1 to 25 of 71 Distributed Systems Jobs in the North West

Senior Java Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
TechNET IT Recruitment Ltd
Location
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
Full-Time Salary: £80,000 – £95,000 + Benefits We’re supporting a fast-scaling UK digital banking platform as they continue strengthening the systems that power millions of daily transactions. They’re now looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with strong Java engineering experience and a passion … building reliable, distributed systems at scale. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working on event-driven, distributed architectures, values thoughtful system design, and wants to deliver high-impact backend work at scale. Key Responsibilities Design and build backend services using Java 11+ and Spring Boot ...

Staff Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
TechNET IT Recruitment Ltd
Location
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
their engineering organisation with strategic senior hires. They’re seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to play a key role in shaping and scaling the distributed systems that sit at the heart of their platform. This is a high-impact role for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex … architectural problems, driving technical maturity, and guiding engineering direction across multiple services and teams. Key Responsibilities Lead the design and development of backend systems built with Java 11+ & Spring Boot Architect distributed, event-driven systems that support high-volume transactional workloads Develop robust, well-typed service contracts ...

Senior Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
SRT Marine Systems plc
Location
Manchester, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Join Us at SRT Marine Systems as a Senior Java Developer Job Title: Senior Java Developer Location: 1 day/week in Cardiff office Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time SRT Marine Systems plc (SRT) are a market leader in its domain of international marine surveillance technology and systems. … customer base. The company has a global impact in the marine domain by leading the next generation of maritime domain awareness technologies, products and systems that significantly enhance, security, safety and environment protection and sustainability. Our customers are worldwide and range from the largest national coast guards to individual ...

Senior Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
SRT Marine Systems plc
Location
Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Join Us at SRT Marine Systems as a Senior Java Developer Job Title: Senior Java Developer Location: 1 day/week in Cardiff office Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time SRT Marine Systems plc (SRT) are a market leader in its domain of international marine surveillance technology and systems. … customer base. The company has a global impact in the marine domain by leading the next generation of maritime domain awareness technologies, products and systems that significantly enhance, security, safety and environment protection and sustainability. Our customers are worldwide and range from the largest national coast guards to individual ...

Senior Software Engineer - Manchester

Hiring Organisation
Zopa Bank
Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
engineering challenge Our Software Engineers don't just write code, they solve real financial problems for millions of customers. You'll work on distributed systems processing thousands of transactions daily, build resilient services that handle people's money, and create experiences that make traditionally complex financial products feel … simple. Your Impact Designing, building and running scalable backend systems using Kotlin and AWS Contributing to technical direction, team practices and architectural decisions Collaborating closely with product managers, designers and other engineers Mentoring junior engineers and helping to raise the technical bar Owning your team’s code, quality ...

Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Searchability
Location
Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£65,000 - £70,000 per annum
RELIABILITY ENGINEER ROLE: As a Site Reliability Engineer, you'll ensure the reliability, performance and scalability of critical digital platforms. You'll monitor production systems, refine SLAs/SLOs and error budgets, design scalable solutions, improve architecture through telemetry insights, and build dashboards that provide clear visibility of system … Kubernetes) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) * Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus or OpenTelemetry * Strong understanding of networking fundamentals and distributed systems* Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, operations and product teams TO BE CONSIDERED: Please either apply through this advert or email ...

Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Searchability (UK) Ltd
Location
Wigan, Greater Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£70,000
RELIABILITY ENGINEER ROLE: As a Site Reliability Engineer, you'll ensure the reliability, performance and scalability of critical digital platforms. You'll monitor production systems, refine SLAs/SLOs and error budgets, design scalable solutions, improve architecture through telemetry insights, and build dashboards that provide clear visibility of system … Kubernetes) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) * Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus or OpenTelemetry * Strong understanding of networking fundamentals and distributed systems * Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, operations and product teams TO BE CONSIDERED: Please either apply through this advert or email ...

Senior Specialist Engineer (SRE)

Hiring Organisation
UK Health Security Agency
Location
Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London (Canary Wharf), United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£41983.00 - £52113.00 a year
ensuring our services run reliably, are scalable, and perform optimally Monitor and manage these aspects while taking responsibility for multiple cloud infrastructure services Observing systems will be key to prioritising the operational service improvements and performance improvements to meet/exceed SLOs (Service Level Objectives) The role will … Write code that is maintainable, clear, and concise. Optimise system performance using strong problem-solving skills to identify bottlenecks with an engineering mindset. Ensure systems can handle current and future workloads through automation and capacity planning. Continuously improve services through observability, and identify ways to improve observability practices. Follow ...

