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Systems Research Engineer - AI Infrastructure / Distributed Systems

Hiring Organisation
European Tech Recruit
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Systems Research Engineer - AI Infrastructure/Distributed Systems We're partnered with a leading advanced technology research centre in the UK, focused on building next-generation AI-native infrastructure. They're seeking a Systems Research Engineer for AI Infrastructure and Distributed Systems to join … onsite in Edinburgh on a permanent basis. As large language models continue to reshape the software stack, this team is pioneering scalable, high-performance systems for training and serving AI at data centre scale. Sitting at the intersection of cutting-edge research and real-world deployment, the group transforms ...

AI Systems Research Engineer - LLM Optimisation

Hiring Organisation
Project People
Location
City Of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Systems Research Engineer - LLM Optimisation Permanent Edinburgh City Centre (On-site 5 days), walking distance from local transport links Salary : Competitive and negotiable, generous benefits package In an era where Large Language Models (LLMs) are rebuilding the foundational software stack, our client is at the forefront of reshaping … large-scale models are trained, served, and deployed. Operating at the intersection of advanced systems research and industrial-scale engineering, their Edinburgh-based team is driving new AI Infrastructure & Agentic Serving architectures. This role is a unique opportunity to help define next-generation large-scale data centres ...

Systems Research Engineer - Distributed Systems / C++

Hiring Organisation
European Tech Recruit
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Systems Research Engineer - Distributed Systems/C++ We are currently partnered with a globally leading research centre in the UK looking to expand their team with a Systems Research Engineer. This is an incredibly high calibre team reshaping how large-scale models are trained and served … through next-generation AI-native infrastructure and "super-node" clusters. This is a permanent opportunity based onsite in Edinburgh. Key responsibilities for this Systems Research Engineer position: Architect and implement distributed system components for AI workloads across CPU, GPU, and NPU clusters. Conduct in-depth profiling and performance ...

AI Systems Research Engineer

Hiring Organisation
microTECH Global LTD
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
seeking Systems Research Engineers with a strong interest in computer systems, distributed AI infrastructure, and performance optimization. These roles are ideal for recent PhD graduates or exceptional BSc/MSc engineers looking to build research-driven engineering experience in areas such as operating systems, distributed systems, AI model serving, and machine learning infrastructure. You will work closely with senior architects on real-world projects, helping to prototype and optimize next-generation AI infrastructure. Required Qualifications and Skills: · Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field. · Strong knowledge ...

Systems Research Engineer (AI Infrastructure & Distributed Systems

Hiring Organisation
European Tech Recruit
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
pioneering research-focused engineering team is seeking Systems Research Engineers to help shape the next generation of AI-native infrastructure. This role sits at the intersection of systems research and large-scale engineering, focusing on distributed architectures that support the training, serving, and deployment of advanced … models. The rapid evolution of large-scale AI models is transforming how modern computing systems are designed and deployed. A highly advanced research-driven engineering group is building the next wave of infrastructure that powers intelligent systems at scale—redefining how models are trained, served, and optimised across ...

Full-Stack Engineer - Java/Angular/AI - Financial Services

Hiring Organisation
Robert Walters
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£50,000 - £70,000 per annum
requiring strong engineering standards and end-to-end ownership. You will be part of a small, senior engineering team responsible for designing and building distributed systems that handle high volumes of data and transactions. The role is hands-on, with a strong focus on system design, development … production reliability. Key responsibilities include: Designing and building scalable, distributed systems using modern architectural patterns Owning the full software development lifecycle from requirements through to production and support Developing and maintaining microservices and APIs Ensuring systems are reliable, observable, and secure Driving engineering best practices across testing ...

Principal Architect – Robotics & Hardware Abstraction February 13, 2026

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
improve quality of life and extend the reach of humanity. Our newly opened Chemifarm facility in Glasgow operates a growing fleet of advanced robotic systems that automate synthesis, optimisation, and library generation. As we scale up to globally distributed facilities, we are undertaking a foundational transformation … within the Office of the CTO, you will act as the architectural bridge between Hardware Engineering and Software Engineering, shaping how our robots, control systems, and cloud services work together as a coherent whole. Your mission is to define a robust Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) that enables our universal ...

System Engineer

Hiring Organisation
European Tech Recruit
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Systems Research Engineer (AI Infrastructure) - Edinburgh - Global Leading Firm As large language models reshape the foundational software stack, next-generation AI-native infrastructure is redefining how large-scale models are trained, served, and deployed. We are driving innovation in AI infrastructure and agent-oriented serving architectures to define future … large-scale data centre and distributed AI systems. Key Responsibilities Distributed Systems R&D: Architect and implement distributed system components for AI workloads across heterogeneous clusters (CPU, GPU, accelerators). Performance Optimisation: Conduct deep profiling and performance tuning of large-scale inference pipelines, focusing ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
True North Group
Location
Watford, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£65,000 - £75,000 per annum
About the job Senior Software Engineer (Backend/Systems Design) We’re working with a well-established, private equity-backed technology business operating across multiple international markets. The company builds and delivers critical, high-availability systems within sectors that demand reliability, scalability and long-term performance. Following continued … engineering team with a senior hire. This is a senior-level Software Engineer role focused on designing, building and evolving large-scale, high-capacity systems within a complex, distributed environment. The Role Design and build scalable, event-driven and distributed systems Translate product requirements into robust ...

