151 to 175 of 344 Distributed Systems Jobs in the UK

Lead Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Burns Sheehan
Location
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
challenges through scalable, secure, and resilient technology solutions. You’ll play a key role in shaping engineering standards, leading talented teams, and delivering critical systems end-to-end. This is a hands-on, individual contributor role with major influence-owning architecture, driving technical direction, and shaping a next-generation … Corporate Actions engine from the ground up. What you’ll do Own architecture and design for a large-scale, distributed platform Lead hands-on engineering of a greenfield system end-to-end Set engineering standards and influence technical direction Drive best practice across microservices, APIs, data, and DevOps Partner ...

Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Anson McCade
Location
Gloucester, England, United Kingdom
clients. This is a Site Reliability Engineering role with real impact. You are not maintaining low-value ops processes. You are engineering reliability into systems that matter, using automation, tooling, and strong software principles to reduce manual intervention and improve performance at scale. What You’ll Be Doing Supporting … improving critical services that underpin mission-facing applications Driving automation to eliminate repetitive operational work and reduce human intervention Instrumenting systems with monitoring and observability tooling, using data to improve reliability and performance Working closely with engineering teams to embed best practices in system design and architecture Diagnosing ...

OT Solution Architect

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£750 - 800 per day + None
been introduced following unsuccessful permanent hiring efforts and requires a highly experienced contractor to provide immediate impact. The position is heavily focused on control systems resilience within Operational Technology (OT) environments , rather than broader enterprise or data-focused architecture. The successful candidate will play a critical role in design … assurance, resilience architecture, and delivery support across key OT initiatives. Key Responsibilities Act as the lead OT Solution Architect across control systems resilience initiatives Provide end-to-end architectural design and assurance across OT environments Ensure alignment between design, implementation, and operational outcomes Support architecture governance , including participation ...

Principal Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Synergetic Recruitment Group Limited
Location
Chelmsford, Essex, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Principal Software Engineer Location: Cambridge Our client is scaling a large, distributed cloud platform and is looking for a Principal Engineer to act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) across observability and cloud infrastructure. Youll be working at serious scale managing thousands of Kubernetes nodes, handling tens of terabytes … logs daily, and supporting millions of real-time metrics across a highly distributed environment. The Role This is a senior, hands-on role where you will own the technical direction and standards of the observability ecosystem. As the SME, youll define best practice, guide architectural decisions ...

Solutions Architect

Hiring Organisation
4Front Recruitment
Location
London, UK
delivery of scalable, cloud native solutions using microservices and API-driven architectures. Key Responsibilities Own and lead the development of HLDs for complex enterprise systems, ensuring scalability, security, and alignment with business objectives Design and deliver microservices based architectures, enabling modular, resilient, and highly scalable platforms Define and govern … architecture teams, promoting best practices in modern software and cloud architecture Skills & Experience Proven track record of owning HLD for large scale, enterprise grade systems Deep expertise in microservices architecture and distributed systems design Strong experience with API led architecture, including RESTful services, API gateways, and integration ...

Director of Software Engineering

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
apply, and we seek a director who will champion an inclusive hiring strategy across all their globally diverse teams. The engineering team is a distributed team across Spain, UK and Canada, and thus would require a suitable candidate to be able to work with team across these regions both … engineering processes and deliverables so the products align with design and customer needs. Team Leadership and Growth Build, inspire, and grow a globally distributed, high‐performing engineering team. Oversee recruitment, mentoring, and professional development across key engineering disciplines (e.g., platform engineering, data engineering, ML engineering). Foster an inclusive ...

DevOps Engineer

Hiring Organisation
ANRA Technologies
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
hands-on experience in CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, automation, and containerized environments. If you are passionate about building scalable, secure, and highly available systems, we’d love to connect! Key Responsibilities Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins,ensuring reliable deployments across environments Build and manage … Experience with monitoring and observability tools Solid understanding of infrastructure security Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent Experience with large-scale distributed systems Strong communication & problem-solving skills Quick learner with adaptability to new technologies No visa sponsorship required ...

Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Digital Waffle
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£70,000 - £75,000 per annum
cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and data platform engineering. The Role You'll work across Azure cloud infrastructure and data platforms, helping to build scalable, secure systems and improve how data flows across the organisation. You'll also play a key role in improving deployment processes, system reliability, and overall platform … Experience with Kafka or similar streaming platforms Experience with Databricks or modern data platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Synapse, BigQuery) Strong understanding of data pipelines and distributed systems Focus on automation, scalability, and reliability Nice to Have Lakehouse or large-scale data platform experience Observability tooling (Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus) SaaS ...

Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
SCC
Location
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Month Contract – Birmingham – SCC Flex Contract We are looking for an experienced Site Reliability Engineer (DV, NPPV3 cleared) to support highly secure, business‐critical systems in Birmingham, working across Linux environments, cloud and on‐prem infrastructure, container platforms (Docker/Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines and enterprise monitoring tools. … Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps. Strong understanding of networking, security principles and access controls in secure environments. Ability to troubleshoot complex, distributed systems under pressure. If you are a Site Reliability Engineer (DV, NPPV3 cleared) looking for a high-impact contract in a secure Birmingham ...

Java Software Engineer - Java, Low-latency, financial services background, and hands on coding skills

Hiring Organisation
Ubique Systems
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
latency systems. - Strong understanding of multithreading, concurrency, and performance optimization. - Experience with frameworks and libraries such as Spring, Hibernate, and Netty. - Familiarity with distributed systems and network protocols. - Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail. - Effective communication and leadership skills. OTHER REQUIREMENTS (OPTIONAL) - Knowledge of financial services ...

Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Anson Mccade
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, North East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
large-scale data platforms (3+ years) Proficiency in Java or Python Hands-on experience with streaming technologies (Kafka/Flink preferred) Good understanding of distributed systems and cloud platforms (AWS ideally) Experience with CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps practices Why consider this role? Work ...

Lead Software Developer - FDS Squad

Hiring Organisation
Amber Labs
Location
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
engineers Collaborate closely with: Product managers/QA engineers/Analysts Ensure alignment with shared engineering standards and practices Strong experience with: Microservices and distributed systems design Support delivery in fluid and evolving requirement environments Drive continuous improvement in: Code quality/Development practices/Team collaboration Essential ...

Senior Software Developer

Hiring Organisation
Birketts LLP
Location
Sevenoaks, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
solutions on Microsoft Azure Understanding of Azure services such as Azure functions, Azure App Services, Azure SQL, Service Bus Solid grasp of microservices architecture, distributed systems, and inter-service communication patterns Experience of API design principles and building performant REST APIs Understanding of development best practices – SOLID, unit ...

Java Architect

Hiring Organisation
Bruin Financial & Professional Services
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£100,000 - £140,000 per annum
financial environment. This is a hands-on Principal IC role with no line management, owning architecture and driving engineering direction across a large-scale distributed system. What you’ll do Design and build Java (Spring Boot) microservices Architect event-driven systems (Kafka/messaging) Apply AI/… assisted environments Influence technical direction and engineering standards What you’ll need Experience operating at Principal/Staff/Architect level Strong Java and distributed systems background Hands-on AI/ML experience (Python or similar) Experience with Kafka or MQ, SQL/Oracle, cloud and containerisation Nice ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Infinity Quest
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Golang (PHP experience is a bonus) • Proven experience designing and operating microservices architectures, ideally in production fintech or payments environments • Solid understanding of concurrent, distributed systems and high throughput transaction processing • Experience with event driven architectures and messaging systems (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ) • Strong experience working with relational ...

.NET Developer (AI)

Hiring Organisation
Reed
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
looking for a .NET Developer to join their growing tech team in Birmingham. This role goes beyond traditional development — you’ll be building core systems alongside AI-driven and agent-based solutions that are actively shaping how the business operates. We’re specifically looking for someone who has hands … doing: Building and enhancing core business applications, APIs, and integrations Developing scalable, modern .NET solutions Designing and implementing agentic AI workflows within business systems Integrating LLMs (e.g. Azure OpenAI) into production applications Creating automations and intelligent processes that drive efficiency Writing clean, maintainable, production-grade code Collaborating on architecture ...

Booking and Messaging Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£600 - £625 per day
like 60East AMPS , Kafka, or RabbitMQ. Reactive & Agile: Experience with Functional Reactive Programming (RxJava/Flow API) within an Agile/Scrum setup. Data & Systems: Proficiency in Spring, SQL (Sybase/PostgreSQL), and distributed systems (Zookeeper). Performance: Skilled in low-latency communication and debugging complex distributed ...

