76 to 100 of 680 Distributed Systems Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Systems Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Archangel Lightworks Ltd
Location
Oxford, Oxfordshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Space Agency, the UKs Department of Science and Technology (DSIT) and the UK Ministry of Defence. About the job As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will play a critical role in the specification, design, integration, and test of our Optical Ground Stations and other products. This role involves working … closely with internal engineering teams, external partners, and customers to ensure the systems support our operational needs and enables smooth integration with partner systems. You will be responsible for defining system and sub-system requirements, designing architecture, ensuring robust integration, and supporting the deployment and maintenance of ground stations. ...

Forward Deployed Engineer

Location
Reading, England, United Kingdom
solutions for them. You will work directly with strategic clients to design and implement scalable technical integrations, define production-ready workflows, and ensure AI systems transition from experimentation to reliable deployment. This is a hands-on engineering role with strong product and client-facing responsibilities. Location & Travel: Preferred location … qualified candidates Frequent travel to client sites may be required (depending on client needs) Responsibilities: AI Deployment Architecture: Design and implement integrations between client systems and CloudFactory’s platform Architect scalable agentic AI & human-in-the-loop workflows Define data ingestion, transformation, and feedback loops Evaluate system bottlenecks (latency ...

Engineering Manager - Core Infrastructure (Remote)

Hiring Organisation
CrowdStrike
Location
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 70 K
here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count … Configuration Management (Chef, Puppet, Salt or similar solutions)Experience in Provisioning & Orchestration (Pulumi, Terraform, Ansible, Temporal or similar solutions)Experience with immutable architecture and distributed systems design.Experience in software development, design patterns, data structures and algorithms ( Python or Go )Experience with large-scale, business-critical Linux environments.Experience operating ...

Software Engineer

Location
Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
experience needed to set credible architectural direction and drive outcomes without dependency on external product managers. You will own end-to-end delivery across distributed systems, integrations, data, and infrastructure. This is an excellent opportunity for a seasoned engineer who has been there before — someone who can walk … that scales. Requirements We value deep, proven engineering experience over academic qualifications. The ideal candidate brings a track record of building and owning complex systems — someone who has seen what good looks like and knows how to get there. They are comfortable operating across multiple domains — backend, data, integration ...

Senior Software Engineer

Location
Belfast City District, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Role We’re looking for experienced Senior Software Engineers who enjoy building scalable systems, working with cloud infrastructure, and delivering high-quality software in production environments. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering and cloud/platform engineering. You’ll be designing, building, and operating modern software … Develop cloud‐native applications across AWS, Azure, or GCP Contribute to system architecture and make key technical decisions Build and integrate APIs, event‐driven systems, and distributed applications Collaborate with platform teams to ensure reliable, scalable deployments Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and improve engineering workflows Leverage ...

Senior Software Engineer C# .Net

Hiring Organisation
Client Server
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 100 K
direction.As a senior member of the engineering team, you will design and develop business-critical backend services using modern C# and .Net, working on distributed systems that process large volumes of data with demanding performance and reliability requirements. You'll be involved throughout the software lifecycle, from technical … environment is particularly well suited to engineers with strong computer science foundations who enjoy tackling challenging problems, debating technical approaches and continuously improving both systems and engineering practices.About you:You have achieved a minimum 2.1 BSc in Computer Science or similar technical discipline from a top tier/Russel ...

Senior Software Engineer C# .Net

Hiring Organisation
Client Server
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, North East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
senior member of the engineering team, you will design and develop business-critical backend services using modern C# and .Net, working on distributed systems that process large volumes of data with demanding performance and reliability requirements. You'll be involved throughout the software lifecycle, from technical design … environment is particularly well suited to engineers with strong computer science foundations who enjoy tackling challenging problems, debating technical approaches and continuously improving both systems and engineering practices. About you: You have achieved a minimum 2.1 BSc in Computer Science or similar technical discipline from a top tier/ ...

Platform Technical Lead (OpenShift) - Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Hiring Organisation
Tesco
Location
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 70 K
equivalent; defining SLIs/SLOs and designing alerting that reflects service health rather than component noise.Designing and operating fault-tolerant, highly available, high-throughput distributed systems, including platform integration with enterprise networking (load balancing, DNS, BGP concepts) and identity (LDAP/OIDC, certificate management).CKA/… equivalent; defining SLIs/SLOs and designing alerting that reflects service health rather than component noise.Designing and operating fault-tolerant, highly available, high-throughput distributed systems, including platform integration with enterprise networking (load balancing, DNS, BGP concepts) and identity (LDAP/OIDC, certificate management).CKA/ ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
IO Associates
Location
Bath, Somerset, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£500 - 550 per day
working on Design, build and operate reliable, scalable backend services Own areas of the platform, including architecture and technical direction Build resilient APIs and distributed systems within a regulated financial environment Work with AWS serverless technologies , including Lambda, SQS, EventBridge and API Gateway Work with MongoDB and document … contribute to engineering standards and best practice Key Skills Strong Node.js & TypeScript Strong system design and architecture AWS & Serverless MongoDB/document databases Distributed systems, observability and incident management CI/CD and production operations Experience working in a regulated environment , ideally FinTech or financial services Comfortable owning ...