Golang Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Searchability
Location
Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£40,000 - £60,000 per annum
Fully onsite role in Richmond, London Strong focus on Go, Linux, and low-level networking Opportunity to work on high-performance, distributed systems ABOUT THE CLIENT We're working with a fast-growing and highly technical organisation building scalable, high-performance systems. Due to continued investment and product … building robust, production-grade systems. THE BENEFITS Work alongside highly skilled engineers in a technical environment Opportunity to work on complex, high-impact systems Clear progression within a growing team Ongoing learning and development support Stable, well-funded organisation with ambitious growth plans THE GOLANG ENGINEER ROLE ...

Golang Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Searchability (UK) Ltd
Location
South West London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£60,000
Fully onsite role in Richmond, London Strong focus on Go, Linux, and low-level networking Opportunity to work on high-performance, distributed systems ABOUT THE CLIENT We're working with a fast-growing and highly technical organisation building scalable, high-performance systems. Due to continued investment and product … building robust, production-grade systems. THE BENEFITS Work alongside highly skilled engineers in a technical environment Opportunity to work on complex, high-impact systems Clear progression within a growing team Ongoing learning and development support Stable, well-funded organisation with ambitious growth plans THE GOLANG ENGINEER ROLE ...

Technical Architect

Hiring Organisation
Beazley
Location
City and Borough of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
Transit, and patterns such as CQRS, Event Sourcing, and Outbox. Ensure effective message contracts and event schemas across domains. Integration: Oversee the integration between systems and domains, ensuring loose coupling and effective use of message brokers for both new and existing Kafka topics and streams. Technical Leadership Standards & Best … roadmaps across multiple teams Proven technical leadership skills, including mentoring engineers, influencing stakeholders, and communicating complex concepts clearly Experience designing scalable, secure, cloud‐based distributed systems and integrating solutions using modern messaging and integration patterns Technical Skills .NET Expertise: Strong hands-on experience with .NET Framework and .NET ...

SVP- Senior Full-Stack Engineer - Trading (Java/Angular/AI)

Hiring Organisation
Robert Walters
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£100,000 - £140,000 per annum
environment is highly regulated and production-critical, requiring strong engineering standards and end-to-end ownership. Key responsibilities include: Designing and building scalable, distributed systems using modern architectural patterns Owning the full software development lifecycle from requirements through to production and support Developing and maintaining microservices and APIs … Ensuring systems are reliable, observable, and secure Driving engineering best practices across testing, automation, and performance Working closely with product and engineering stakeholders to deliver robust solutions Technology Environment Java and Spring Boot (low-latency) Distributed systems and microservices architecture AI Skills mandatory Angular or TypeScript (full ...

Head of Engineering

Hiring Organisation
Whitespace
Location
Belfast Metropolitan Area, United Kingdom
delivering a range of cutting-edge applied AI products to mission-critical environments, applying the latest thinking in knowledge graphs, hybrid multi-agent systems, distributed systems, and more. You will set a clear pace, lead with high quality and security standards, and create the conditions where great … leading by example. Codify engineering standards - both ‘functional’ and ‘non-functional’ - through automated tests, to enable us to ship fast without breaking things. Build systems and practices that support both human engineers and AI agents delivering at scale into production environments.• Establish engineering foundations that make it faster ...

Software Engineer (Junior–Senior) | £35,000–£80,000+ | North East| Defence Sector

Hiring Organisation
IT Graduate Recruitment
Location
North East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£35,000 per annum
Join a high-performing engineering team delivering mission-critical solutions within the defence and national security space. You’ll work on complex, high-stakes systems where reliability, performance, and security are paramount — contributing to technology that truly matters. This opportunity is open to engineers across Junior, Mid, and Senior … chance to work alongside experienced engineers, data scientists, and domain experts. What You’ll Do Design, develop, and maintain secure, high-performance software systems Write clean, scalable code in languages such as Python, C++, Java, or JavaScript Contribute to system architecture and technical decision-making (level dependent) Collaborate with ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Understanding Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£130,000 - £160,000 per annum
Looking to build ultra-high-performance systems used by millions, while working fully remote in one of the most exciting spaces in tech? Software Engineer (C++) - Leading Crypto Trading Platform Salary: up to £160k + bonus + RSUs Location: Fully Remote in UK & Ireland We're partnered with … Engineers to join their Trading Technology team. This is a unique opportunity to work on the core of a world-class trading platform, developing systems that demand extreme performance, reliability, and scalability in a low-latency, high-throughput environment. What you'll be working on: Designing and building components ...

Data Architect

Hiring Organisation
Anson Mccade
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£90,000
have the opportunity to: Lead architecture across large-scale, high-impact data programmes Define data strategies covering migration, integration, and modelling Shape distributed data solutions across cloud and hybrid environments Influence architectural standards and engineering best practice Work across both public sector and enterprise clients Mentor engineers and contribute … growing technical capability Your Responsibilities Define architecture across complex, data-driven programmes Establish data strategy, integration, and migration approaches Analyse existing systems and map target-state architecture Define and maintain architecture principles, standards, and governance Design scalable solutions for distributed and large-scale data systems Develop enterprise ...