Software Engineer (.NET)

Hiring Organisation
Recipero
Location
United Kingdom
independently and collaboratively within a supportive engineering team Participating in peer code reviews to maintain high standards Troubleshooting, debugging, and resolving issues across our systems Collaborate within an agile team, actively participating in Scrum ceremonies including planning, standups, and retrospectives. What We’re Looking For 3+ years’ experience developing … Docker and containerisation Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines Nice to Have IaC experience in Azure Knowledge of OpenAPI Experience with microservices and distributed systems Understanding of OAuth 2.0 Experience with Azure Container Apps Experience working with DAPR Why Join Us You’ll be part of a team ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
mthree
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
Software Engineer – Real‐Time Python Systems (Front Office) A leading global investment bank is growing a front‐office engineering team responsible for building and owning high‐performance, real‐time systems used directly in live environments. This role is firmly hands‐on and engineering‐driven. You’ll work … throughput platforms that underpin pricing, eTrading, and market‐making workflows, with real ownership of core production infrastructure. The focus is on building robust, scalable systems rather than tooling or scripting. They’re looking for strong, switched‐on engineers who enjoy solving complex problems, working close to the end user ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
TRITANIUM
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
working with a technology‐driven organisation reinventing how operations are conducted, building systems that are safer, smarter, and dramatically more environmentally responsible. Location: London or Porto The Role We’re seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain backend containerised services that power our scalable edge‐compute … prototype services using containerised microservices Apply and challenge engineering best practices to continuously improve quality Make sound technical decisions in high‐impact areas Document systems, processes, and architectural decisions Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence What You Bring Degree in Computer Science ...

Senior Software Engineer (Sports Feed Domain)

Hiring Organisation
pawaTech
Location
United Kingdom
Sports Feed team, you will be working on integrating sports data from third-party providers, reformatting and distributing that data to different internal systems, and building scalable services that support live event handling across our platform. The team handles one of the most critical parts of our Sportsbook product … coding standards; Experience with any SQL (MySQL/PostgreSQL); Team player with good communication skills. Extra expertise we appreciate: Experience with micro services and distributed systems; Experience with gRPC; Experience with RabbitMQ/Kafka; Experience with Kubernetes. Why choose pawaTech? We make an impact and contribute to shaping ...

Principal Consultant

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
live trading. This is not a greenfield role. Success comes from adding value immediately within a large, demanding codebase — understanding existing Java and .NET systems well enough to reason about trade-offs, guide refactoring or selective rewrites, and make sound architectural decisions under pressure. The roadmap you produce … themselves. A strong candidate will actively embrace agentic AI tooling as a force multiplier — not just to accelerate development, but to rapidly comprehend unfamiliar systems, trace behaviour across services, uncover hidden dependencies, and validate architectural thinking. Combined with deep equities domain knowledge and experience building large-scale distributed ...

Senior Azure Integration Developer

Hiring Organisation
ARC IT Recruitment Ltd
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£95,000
technical designs (API specs, diagrams, documentation) Apply API security, versioning, throttling, and governance best practices Maintain and optimise integrations for reliability and performance Troubleshoot distributed systems using Azure monitoring tools Manage documentation, runbooks, and support processes Build and deploy solutions via Azure DevOps and Git Implement Infrastructure ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Aveni
Location
United Kingdom
Aveni is redefining how financial institutions use AI. We build real, production-ready agentic systems that reshape how banks, advisers and financial services firms operate, replacing fragmented processes with intelligent, end-to-end workflows. We have been recognised as Fintech of the Year for two consecutive years and awarded … advisers, analysts and banking teams. Your work will focus on: Designing and implementing robust event-driven microservices and APIs Building scalable, cloud-native systems on AWS Developing modern, responsive React front-ends Integrating LLM-powered capabilities into real-world workflows Collaborating closely with product and AI specialists to turn ...

Golang Developer

Hiring Organisation
iBSC
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 400 - 450 Daily
Golang (PHP experience is a bonus) Proven experience designing and operating microservices architectures, ideally in production fintech or payments environments Solid understanding of concurrent, distributed systems and high throughput transaction processing Experience with event driven architectures and messaging systems (eg Kafka, RabbitMQ) Strong experience working with relational ...