Network Engineer – Low Latency Trading Environment
Up to £120,000 + Bonus
Remote (UK/Europe) | London Office (Moorgate)
We're working with an elite trading technology firm building high-performance, low-latency connectivity solutions powering global financial markets.
They’re looking for a Network Infrastructure Engineer to join their SRE and Infrastructure team — helping to design, automate, and support a world-class trading network spanning multiple data centres and venues. If you love solving complex networking challenges, automating everything, and working alongside highly skilled engineers in a modern DevOps-driven culture — this one’s for you.
The Role
* Research, design, deploy and support new and existing networks (hardware, routing/switching, telco circuits, low-latency technologies, data centre connectivity).
* Use “Network as Code” principles – automate with Ansible, Terraform, and coding in Python/Bash.
* Develop new features, improve observability, and enhance automation.
* Collaborate with vendors, circuit providers, and internal engineering teams.
* Support and improve infrastructure reliability across multiple regions.
What You’ll Bring
* Solid experience as a Network Engineer or Systems Administrator — ideally both.
* Hands-on coding ability
* Automation experience – Ansible, Terraform, scripting in Python or Bash.
* Understanding of low-latency networking (TCP/IP, Multicast – IGMP/PIM, Layer2/3, WAN).
* Familiarity with BGP, EVPN, Arista or Cumulus Linux, and firewall automation.
* Strong Linux knowledge (command line + admin).
* Experience with observability stacks – Elastic, Grafana, InfluxDB, Telegraf.
* Bonus: familiarity with Robot Framework, tcpdump, Wireshark, or strace.
Why Join
* Be part of a small, elite engineering team where your work has direct impact on live trading systems.
* Fully remote, with flexibility across the UK and Europe.
* Modern automation culture – everything is code.
* Competitive compensation: up to £120,000 + bonus.
* Exposure to cutting-edge low-latency, high-performance networking challenges.
Reach out via email: Jhayne@hunterbond.com