1 to 25 of 569 Distributed Systems Jobs in the UK

Rust Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Role : Rust Software Engineer – Distributed Systems Client : Scientific Quant Fund Compensation : Up to £225,000 Base + Bonus Location : London (Hybrid) Overview A scientific quant fund is seeking a high-performance Rust Software Engineer to join a core technology team building highly available, distributed systems that … strong focus on correctness, performance, and scalable system design. The Role As a Rust Software Engineer, you will design and build resilient, low‐latency distributed systems that operate under extreme load and strict availability requirements. Key responsibilities include: Designing and developing high-performance distributed systems ...

Systems Research Engineer

Hiring Organisation
European Tech Recruit
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Systems Research Engineer European Tech Recruit are working closely with a leading telecommunications & research company, based in Edinburgh, who are looking for a talented Systems Research Engineer to join their team . In this role you will join a research centre driving new AI Infra & Agentic Serving architectures … helping define the next-generation large-scale data centre and AI infrastructure systems. Positioned at the intersection of advanced systems research and industrial-scale engineering, our client's teams turn innovative system designs into deployable, real-world technologies. This role is ideal for recent PhD graduates looking to build ...

Systems Research Engineer - Distributed Systems / C++

Hiring Organisation
European Tech Recruit
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Systems Research Engineer - Distributed Systems/C++ We are currently partnered with a globally leading research centre in the UK looking to expand their team with a Systems Research Engineer. This is an incredibly high calibre team reshaping how large-scale models are trained and served … through next-generation AI-native infrastructure and "super-node" clusters. This is a permanent opportunity based onsite in Edinburgh. Key responsibilities for this Systems Research Engineer position: Architect and implement distributed system components for AI workloads across CPU, GPU, and NPU clusters. Conduct in-depth profiling and performance ...

Principal Research Engineer

Hiring Organisation
IO Associates
Location
Bristol, Somerset, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 80,000 - 90,000 Annual
Principal Research Engineer Distributed Systems & Industrial AI Bristol (Hybrid) | Permanent An advanced technology and research organisation is seeking a Principal Research Engineer/Research Fellow to help shape next-generation distributed data-sharing and industrial AI solutions across sectors including energy, infrastructure and industrial systems. This role … sits within a highly specialised R&D environment focused on applied research, intelligent systems and scalable data-sharing architectures. You'll work across emerging technologies including distributed AI, digital twins, cloud/edge systems and trusted AI frameworks. Role: You'll operate across: Applied R&D Distributed ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
NJF Global Holdings Ltd
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
Software Engineer – Distributed Market Data Systems A leading global quantitative investment firm is seeking a Software Engineer to join a newly established team building a next-generation market data platform. This is a rare opportunity to work on a greenfield project developing globally distributed, high-performance systems … scale. What You'll Be Doing Designing and building cloud-native platforms for processing and distributing real-time data Developing high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems Architecting scalable infrastructure capable of handling large volumes of streaming data Collaborating closely with researchers, data scientists, and engineers across the business ...

Data Infrastructure and AI Engineer

Hiring Organisation
European Tech Recruit
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Engineer to join their world-leading research center. In this role you will join a database team that develops next-generation data management systems, with a focus on database kernels, query processing, storage engines, transaction processing, distributed data systems, and emerging AI Data infrastructure. This role will … perfect fit for engineers with experience in one or more of the following areas: database systems, on-device AI, query optimization, query execution engines, storage and indexing, transaction processing, concurrency control, distributed databases, cloud-native data systems, hardware-aware database design, AI-native data management, and performance ...

Senior Software Enginner

Hiring Organisation
INTEC SELECT LIMITED
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£700 - £800 per day
Lead Backend Software Engineer – Data Services Federated Data Services | Distributed Systems | Apache Spark | DataFusion | Python | Kubernetes Location: London (2 days per week onsite) Rate: £700–£800 per day (Outside IR35) Duration: Initial 6-month contract with likely extension Overview We're looking for an experienced Lead Backend Software … first principles, thrives in ambiguity, and can balance strategic architectural thinking with hands-on software engineering. This role is centred around designing and building distributed data services rather than traditional application development. Role & Responsibilities Lead the design and development of scalable, cloud-native data services supporting a federated platform. ...

