep exploration and methodical execution — because the best ideas take time to evolve. Together we’re building a world-class platform to amplify our teams’ most powerful ideas.

As part of our engineering team, you’ll shape the platforms and tools that drive high-impact research – designing systems that scale, accelerate discovery and support innovation across the firm.

Take the next step in your career.

The role

The Core Infrastructure Engineering Team owns and operates the foundational services that G-Research engineers rely on every day, from infrastructure automation and CI tooling to the platforms that keep the business running.

As a Core Infrastructure Engineer, you will be responsible for the reliability, evolution and day-to-day operation of these critical services. You will ensure they are scalable, well-automated and meet the needs of a demanding engineering organisation.

You will bring solid infrastructure experience across Windows and Linux environments, a pragmatic approach to automation and a genuine sense of ownership for the services you support.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

  • Owning and operating Terraform Enterprise appliance, including upgrades, availability, backups and user support
  • Managing and evolving Active Directory, Windows Bastion Hosts and inventory
  • Maintaining and improving Jenkins CI infrastructure
  • Automating service provisioning, configuration and lifecycle management
  • Ensuring services are monitored, documented and recoverable
  • Collaborating with platform and application teams to deliver infrastructure solutions
  • Participating in the out-of-hours on-call rotation

Who are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

  • Experience operating and automating infrastructure services in an enterprise environment
  • Experience across Windows and Linux environments, including Windows Server and Active Directory administration
  • Strong infrastructure as code skills, with an interest in AI-driven infrastructure management
  • Experience with Jenkins pipeline management and administration
  • Scripting experience in PowerShell, Python or both
  • Experience managing self-hosted application platforms, including upgrades, patching and monitoring
  • Proven experience owning services end to end, including deployment, monitoring, incident response and improvement

Desirable experience:

  • Experience with inventory or CMDB platforms, Terraform or HCL literacy, certificate management, Kubernetes and Linux desktop support

Why join us?

  • Highly competitive compensation plus annual discretionary bonus
  • Lunch provided via Just Eat for Business and dedicated barista bar
  • 30 days’ annual leave
  • 9% company pension contributions
  • Informal dress code and excellent work-life balance
  • Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance
  • Cycle-to-work scheme
  • Monthly company events

Location: London
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Interview process

Online Application

Our assessment process kicks off with our Talent Acquisition team, who will review your application and assess your fit for the role.

Stage One: Technical Interview

You will meet with a team member – or take a remote test – where your technical abilities will be put to the test.

Stage Two: Behavioural Interview

We will set aside technical skills and focus on you.

Stage Three: Further Technical Interviews

Here, we will take a deeper dive into your technical skills and competencies.

Stage Four: Management Interviews

The final stage of our interview process is where you will meet members of your team, your future manager, and functional leadership.

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Our Benefits

Our benefits are designed with our people in mind, with a wide range of flexible options tailored to your needs.

Finance
  • Company pension scheme
  • Annual discretionary bonus scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Give as you Earn (GAYE)
  • Risk protection benefits
  • Charity fundraising matching scheme
  • Generous relocation and immigration assistance
Health
  • Comprehensive private health insurance, including GP access, dental and vision
  • Enhanced health support for male and female health, fertility, family forming, maternity and menopause journeys
  • Healthcare cash plan covering a wide range of routine and complimentary healthcare expenses
  • Employee Assistance and Wellness Programmes
Lifestyle
  • 30 days’ annual leave, with an extra five days for those who are office based
  • Enhanced leave polices to support our people and their family needs
  • Back-up dependent care for children, adults and pets
  • Complimentary travel insurance for our people and their families
  • Cycle schemes
  • Gym and Fitness membership subsidies
  • Free lunch and complimentary barista bar
  • Regular company socials
  • Informal dress code and excellent work-life balance
  • Talks from world-class guest speakers
We want benefits to work for our people and use a flexible benefits platform to support this – colleagues can opt-in or out of certain benefits and can customise cover levels depending on their lifestyle and personal needs.