Senior Backend Developer

Hiring Organisation
Acorn Insurance
Location
Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£75,000
depending on experience We're looking for a passionate Senior Backend Developer who thrives on solving complex problems and building systems that scale. You'll be at the forefront of creating next-generation backend services that genuinely make a difference for our customers and business. In this role … Bonus: Clean Architecture Understanding Clean Architecture and Mediator Pattern is a huge plus! If you have it, you'll help us build maintainable, testable systems that follow industry best practices. Our Tech Stack: Backend: C#, .NET 8.0, ASP.NET Core Database: SQL Server, Entity Framework Infrastructure: Docker, Azure Tools: Unit ...

Senior Java Developer - Manchester

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
projects. What You'll Do Working primarily in Java (Spring Boot, Hibernate, etc.) Drive design and architecture decisions for scalable, secure, and performant systems Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and DevOps to deliver high-impact features Conduct code reviews, establish coding standards, and promote engineering best practices Continuously … improve team workflows and development processes What They're Looking For Good expertise in Java and JVM-based systems (3+ years coding experience preferred) Solid background in system design, distributed systems, and cloud architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP) Passion for clean code, testing, and performance optimization ...

Senior Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Orbis Group
Location
Manchester, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Backend Developer – Golang/Python/Java/Tech-First Fintech – Inside IR35 Our client is a leading, tech-first fintech building backend systems that power millions of users every day. They are looking for a Backend Developer with experience in Golang, Python, or Java who can contribute … scalable, high-performance systems and help deliver impactful products. Key Responsibilities: Build and maintain backend services and APIs in a Golang-first environment, with Python or Java experience welcome Work on distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven pipelines handling millions of requests with low latency Deploy ...

Senior Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Orbis Group
Location
Warrington, Cheshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Backend Developer – Golang/Python/Java/Tech-First Fintech – Inside IR35 Our client is a leading, tech-first fintech building backend systems that power millions of users every day. They are looking for a Backend Developer with experience in Golang, Python, or Java who can contribute … scalable, high-performance systems and help deliver impactful products. Key Responsibilities: Build and maintain backend services and APIs in a Golang-first environment, with Python or Java experience welcome Work on distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven pipelines handling millions of requests with low latency Deploy ...

Senior Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Orbis Group
Location
Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Backend Developer – Golang/Python/Java/Tech-First Fintech – Inside IR35 Our client is a leading, tech-first fintech building backend systems that power millions of users every day. They are looking for a Backend Developer with experience in Golang, Python, or Java who can contribute … scalable, high-performance systems and help deliver impactful products. Key Responsibilities: Build and maintain backend services and APIs in a Golang-first environment, with Python or Java experience welcome Work on distributed systems, microservices, and event-driven pipelines handling millions of requests with low latency Deploy ...

Principal Software Engineer (DevOps)

Hiring Organisation
Oracle
Location
Liverpool, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Security team as a Principal Engineer to architect and deliver cloud-scale DDoS protection. You'll lead design for high-performance detection and mitigation systems, drive automation and operational excellence, and set the technical direction for customer-facing DDoS capabilities across OCI's global edge. This role requires deep … expertise in Linux networking data path and kernel-level networking (such as XDP, eBPF, DPDK, iptables, nftables), in addition to strong systems and DevOps engineering experience. Basic qualifications 7–10 years building production backend systems, including 3–5 years in high-scale and/or low-latency environments. ...

Principal Software Engineer (DevOps)

Hiring Organisation
Oracle
Location
Manchester, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Security team as a Principal Engineer to architect and deliver cloud-scale DDoS protection. You'll lead design for high-performance detection and mitigation systems, drive automation and operational excellence, and set the technical direction for customer-facing DDoS capabilities across OCI's global edge. This role requires deep … expertise in Linux networking data path and kernel-level networking (such as XDP, eBPF, DPDK, iptables, nftables), in addition to strong systems and DevOps engineering experience. Basic qualifications 7–10 years building production backend systems, including 3–5 years in high-scale and/or low-latency environments. ...

Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Hirexa Solutions UK
Location
Chester, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£300 - £350 per day
Oracle PL/SQL coding/debugging and MQ/NDM/SFTP integration Active involvement in designing, analyzing and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems and cloud-native microservices-based containerized applications Strong Hands-on experience of CI/CD processes/methodologies and DevSecOps toolsets Extensive Unix ...

Python Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Fundment
Location
Preston, Lancashire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Role We're looking for an experienced Python Software Engineer to join our product engineering team. You'll help build and evolve the backend systems that power our platform – working with modern Python tools and frameworks to deliver secure, scalable, and maintainable services. This includes building APIs, designing backend … systems, and developing internal tools that support our operations and client-facing platform. You'll work closely with other engineers and cross-functional teams, take ownership of complex problems, and ship production-ready code that has real business impact. You'll also contribute to design and architecture discussions ...

