1 to 25 of 161 Distributed Systems Jobs in the South East

Senior Software Developer

Hiring Organisation
Jonothan Bosworth
Location
Guildford, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£65,000 - £75,000 per annum
Senior Software Developer | Surrey | Hybrid | £65,000 - £75,000 Are you an experienced systems-level engineer craving impact We’re seeking a Senior Software Developer versed in Rust, or an equivalent systems language, who thrives in high-availability, mission-critical environments. Our client is a fast-growing technology … forward-thinking engineering team where you’ll make a real impact. You’ll play a key role in architecting, building, and optimising telecommunications systems in Rust , contributing to secure, high-performance, and scalable solutions used worldwide. You’ll collaborate closely across DevOps, API (Java), front-end, and database teams ...

Senior ML/AI Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Sony Interactive Entertainment
Location
Slough, Berkshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
generative AI as appropriate. This role sits at the intersection of machine learning, backend engineering, and cloud-scale infrastructure, focusing on building intelligent systems that power our teams. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience building scalable, automated systems. You combine backend engineering expertise with applied AI knowledge, using … with Java and Python. Cloud Competency: Proficiency with common AWS services or equivalent such as EKS/ECS, Kinesis, Lambda, DynamoDB, SNS, and SQS. Systems Monitoring and Analytics: Knowledge of systems monitoring, alerting, and analytics using tools such as Datadog, Splunk, New Relic, or AWS CloudTrail. Communication Skills ...

Graduate Quant Software Engineer (C++ / Java – Trading Systems) | £55,000–£77,000

Hiring Organisation
IT Graduate Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£55,000 - £77,000 per annum, OTE
Graduate Quant Software Engineer (C++/Java – Trading Systems) | £55,000–£77,000 | Hybrid (London/Remote) Build technology that powers real trading. Join a high-performance engineering team developing low-latency, resilient backend systems used in live trading environments. You’ll work on complex technical challenges from … Quant-Engineering tracks within 12–24 months. What You’ll Do Design, build, and optimise backend components of real-time trading and risk systems Develop clean, efficient, high-performance code in C++ and Java Work closely with traders, quants, and senior engineers to deliver new features Solve complex problems ...

Senior Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
SRT Marine Systems plc
Location
Dartford, Kent, 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
Portsmouth, Hampshire, 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
Basingstoke, Hampshire, 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
Oxford, Oxfordshire, 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 - Growth

Hiring Organisation
Utility Warehouse Limited
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
scalability and system reliability Raising engineering standards across observability, SLAs and deployment quality Contributing to key launches (including partner rollout and rebrand work) Supporting distributed system improvements and database migration projects Core Responsibilities Work primarily in Go, GraphQL, Docker & Kubernetes Break down complex work and deliver with minimal oversight … work primarily with Go, GraphQL, Docker and Kubernetes. You’ll own deployments end-to-end within our team’s Kubernetes namespace and contribute to systems where resilience, reliability, observability and uptime really matter. You’ll thrive here if you enjoy autonomy, solving distributed systems problems, and mentoring ...

Senior Software Engineer (Go)

Hiring Organisation
Trust In SODA
Location
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
autonomous and composable technology platform designed for the operational scale of Tier-1 financial institutions. This modern, AI-centric architecture is replacing outdated, monolithic systems with an elegant, highly performant core that redefines how the largest banks worldwide manage their operations. Location: Central London - fully on site Why This … Role? This is an opportunity for an engineer who thrives on tackling complex distributed systems and writing mission-critical code. The client's vision is to introduce simplicity, openness, and modular design into a massive, heavily regulated sector. What They Are Looking For The ideal candidate ...

Senior Software Engineer (Go)

Hiring Organisation
Trust In SODA
Location
Reading, Berkshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
autonomous and composable technology platform designed for the operational scale of Tier-1 financial institutions. This modern, AI-centric architecture is replacing outdated, monolithic systems with an elegant, highly performant core that redefines how the largest banks worldwide manage their operations. Location: Central London - fully on site Why This … Role? This is an opportunity for an engineer who thrives on tackling complex distributed systems and writing mission-critical code. The client's vision is to introduce simplicity, openness, and modular design into a massive, heavily regulated sector. What They Are Looking For The ideal candidate ...

Senior Software Engineer (Go)

Hiring Organisation
Trust In SODA
Location
Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
autonomous and composable technology platform designed for the operational scale of Tier-1 financial institutions. This modern, AI-centric architecture is replacing outdated, monolithic systems with an elegant, highly performant core that redefines how the largest banks worldwide manage their operations. Location: Central London - fully on site Why This … Role? This is an opportunity for an engineer who thrives on tackling complex distributed systems and writing mission-critical code. The client's vision is to introduce simplicity, openness, and modular design into a massive, heavily regulated sector. What They Are Looking For The ideal candidate ...