Senior Software Engineer - Scala

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£80,000
revenues exceeding$1 billion, currently expanding its Manchester engineering function. This is a rare opportunity to join a genuinely high-performing engineering team building distributed systems that process vast amounts of data and power critical products used globally. I'm particularly interested in speaking with engineers who have … fundamental to success. The Opportunity As a Senior Scala Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing and developing highly scalable backend systems, influencing technical direction, and helping to shape the future of a rapidly growing engineering organisation. Working alongside some of the industry's strongest engineers ...

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 ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Platform Recruitment Limited
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Senior Software Engineer (ML Systems) Title : Senior Software Engineer (ML Systems) Company : Deep Technology Organisation Location : London Pay : Up to £120,000 Company : A deeply technical organisation is investing heavily in the future of large-scale intelligent systems. They are assembling a small group of exceptional engineers … tackle some of the most challenging problems at the intersection of software, hardware and performance engineering. The team focuses on understanding how complex distributed systems behave at scale, using measurement, modelling and simulation to guide design decisions long before systems are deployed. In you, they hope ...

Senior ML Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Platform Recruitment
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£70000 - £120000/annum
Senior Software Engineer (ML Systems) Title : Senior Software Engineer (ML Systems) Company : Deep Technology Organisation Location : London Pay : Up to £120,000 Company : A deeply technical organisation is investing heavily in the future of large-scale intelligent systems. They are assembling a small group of exceptional engineers … tackle some of the most challenging problems at the intersection of software, hardware and performance engineering. The team focuses on understanding how complex distributed systems behave at scale, using measurement, modelling and simulation to guide design decisions long before systems are deployed. In you, they hope ...

Principal Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Corecom Consulting
Location
United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Principal Engineer | AI Systems & Distributed Platforms Remote (UK) | £90,000 to £120,000 | Early-Stage AI Start-Up We're partnered with an early-stage AI business building large-scale operational AI systems designed to automate highly complex enterprise workflows. This is not another 'AI wrapper' business. … company is developing a sophisticated AI-native platform focused around autonomous workflows, reasoning systems, orchestration, and large-scale document/case processing within highly regulated environments. They're already live with enterprise customers and are now entering a major scaling phase as both platform demand and customer onboarding accelerate. ...

Principal Engineer

Hiring Organisation
17918
Location
London, United Kingdom
Principal Engineer AI Systems & Distributed Platforms Remote (UK) £90,000 to £120,000 Early-Stage AI Start-Up We're partnered with an early-stage AI business building large-scale operational AI systems designed to automate highly complex enterprise workflows. This is not another 'AI wrapper' business. … company is developing a sophisticated AI-native platform focused around autonomous workflows, reasoning systems, orchestration, and large-scale document/case processing within highly regulated environments. They're already live with enterprise customers and are now entering a major scaling phase as both platform demand and customer onboarding accelerate. ...

Senior Software Engineer- Data Infrastructure

Hiring Organisation
Qube Research & Technologies
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
build and scale the core infrastructure that powers large-scale data ingestion, processing, and distribution across the business. The Role You will work on distributed systems and high-performance backend services that support real-time messaging, large-scale data processing, and distributed storage. The role offers … opportunity to influence architecture, drive technical decisions, and contribute to the evolution of critical platform infrastructure. Key Responsibilities Design and develop scalable distributed systems and backend services Build infrastructure supporting large-scale data ingestion and processing Contribute to system architecture and technical design decisions Improve performance, reliability ...

Senior Consultant - Agentic AI Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Tenarai
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
multi-step AI reasoning and execution within enterprise applications. End-to-End AI Delivery: Drive the full lifecycle development of complex AI/ML systems, building on a track record of successfully bringing production-grade AI solutions to market. Software Engineering & Architecture Production-Grade Python Coding: Write, test … optimize highly performant, production-ready code using expert-level Python, applying advanced design patterns and rigorous testing methodologies. Distributed Systems & Big Data: Architect and maintain distributed systems and microservices, executing large-scale data processing pipelines (managing 1,000+ jobs) utilizing PySpark and distributed computing frameworks. ...

Director, Country Coordinator - Austria (M/F)

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Coordinators (Directors) in Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, and Language Technology OpenBinacle is developing next-generation technologies in Artificial Intelligence (AI), 6G mobile communication networks and systems, optical networks, satellite communications, multimedia and mobile systems, radio access networks, city and local networks, broadcasting systems, navigation systems, sensor … systems, and radar systems. In addition, OpenBinacle is a leading Pan-African AI and language technology platform advancing innovation in Natural Language Processing (NLP), machine translation, and African language digital infrastructure. Through a robust network of research partners, developers, and universities across the continent, we are committed to empowering ...