Data Architect

Hiring Organisation
Anson Mccade
Location
Bristol, Avon, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£90,000
have the opportunity to: Lead architecture across large-scale, high-impact data programmes Define data strategies covering migration, integration, and modelling Shape distributed data solutions across cloud and hybrid environments Influence architectural standards and engineering best practice Work across both public sector and enterprise clients Mentor engineers and contribute … growing technical capability Your Responsibilities Define architecture across complex, data-driven programmes Establish data strategy, integration, and migration approaches Analyse existing systems and map target-state architecture Define and maintain architecture principles, standards, and governance Design scalable solutions for distributed and large-scale data systems Develop enterprise ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£80,000 - £85,000 per annum, Inc benefits
Type: Full-time Seniority: Senior Level Salary: £85,000 + Bonus Are you a highly experienced Software Engineer ready to take ownership of complex systems and drive engineering excellence in a fast-paced environment? We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to play a key role in designing … cloud-based platforms. This is an opportunity to act as a technical leader: influencing design, championing best practices, and building robust, secure, and maintainable systems while working in a collaborative, high-performing team. What You'll Do Design, build, and maintain scalable full-stack applications using modern technologies Lead ...

AI Product Engineer (Full Stack / AI Systems)

Hiring Organisation
Adria Solutions
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£85,000
Product Engineer (Full Stack/AI Systems) We are building a new generation of AI-powered products and are looking for a hands-on AI Product Engineer to help design, build, and scale intelligent systems in production. This is not a pure research or infrastructure role. … APIs using modern cloud infrastructure C#, .NET Experience Develop responsive frontend applications and translate product designs into working interfaces Work with event-driven and distributed systems where required Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and operations teams to deliver customer-facing AI features Contribute to system design decisions including ...

Lead Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Daniel James Resourcing Ltd
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£85,000
will take ownership of critical platform services, lead a high-performing team, and play a key role in shaping the technical direction of systems that operate at real scale. Youll be working in an environment that prioritises: Modern engineering standards Cloud-native architecture Event-driven systems Continuous delivery … architecture. You will: Lead and mentor a team of engineers, setting the standard for engineering quality Design and build scalable, resilient, cloud-native systems Collaborate with Product and Architecture to define technical direction Drive best practices across CI/CD, testing, and modern software engineering Take ownership of system ...

Java Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Halian Technology Limited
Location
Farnborough, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 per day
Java Engineer Contract Location: Hybrid (1 day per week in Farnborough, UK) Contract Duration: Initial 912 months Rate: £500 Why this role? Complex Systems: Work on large-scale, high-throughput platforms Modern Stack: Cloud-native architecture using AWS and containers Impactful Domain: Build and evolve payment-centric systems … delivering high-scale, mission-critical platforms within the payments and data space. This role suits an experienced Java Engineer who is comfortable working in distributed systems, cloud environments, and data-heavy architectures. Youll be joining a team solving real scalability and reliability challenges, with autonomy and ownership from ...

Principal SRE - Site Reliability

Hiring Organisation
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Location
Wokingham, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 500 - 525 Daily
mandatory) Overview We are seeking an experienced Principal SRE/Platform Engineer to lead platform-first initiatives focused on scalability, reliability, and performance across distributed systems. This role requires strong DevOps expertise and the ability to design and maintain resilient cloud-based infrastructure. Key Responsibilities Lead platform-first engineering … initiatives to enhance scalability and reliability Design, build, and maintain resilient infrastructure for distributed systems Implement monitoring and alerting solutions to ensure high availability Collaborate with engineering teams to improve system reliability and mitigate risks Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support efficient deployments Recommend ongoing ...

Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Anson Mccade
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, North East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£65,000
building robust, scalable data pipelines that underpin analytics and AI solutions. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with real-time data, distributed systems, and modern cloud architectures . What youll be doing Design and build scalable data pipelines (batch & streaming) Work with technologies like Kafka … datasets What were looking for Strong programming skills in Java (preferred) or Python Experience with streaming technologies (Kafka/Flink/Spark) Knowledge of distributed systems and large-scale data processing Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) Familiarity with DevOps tools and containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes) The offer ...

Principal Engineer (Java) - up to £100,000 + Bonus - Hybrid

Hiring Organisation
Involved Solutions
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£75,000 - £100,000 per annum
used by millions of customers. This role will focus on driving engineering excellence, defining technical standards and leading the design of scalable, high-availability systems across a modern cloud-native environment. Responsibilities for the Principal Java Engineer: Define and evolve engineering strategy, standards and best practices across your domain … Lead technical direction across multiple engineering teams and programmes Design and oversee delivery of large-scale, distributed systems using modern technologies Provide expert guidance on technical risk, architecture decisions and prioritisation Support Staff Engineers and development teams with deep technical leadership Drive adoption of DevOps, CI/ ...