2026 Graduate IT Infrastructure Engineer
Molten Ventures (formerly Draper Esprit) is a European venture capital firm that has spent twenty years backing founders and innovators driving Europe's technology transformation. It invests capital alongside experience, energy, and partnership to help visionary technology companies scale, serving high-growth startups and scale-ups across Europe.
About Molten Ventures
Molten Ventures is a publicly listed venture capital firm focused on backing visionary founders building Europe's technology future. Beyond providing capital, the firm offers portfolio companies experience, energy, and partnership to help them scale faster and go further. Its portfolio includes companies that have collectively reached more than 50 million customers, crossed the $200m ARR mark, sold more than 7 million devices, and achieved notable public market outcomes including IPOs at market caps of £1bn and nearly £9bn. The firm operates seed funds, evaluates new investment opportunities and pitch decks from founders, maintains an investor portal for its shareholders, and publishes sustainability reporting covering responsible investment and portfolio engagement practices.
Skills
About the Role
You will start your IT infrastructure career supporting the systems behind sophisticated AI engineering, helping keep engineering teams connected, productive and secure. You will discover how enterprise infrastructure supports AI compute, from servers, storage and networking to cloud platforms, automation and monitoring. You will support infrastructure operations, investigate technical issues and contribute to improvement projects. You will build practical skills in Linux, Windows, networking, cloud, scripting and infrastructure as code. You do not need to arrive as an authority - just bring strong fundamentals, curiosity and the drive to learn by solving real problems.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Maths, Machine Learning, Data Science, or a related field
- Interest in infrastructure, cloud technologies, systems engineering or platform operations
- Familiarity with Linux or Windows server environments, gained through study, projects, internships or hobbies
- Understanding of networking fundamentals such as TCP/IP, DNS, routing or firewalls
- Introductory scripting experience with Python, Bash or PowerShell
- Analytical thinking, clear communication and motivation to learn through practical problem solving
Responsibilities
- Support infrastructure operations across servers, storage, networking and cloud platforms
- Investigate technical issues affecting engineering teams
- Contribute to infrastructure improvement projects
- Build practical skills in Linux, Windows, networking, cloud, scripting and infrastructure as code
Benefits
- Flexible working
- Generous leave
- Retirement planning support: up to 5% matched pension
- Phantom equity
- Thoughtfully designed office spaces with free food and an on-site barista
- Income protection and life assurance
- Flexible benefits including private medical insurance and dental cover
- Optional benefits: dental cover, health cash plan, private medical insurance, cycle to work scheme, give as you earn