Chief Engineer- Financial Services

Hiring Organisation
Consol Partners
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Daily
Strategy: Set the engineering vision and define the technical roadmap for scalable Back End services, focusing on complex API integration and data flow within distributed systems. Engineering Standards & Governance: Establish, champion, and govern best practices for code quality, testing (BDD/TDD), security, and performance across the workstream ...

Real Time Software Development & Deployment Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Expleo UK LTD
Location
Cheadle, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
people around the globe. We are seeking a highly experienced Software Engineer with a strong background in modern C++ development for real-time, distributed systems deployed on Linux-based platforms. The role involves delivering high-integrity, maintainable, and robust software within a complex systems environment, with … focus on containerised deployments, distributed architectures, and strict quality processes. The ideal candidate will demonstrate strong ownership, disciplined reporting, and the ability to operate effectively in an Agile delivery environment. Design, implement, and maintain high-quality C++ software for real-time, distributed systems. Develop, debug, and deploy software ...

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Dunelm
Location
Chester, Cheshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
team is a high-trust, high-impact group of engineers who bring software engineering principles to operational reliability. We are hands-on developers and systems thinkers who build scalable, observable, and resilient platforms. We work closely with other Engineering, Data, Platform and Operations teams to help them build reliable … adaptive sampling, and meaningful tracing. Observability is not a bolt-on - it is a first-class concern that shapes how we build and support systems across the business. Role Summary We are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join the team and play a key role ...

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Dunelm
Location
Preston, Lancashire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
team is a high-trust, high-impact group of engineers who bring software engineering principles to operational reliability. We are hands-on developers and systems thinkers who build scalable, observable, and resilient platforms. We work closely with other Engineering, Data, Platform and Operations teams to help them build reliable … adaptive sampling, and meaningful tracing. Observability is not a bolt-on - it is a first-class concern that shapes how we build and support systems across the business. Role Summary We are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join the team and play a key role ...

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Dunelm
Location
Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
team is a high-trust, high-impact group of engineers who bring software engineering principles to operational reliability. We are hands-on developers and systems thinkers who build scalable, observable, and resilient platforms. We work closely with other Engineering, Data, Platform and Operations teams to help them build reliable … adaptive sampling, and meaningful tracing. Observability is not a bolt-on - it is a first-class concern that shapes how we build and support systems across the business. Role Summary We are looking for a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to join the team and play a key role ...

Staff Software Engineer - Go, Typescript, Python, .NET, Cloud

Hiring Organisation
We Are Dcoded Limited
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Cloud & Platform: Modern cloud-native technologies (AWS/Azure/GCP), microservices, APIs Engineering Practices: CI/CD, automated testing, observability, performance optimisation Architecture: Distributed systems, scalable SaaS platforms, fintech or regulated environments (beneficial) What We're Looking For Proven experience operating at Staff/Principal/Lead … Engineer level within a SaaS environment Strong background in designing and building large-scale, production-grade systems Deep understanding of backend engineering, with experience across modern languages such as Go, Python, or TypeScript Comfortable working across multiple languages and paradigms, including some exposure to .NET Experience building and scaling ...

AI Systems Engineer - Remote $168/hr

Hiring Organisation
Mercor
Location
Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
/hour Commitment: 20–30 hours/week Role Responsibilities Design, build, and optimize infrastructure for training, deploying, and scaling AI agents across distributed systems. Develop robust backend services, APIs, and orchestration frameworks that support multi-agent workflows and high-performance compute environments. Collaborate closely with research and product … teams to integrate model-serving pipelines, memory systems, and reasoning components. Implement monitoring, observability, and failover mechanisms to ensure high system reliability and fault tolerance. Evaluate and refine infrastructure performance, identifying bottlenecks and improving efficiency across data, compute, and model layers. Participate in synchronous collaboration sessions to review architecture ...

Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Hiring Organisation
MBN Solutions
Location
Warrington, Cheshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
with strong support from top-tier VCs and angels. They're looking for two Senior AI Engineers to help build secure, scalable, compliant AI systems that integrate with clinical workflows. With plans to raise their next round in Q3 2026, you'll be joining at a pivotal moment where … Most importantly, you prioritise business value over building tech for the sake of it. You will have 5 plus years building and deploying production systems in startups or fast paced environments Strong Python coding experience Experience with Azure or GCP Knowledge of distributed systems, microservices and event ...