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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 ...

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 ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Understanding Recruitment
Location
United Kingdom
base Overview A high-scale technology platform is looking for experienced Rust engineers to join a backend team building core services. The team develops distributed systems and event-driven infrastructure that power high-traffic applications used by millions of users. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy … designing scalable backend systems, solving complex technical challenges, and owning services end-to-end. Responsibilities Design and build backend services and shared libraries in Rust Design and operate distributed systems supporting high-throughput applications Contribute to system design across microservices and event-driven architectures Diagnose and resolve ...

Java Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Better Placed Ltd - A Sunday Times Top 10 Employer!
Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
fully expensed/optional. Access to offices should you prefer I’m working with a global consumer platform processing millions of user events, building systems that turn raw behavioural data into real-time insights and recommendations. This is not a typical backend role. It sits at the intersection … data, distributed systems and product, working on one of the most unique user datasets in its space. They’re looking for a Senior Engineer to join a small, high-impact team. The role You’ll be working on systems that ingest, process and make sense of large ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Burns Sheehan
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Senior Software Engineer | Distributed Systems | Sustainable Cloud Native Platform 💸Up to £110,000 per annum plus bonus plus stock 🏠Central London office 🖱️Golang, Rust, C, Kubernetes, Linux, Cloud Native, Distributed systems... Are you a Senior Software Engineer with extensive knowledge of building distributed systems? Looking … Senior Software Engineer: Tech agnostic but preferable experience working with Golang, Rust, C/C++ or Java. In-depth knowledge of distributed systems, building solutions at scale where performance, reliability and availability are key considerations. Experience working on software infrastructure or building Cloud native software using Kubernetes Understanding ...

Lead Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Burns Sheehan
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead Software Engineer | Distributed Systems | Sustainable Cloud Native Platform 💸Up to £130,000 per annum plus bonus plus stock 🏠Central London office 🖱️Golang, Rust, C, Kubernetes, Linux, Cloud Native, Distributed systems... Are you a Lead Software Engineer with extensive knowledge of building distributed systems? Looking … Lead Software Engineer: Tech agnostic but preferable experience working with Golang, Rust, Java and/or C/C++. In-depth knowledge of distributed systems, building solutions at scale where performance, reliability and availability are key considerations. Confident in leading the definition and creation of solutions from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Java Consultant

Hiring Organisation
Stanford Black Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
ALERT 🚨 – Lead Java Contractor 💻 Java/Distributed Systems/Event-Driven Architecture – Trading & Portfolio Tech 🕑 10+ years building high-performance, data-intensive trading systems 📍London (front-office, high-impact engineering environment) 💰 Highly competitive day rate Highlights: 🔷 Lead the design and build of scalable trading & portfolio management systems for the Credit desk 🔷 Work directly with portfolio managers and traders to deliver real-time, business-critical technology 🔷 Architect event-driven, distributed systems with strong focus on performance, resilience, and observability 🔷 Drive technical direction across microservices, data streaming, and system design in a fast-moving environment ...

Senior Software Engineer - Front End

Hiring Organisation
mkodo
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
wherever business needs require. Core areas of depth may include one or more of: Web/Front-end engineering Java/AWS backend and distributed systems React Native Android (Kotlin) iOS (Swift) Successful candidates demonstrate deep expertise in at least one of these areas while maintaining practical experience … across others. This role suits engineers who are highly autonomous, delivery-focused, and capable of owning technical design and execution for complex features and systems, while contributing to team growth and technical direction. What you’ll do: Engineering delivery & technical ownership Design, build, and deliver high-quality software across ...

Lead Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
5V Video
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Lead Software Engineer Contract to Permanent Hybrid (London) Rates negotiable Most streaming platforms struggle to scale backend systems properly you’ve seen it. This role is about building the infrastructure that actually holds up under real-world production demand. Why This Role Leading major media/streaming end client … Real ownership of backend systems at scale Solving complex distributed systems problems in a high-traffic environment The Company/Product You’ll be working on a large-scale streaming platform powering millions of users, building and scaling backend systems that support critical services across ...

Senior Software Engineer II - Wise for Enterprise - Banks

Hiring Organisation
Wise
Location
Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
looking for a Senior Software Engineer II to join our Wise for Banks team and help shape the technical direction of the systems powering Wise’s global payment network. In this role, you’ll operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and partnerships by driving the architecture, scalability … Wise. With deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and PostgreSQL, you’ll lead the design of highly available services and event-driven systems that power partner integrations and financial flows at scale. You’ll influence architecture across Wise’s ecosystem of 700+ microservices, helping teams make sound technical ...