Senior Software Engineer

Location
Burgess Hill, England, United Kingdom
Oversee technical aspects of regional EMEA, APA, and LATAM corporate hierarchy and limits applications Maintain secure, resilient, and highly available critical systems Contribute to modernization of mainframe-based systems toward scalable, cloud-aligned architectures Maintain and enhance COBOL/DB2-based applications Advance distributed, API-driven … features affecting multiple platforms and products Review own work and lead reviews of colleagues’ work Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (or equivalent experience) 5+ years of experience in mainframe application development using COBOL, JCL, CICS, and DB2 Proven track record of maintaining ...

Principal Test Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Vitality
Location
Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 60 K
technical leadership and subject matter expertise across test engineering disciplines, acting as a recognised authority on testing standards and best practiceDrive quality across complex distributed systems, including microservices, APIs and multi-system integrations, ensuring solutions are fit for purpose and resilientInfluence technical and business stakeholders at all levels … passion for embedding quality throughout the software development lifecycle. Strong technical capability in a modern programming language, combined with experience testing APIs, microservices and distributed systems within cloud-based environments. Experience defining and implementing testing strategies, frameworks, governance and quality standards that drive consistency, efficiency and engineering excellence ...

Principal Test Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Vitality
Location
Stockport, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 60 K
technical leadership and subject matter expertise across test engineering disciplines, acting as a recognised authority on testing standards and best practiceDrive quality across complex distributed systems, including microservices, APIs and multi-system integrations, ensuring solutions are fit for purpose and resilientInfluence technical and business stakeholders at all levels … passion for embedding quality throughout the software development lifecycle. Strong technical capability in a modern programming language, combined with experience testing APIs, microservices and distributed systems within cloud-based environments. Experience defining and implementing testing strategies, frameworks, governance and quality standards that drive consistency, efficiency and engineering excellence ...

HPC Infrastructure Site Reliability Engineer

Location
Gloucester, England, United Kingdom
ultra‐low latency are non‐negotiable. Role Overview We are looking for a senior Infrastructure Site Reliability Engineer with deep experience operating large‐scale distributed systems and recent hands‐on expertise in high‐performance computing (HPC) and AI infrastructure. This is an operations‐first SRE role, working … spanning network engineering, infrastructure SRE, Platform SRE, infrastructure tooling engineers (software) and data centre operations. The ideal candidate has progressed through large‐scale, globally distributed or multi‐site infrastructure environments and has more recently specialised in GPU‐accelerated HPC systems. This role provides exposure to the latest high‐density ...

Software Engineer (Mid and Senior Levels)

Hiring Organisation
One Big Circle Ltd
Location
City Of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
interest from applicants with partial or adjacent skills and backgrounds, to fill a number of different roles within each capability area. Device & Embedded Software Systems Embedded Linux, C++/Python, embedded systems, multi-sensor and camera-based devices (including thermal and line-scan), data acquisition and edge processing … device-to-cloud pipelines, networking, system integration, hardware/software collaboration, field diagnostics, performance optimisation, secure and robust systems, Linux build systems (e.g. Yocto), media pipelines (e.g. GStreamer), FFMPEG, IoT devices, sensor data processing, signal conditioning, computer vision, FPGA exposure, electronics fundamentals. Platform Engineering Cloud infrastructure, AWS, distributed ...

Senior Software Engineer – Live & VOD Video Infrastructure

Hiring Organisation
Roku
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 80 K
build large-scale video infrastructure powering Live and VOD streaming workflows at Roku. In this role, you will collaborate with video engineers to build systems responsible for ingesting, processing, and delivering large volumes of video content. You will design and maintain resilient, cloud-native services that operate continuously … scale, solving complex distributed systems challenges across high-throughput media pipelines. This position requires hands-on software development, including writing new code and maintaining existing codebases across critical video infrastructure. The ideal candidate brings deep experience in backend systems engineering and a passion for building reliable, performant ...

Systems Research Engineer

Hiring Organisation
European Tech Recruit
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Systems Research Engineer | AI Infrastructure | C++ Systems Engineering One of the largest telecommunications companies in the world is looking for an experienced researcher to join the company in Edinburgh. The Vision We are currently scaling a world-class research team in Edinburgh to redefine the foundational software stack … era. As AI transitions from experimental to "agentic" and "AI-native" infrastructure, we are building the super-node clusters and distributed architectures that will power the next generation of global data centres. This is a unique hybrid role positioned at the intersection of academic-grade systems research ...

Software Architect - Python & .NET.

Hiring Organisation
Computer Futures
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands (County), United Kingdom
Salary
£ 80 K
delivery, providing practical technical leadership to development teams while defining a scalable, long-term architectural approach.Define the software architecture for complex automation and systems integration projects.Design scalable, secure and maintainable applications using C#/.NET, Python and Django.Establish clear architectural standards, design principles and technology roadmaps.Translate customer, operational … engineering requirements into practical technical solutions.Design platforms that integrate business applications, databases, automation systems, third-party products and physical equipment.Define service boundaries, APIs, data flows, interface specifications and integration patterns.Produce architecture diagrams, technical designs, data models and supporting documentation.Design distributed, event-driven and service-based software solutions.Provide technical ...