Intermediate Backend Engineer (Go), Verify: CI Functions Platform

Hiring Organisation
GitLab
Location
Dartford, Kent, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
best practices in production, whether gained through professional work, open-source contributions, or other hands-on experience. Ability to design and build scalable, distributed systems and services that can grow with increasing demand, with an emphasis on CI/CD and workflow orchestration scenarios. Skill in building … iterating on highly available, resilient systems, ideally with exposure to high-throughput CI pipelines, job orchestration, or similar infrastructure. Hands-on skills with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, including deploying and operating services that run CI workloads across diverse environments. Ability to analyze, profile ...

Intermediate Backend Engineer (Go), Verify: CI Functions Platform

Hiring Organisation
GitLab
Location
Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
best practices in production, whether gained through professional work, open-source contributions, or other hands-on experience. Ability to design and build scalable, distributed systems and services that can grow with increasing demand, with an emphasis on CI/CD and workflow orchestration scenarios. Skill in building … iterating on highly available, resilient systems, ideally with exposure to high-throughput CI pipelines, job orchestration, or similar infrastructure. Hands-on skills with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, including deploying and operating services that run CI workloads across diverse environments. Ability to analyze, profile ...

Senior Software Engineer, Site Reliability Engineering, Google Cloud

Hiring Organisation
Google
Location
Slough, Berkshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages. 3 years of experience in designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems. 2 years of experience leading projects and providing technical leadership. Preferred qualifications: Experience working in computing, distributed systems, storage, or networking. Expertise … designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems. Ability to debug, optimize code, and to automate routine tasks. Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with effective verbal and written communication skills. About The Job Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) combines software and systems engineering to build and run large-scale ...

Software Engineer Kotlin

Hiring Organisation
Understanding Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£65,000 - £80,000 per annum
solve complex problems that contribute to a greener, more sustainable world? Join a high-calibre engineering team building modern, customer-facing and energy-focused systems in one of the UK's most exciting clean tech companies. You'll join one of their core teams, diving deep into production systems … driving long-term architectural decisions that support scale, resilience and product growth. What You'll Do Design, build and evolve platform architecture across distributed systems. Analyse production systems to uncover and resolve performance issues. Contribute to backend design using Kotlin (or JVM), supporting a polyglot mindset. Collaborate across ...

Senior Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Orbis Group
Location
Oxford, Oxfordshire, 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
Crawley, West Sussex, 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
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, 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 Python Software Engineer - £90k - £100k

Hiring Organisation
Creo Recruitment
Location
Slough, Berkshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
About the Role We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer with deep experience in Python and AWS to help design, build, and scale distributed, data-driven Ad-Tech systems. You'll lead the delivery of cross-service features within a modern cloud platform, making pragmatic architectural choices … setting high standards for engineering quality, reliability, and performance. You'll play a key role in shaping technical direction, mentoring engineers, and ensuring the systems you build are secure, observable, and resilient. Key Responsibilities Lead complex delivery: Drive the end-to-end design and implementation of Python-based microservices ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Permutive
Location
Slough, Berkshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
throughput edge infrastructure and a deep commitment to user consent, our engineering teams solve complex data problems at scale using functional programming and modern distributed systems design. Our unique technology sits behind some of the world's largest publishers such as News Corp, Hearst, BuzzFeed, The Guardian, Conde … time customer experiences. We think applying functional programming techniques like compositionality and type-safety is the best way to build the type of massively distributed system our platform comprises, allowing us to move fast without sacrificing quality. About the Role Permutive is looking for a Software Engineer to join ...

Typescript Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£500 - £560 per day
looking for a TypeScript Engineer to help shape the services and tooling behind this transformation. The team's mission is to replace legacy systems with clean, event-driven services and provide consistent, reliable data to applications across the business - from customer-facing products to operational systems. The Role … work closely with engineers, analysts, and product specialists to design scalable services, contribute to architectural improvements, and help evolve the company's approach to distributed data and developer experience. Day-to-day responsibilities include: Designing and implementing backend services in TypeScript using Node.js (REST, GraphQL, workers, event-driven consumers ...

Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET)

Hiring Organisation
4Square Recruitment Ltd
Location
Leatherhead, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£50,000 - £60,000 per annum
regression testing. Hands-on experience with API testing tools ( Postman, REST Assured ) and performance tools ( JMeter, Gatling ). Familiarity with CI/CD systems ( Bitbucket, Jenkins, TeamCity ) and containerisation ( Docker, Kubernetes ). Proficiency with Git and modern version-control practices. Desirable Skills Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred). … Understanding of microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architecture. Experience with contract testing frameworks such as Pact . Familiarity with observability tools ( Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog ). Background in performance optimisation and scalability testing. Exposure to security testing or DevSecOps practices. Soft Skills Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities. ...

Principal Software Engineer (DevOps)

Hiring Organisation
Oracle
Location
Southampton, 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
Reading, Berkshire, 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
Newport, Isle of Wight, 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. ...