Senior Software Engineer II - Wise for Enterprise - Banks

Hiring Organisation
Wise
Location
london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
looking for a Senior Software Engineer II to join our Wise for Banks team and help shape the technical direction of the systems powering Wise’s global payment network. In this role, you’ll operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and partnerships by driving the architecture, scalability … Wise. With deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, and PostgreSQL, you’ll lead the design of highly available services and event-driven systems that power partner integrations and financial flows at scale. You’ll influence architecture across Wise’s ecosystem of 700+ microservices, helping teams make sound technical ...

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
London, UK
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 ...

Backend Software Engineer C# Python - Market Data

Hiring Organisation
Client Server
Location
East London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Backend Software Engineer you will join a growing team building a modern medallion architecture data platform, working across everything from data engineering and distributed systems to infrastructure and frontend. This is a hands-on role in a small, collaborative team where you'll have real ownership and impact. … Your role: Design and build data platform components using C# and Python Develop and optimise ETL pipelines, Data Lakes/Lakehouses and distributed systems Improve infrastructure, observability and CI/CD practices Maintain and evolve existing systems (microservices, ETL, Excel add-ins) Support platform operations, ensuring reliability ...

Kubernetes Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Arcus Search
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
components of a Kubernetes-based platform Developing tooling and services to support large-scale, multi-tenant environments Working on scheduling, orchestration, and performance of distributed systems Contributing to platform reliability, scalability, and efficiency Collaborating closely with infrastructure and platform teams Writing production-quality code and improving engineering standards … Scale/environment High-throughput distributed systems processing millions of workloads daily Infrastructure spanning large compute clusters and GPU workloads Highly automated environment with continuous deployment and change Performance-sensitive systems with real scale challenges What they’re looking for Strong software engineering background Experience with Kubernetes ...

Device Lifecycle Security Research Engineer

Hiring Organisation
HP
Location
City of Bristol, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
where you'll work on technical challenges from co-designing hardware and firmware for cyber resilience and enhanced supply chain security, through to designing distributed systems security across cloud, edge, and endpoint devices. You'll also collaborate with business R&D teams to ensure business impact drives … lead the industry in the field of endpoint security, we want to hear from you. With over 20 years of research in computer and systems security, the HP Security Lab innovates in HP products and solutions, collaborates with academia, and creates and leads industry standards. We are uniquely positioned ...

Device Lifecycle Security Research Engineer

Hiring Organisation
HP
Location
newport, wales, united kingdom
where you'll work on technical challenges from co-designing hardware and firmware for cyber resilience and enhanced supply chain security, through to designing distributed systems security across cloud, edge, and endpoint devices. You'll also collaborate with business R&D teams to ensure business impact drives … lead the industry in the field of endpoint security, we want to hear from you. With over 20 years of research in computer and systems security, the HP Security Lab innovates in HP products and solutions, collaborates with academia, and creates and leads industry standards. We are uniquely positioned ...

Device Lifecycle Security Research Engineer

Hiring Organisation
HP
Location
bath, south west england, united kingdom
where you'll work on technical challenges from co-designing hardware and firmware for cyber resilience and enhanced supply chain security, through to designing distributed systems security across cloud, edge, and endpoint devices. You'll also collaborate with business R&D teams to ensure business impact drives … lead the industry in the field of endpoint security, we want to hear from you. With over 20 years of research in computer and systems security, the HP Security Lab innovates in HP products and solutions, collaborates with academia, and creates and leads industry standards. We are uniquely positioned ...

Lead .NET/Full Stack Developer - Hybrid - Up to £700/day Outside IR35 | C# | Azure | Event Driven Systems | Payments | API Driven

Hiring Organisation
VirtueTech Recruitment Group
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
Lead .NET/Full Stack Developer - Hybrid - £700/day Outside IR35 | C# | Azure | Event Driven Systems | Payments | API Driven We have a unique opportunity for a Lead .NET/Full Stack Developer to join a payments company. As the Lead .NET/Full Stack Developer , you’ll play … closely with Product, Data, Risk, and Platform teams , you’ll help evolve the platform architecture and ensure the delivery of secure, scalable, and resilient distributed systems within a regulated fintech environment. 📍 2–3 days per week in the office – City of London 💰 Up to £700/day Outside ...

Principal Software Engineer - C++ Robotics System

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
London (Hybrid) Define how a complex, real‐world system scales — technically and organisationally. At sees.ai, we’ve built a system that enables unmanned aerial systems to carry out inspections of critical national infrastructure, making these missions repeatable, scalable, and commercially viable for asset owners. This is not a prototype … stack, while staying close enough to the system to ensure decisions hold up in the real world. You’ll work across: Flight and mission systems Operator interfaces and 3D environments Connectivity and distributed systems Simulation, testing, and data pipelines Your primary impact will be in: Defining architecture ...