Python Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Daniel James Resourcing Ltd
Location
St. Albans, Hertfordshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
Up to £550/ day Outside IR35
Senior Python Backend Engineer - Real-Time Distributed Systems £550/day Outside IR35 Watford/Hybrid (Initial onsite, then mainly remote) 4-month contract Were working with a highly engineering-led technology business building large-scale real-time backend systems within a distributed Azure environment. This … high-level solution designers. We are specifically looking for deeply hands-on Python backend engineers who are comfortable operating at implementation level within complex distributed systems. The environment is heavily focused on: Real-time event-driven processing High-throughput backend services Distributed microservice architectures Low-latency data ingestion ...

Python Developer

Hiring Organisation
Radley James
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
professional services firms. This is an opportunity to join a high-performing engineering team working at the intersection of AI, data engineering and distributed systems. The successful candidate will play a key role in designing and scaling the backend infrastructure that powers a rapidly growing platform, while helping shape … processing large-scale datasets with high reliability and performance Collaborate with machine learning engineers to productionise AI and machine learning models Design scalable distributed systems supporting high-throughput, low-latency workloads Implement security, compliance and data protection controls across backend systems Optimise database performance, indexing strategies ...

Senior Software Engineer II - Wise for Enterprise

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 ...

Director, Principal Java Engineer (Investment Banking)

Hiring Organisation
Robert Walters
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£140,000 - £170,000 per annum
scaling internal technology capabilities through high-quality engineering and platform design. The environment is highly technical, hands-on, and focused on building reliable distributed systems within a regulated environment. Key Responsibilities Design and build scalable, distributed systems handling high volumes of financial and transactional data Contribute … directly to architecture, system design, and hands-on software development Drive engineering best practices across automation, testing, observability, and performance Build resilient, production-grade systems with a strong focus on reliability and scalability Work across the full software development lifecycle from design through to production support Partner closely with ...

SVP, Engineering

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
United Kingdom
resilience across the entire platform, ensuring enterprise-grade reliability for our largest customers. Innovation & Future-Proofing: Provide executive oversight for core technical domains (distributed systems, high-performance Java, concurrency, streaming, data structures) while aggressively evaluating and integrating emerging technologies to maintain a competitive market edge. Resource & Investment Optimisation … quality, release clarity, and community engagement to strengthen Hazelcast’s ecosystem. III. Organisational Development & Leadership Global Executive Leadership: Lead, motivate, and manage a highly distributed, global engineering team, fostering a people-centric managerial approach and an aggressive, collaborative engineering culture. The majority of our Engineers are based ...

Principal Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Principal Software Engineer – Go | Distributed Systems £160,000-£200,000 + 15% bonus + Equity Go/Python/Rust - Kubernetes, AWS, Distributed Systems Hybrid (Central London, 3 days a week in office) Broad/Complex Technical Environment Well-funded Series B deep-tech company … people. They’re looking for someone ambitious who wants a broader leadership role while staying hands‐on. This is an opportunity to build foundational systems that sit at the intersection of software, data, AI and physical robotics, in a company genuinely redefining how science gets done. Ideal Profile 10+ ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Sphere Digital Recruitment Group
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
reduce risk. As they continue to scale, they're looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to help build and evolve the backend systems that power their AI platform. You'll work on scalable APIs, distributed systems, asynchronous workflows and real-time services, helping to deliver production … financial organisations. What you'll be doing Building and scaling backend services using TypeScript, Node.js and NestJS Designing and maintaining APIs, data models and distributed systems Working with PostgreSQL and multi-tenant SaaS architectures Building event-driven workflows and asynchronous processing pipelines Supporting AI-powered product capabilities ...

Principal Engineer (SVP) - Investment Banking - JAVA

Hiring Organisation
Robert Walters
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£120,000 - £150,000 per annum
environment is highly regulated and production-critical, requiring strong engineering standards and end-to-end ownership. Key responsibilities include: Designing and building scalable, distributed systems using modern architectural patterns Owning the full software development lifecycle from requirements through to production and support Developing and maintaining microservices and APIs … Ensuring systems are reliable, observable, and secure Driving engineering best practices across testing, automation, and performance Working closely with product and engineering stakeholders to deliver robust solutions Technology Environment Java and Spring Boot (low-latency) Distributed systems and microservices architecture AI Skills mandatory Angular or TypeScript (full ...