Java Engineer with AI

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
South West London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
with AI expertise to design, develop, and deploy intelligent, scalable applications. You will work at the intersection of backend engineering and artificial intelligence, building systems that integrate machine learning models, data pipelines, and cloud-native services. This role is ideal for someone passionate about clean architecture, performance optimization … world business challenges. Requirements Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain high-performance Java-based applications Integrate AI/ML models into production-grade backend systems Build RESTful APIs and microservices using modern Java frameworks Collaborate with data scientists to deploy and scale machine learning solutions Optimise system performance, scalability ...

Lead Software Engineer - Public Cloud, Foundational Infra Platforms

Hiring Organisation
JP Morgan Chase
Location
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 80 K
Azure, or Google CloudHands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code, applied from a software engineering perspectiveExperience designing, developing, and maintaining production software systems consumed by other engineering teamsExperience owning technical design decisions and mentoring other engineersKnowledge of cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, and microservices design … within team practicesPreferred qualifications, capabilities, and skillsExperience engineering and supporting high-volume production platforms, including release engineering, continuous delivery, and automated testing strategyBackground in systems design and systems engineering at platform level, ideally including the full operational lifecycle — standing a platform up, running it, and recovering itDepth ...

Lead Software Engineer - Public Cloud, Foundational Infra Platforms

Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Google Cloud Hands-on experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code, applied from a software engineering perspective Experience designing, developing, and maintaining production software systems consumed by other engineering teams Experience owning technical design decisions and mentoring other engineers Knowledge of cloud-native architecture, distributed systems … Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills Experience engineering and supporting high-volume production platforms, including release engineering, continuous delivery, and automated testing strategy Background in systems design and systems engineering at platform level, ideally including the full operational lifecycle — standing a platform up, running it, and recovering it Depth ...

Senior AI Engineer

Hiring Organisation
MarkIT Placements
Location
Didcot, Oxfordshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
From £700 to £900 per day
experience IR35: Outside IR35 Start Date: Immediate About the Role We are working with a fast-growing UK frontier technology company developing advanced AI systems for organisations operating in complex, high-stakes environments. The business is looking for a Senior Applied AI Engineer to take genuine technical ownership … production-grade agentic AI systems. This is a builder's role rather than an integration role . You will design and implement sophisticated AI systems from the ground up, make architecture-level decisions, write production-quality software and own features through to deployment. The focus is on turning rapidly ...

Principal Software Engineer - Full Stack - AI

Location
York and North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
agent architectures, and building/consuming Model Context Protocol (MCP) services. System Observability & Quality: Strong experience with application observability, logging, and performance monitoring across distributed backend systems and frontend applications. Communication & Collaboration: Exceptional communication skills with a demonstrated ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and design teams … financial planning, business analytics, or related enterprise SaaS environments. Community Contributions: Contributions to open‐source agent frameworks, MCP servers, or published research in distributed systems or Generative AI. Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusionand Belonging (DEIB) We believe attracting and retaining the best talent and fostering an inclusive ...

Machine Learning Engineering Lead

Hiring Organisation
RELX Group
Location
Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
Salary
£ 70 K
Engineering LeadAre you passionate about designing and deploying intelligent machine learning solutions that drive business impact Do you enjoy leading teams, building scalable ML systems, and turning complex data into innovative products and services About the team:We are a software engineering team responsible for developing and supporting business … Engineering, supporting production AI/ML, LLM/RAG, and agentic workflow capabilities for legal content products. In addition to writing code on complex systems, this position provides technical direction on architecture, MLOps, responsible AI, legacy system integration, AWS-based delivery, and AI-assisted development practices. The position does ...

Principal Vulnerability Researcher

Location
Metropolitan Borough of Solihull, England, United Kingdom
technologies and uncovering previously unknown security vulnerabilities. You will tackle highly ambiguous challenges, connect insights across multiple domains, and help shape how future telecom systems are secured. Build Capability & Research Excellence – Act as a mentor and role model for researchers across the organisation, fostering a culture of curiosity, collaboration … World- Class Lab – Operate within a cutting- edge research environment where exploration and experimentation are encouraged. You will have the freedom to deconstruct systems, challenge assumptions, discover new attack vectors, and develop innovative approaches that strengthen telecom security at scale. Successful Applicants must be able to commute ...

Platform Engineer – Infrastructure & Cloud Systems

Location
Crawley, England, United Kingdom
that efficiently and responsibly resolve complex natural resource, digital, energy transition and infrastructure challenges.**Job Details**Viridien is seeking a **Platform Engineer – Infrastructure & Cloud Systems** to design, build, and improve infrastructure and platform systems that support software deployment and execution across large-scale, distributed environments.You will work … across multiple layers of the stack, including infrastructure platforms, container orchestration, authentication systems, and observability tooling. This role focuses on building scalable, reliable systems and ensuring strong integration between infrastructure and higher-level platforms.**About The Team**You will join a team focused on infrastructure and platform engineering ...