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AI Systems Research Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Project People
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Systems Research Engineer Permanent Edinburgh (On-site 5 days work ) salary : Competitive and negotiable In an era where Large Language Models (LLMs) are rebuilding the foundational software stack, our client is at the forefront of reshaping how large-scale models are trained, served, and deployed. Operating at the intersection … 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 and AI infrastructure systems, turning innovative system designs into deployable, real-world technologies. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Senior Product Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Wave Talent
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
infrastructure challenges that come with that level of growth. This is a rare opportunity to join a very small team working on hard distributed systems problems at significant scale. Quick overview • Salary: £136k–£180k depending on level • Equity: meaningful early-stage package (~0.3%) • Location: Remote across Europe … Team size: ~10 engineers currently What you’ll be working on • Scaling infrastructure that runs millions to billions of AI agent executions • Designing reliable distributed systems for high concurrency workloads • Secure execution environments for user-generated code • Observability and debugging tools for AI workflows • Core backend architecture ...

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
TrueNorth®
Location
Watford, England, United Kingdom
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 growth and system … 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 ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Executive Integrity | B Corp™
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
marine assets at sea — working at the intersection of edge computing, managed cloud environments and autonomous maritime operations. If you're excited by complex distributed systems, industrial protocols and software that operates in genuinely challenging real-world environments, read on. What you'll be doing: Designing, building … scalable edge computing and managed cloud environments Developing products using C++, .NET C# and Python Designing, implementing and prototyping services for technically complex systems and solutions Working with microservice architecture, Docker and Kubernetes Building on event-driven architecture and event-streaming services Working with distributed systems ...

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 ...

Lead Architect

Hiring Organisation
Accelerant
Location
United Kingdom
clearly communicated, understood, and consistently applied Design and Innovation Define and maintain architectural patterns across backend services, APIs, data platforms, and front end systems Design scalable, resilient systems for analytics, workflow orchestration, and intelligence features Guide decomposition of legacy systems into well defined services and domains Evaluate … technologies and data stores, favoring open standards and long term maintainability Architect distributed systems with focus on reliability, fault tolerance, and scalability Standards & Governance Establish API design standards ensuring consistency, discoverability, and ease of integration Define front end standards prioritizing web platform capabilities, progressive enhancement, and accessibility (WCAG ...

Software Engineer (Junior–Senior) | £35,000–£80,000+ | North East| Defence Sector

Hiring Organisation
IT Graduate Recruitment
Location
North East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£35,000 per annum
Join a high-performing engineering team delivering mission-critical solutions within the defence and national security space. You’ll work on complex, high-stakes systems where reliability, performance, and security are paramount — contributing to technology that truly matters. This opportunity is open to engineers across Junior, Mid, and Senior … chance to work alongside experienced engineers, data scientists, and domain experts. What You’ll Do Design, develop, and maintain secure, high-performance software systems Write clean, scalable code in languages such as Python, C++, Java, or JavaScript Contribute to system architecture and technical decision-making (level dependent) Collaborate with ...

Senior Developer - Golang/Python

Hiring Organisation
Sky
Location
City Of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
architecture and evolution of Sky's AI Operations platform, shaping intelligent automation and large-scale operational workflows Develop and operate cloud-native systems on AWS, including automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines and environment validation Build reliable alerting, correlation and automation capabilities that support high-scale streaming … covering design decisions, configuration, deployment processes and operational runbooks Collaborate closely with engineers, product teams and operational stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable and observable systems Troubleshoot complex distributed systems, identifying root causes and driving continuous improvement across the platform Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions ...

Senior Developer - Golang/Python

Hiring Organisation
Sky
Location
TW75QD, Syon, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
architecture and evolution of Sky's AI Operations platform, shaping intelligent automation and large-scale operational workflows Develop and operate cloud-native systems on AWS, including automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines and environment validation Build reliable alerting, correlation and automation capabilities that support high-scale streaming … covering design decisions, configuration, deployment processes and operational runbooks Collaborate closely with engineers, product teams and operational stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable and observable systems Troubleshoot complex distributed systems, identifying root causes and driving continuous improvement across the platform Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions ...

Lead AI Developer (Python/Golang)

Hiring Organisation
Sky
Location
England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
architecture and evolution of Sky's AI Operations platform, shaping intelligent automation and large-scale operational workflows Develop and operate cloud-native systems on AWS, including automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines and environment validation Build reliable alerting, correlation and automation capabilities that support high-scale streaming … covering design decisions, configuration, deployment processes and operational runbooks Collaborate closely with engineers, product teams and operational stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable and observable systems Troubleshoot complex distributed systems, identifying root causes and driving continuous improvement across the platform Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions ...

Senior AI Programmer (Python/Golang)

Hiring Organisation
Sky
Location
Brent, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
architecture and evolution of Sky's AI Operations platform, shaping intelligent automation and large-scale operational workflows Develop and operate cloud-native systems on AWS, including automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines and environment validation Build reliable alerting, correlation and automation capabilities that support high-scale streaming … covering design decisions, configuration, deployment processes and operational runbooks Collaborate closely with engineers, product teams and operational stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable and observable systems Troubleshoot complex distributed systems, identifying root causes and driving continuous improvement across the platform Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions ...

Senior AI Architect (Python/Golang)

Hiring Organisation
Sky
Location
Brent, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
architecture and evolution of Sky's AI Operations platform, shaping intelligent automation and large-scale operational workflows Develop and operate cloud-native systems on AWS, including automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines and environment validation Build reliable alerting, correlation and automation capabilities that support high-scale streaming … covering design decisions, configuration, deployment processes and operational runbooks Collaborate closely with engineers, product teams and operational stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable and observable systems Troubleshoot complex distributed systems, identifying root causes and driving continuous improvement across the platform Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions ...

Lead AI Developer (Python/Golang)

Hiring Organisation
Sky
Location
City Of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
architecture and evolution of Sky's AI Operations platform, shaping intelligent automation and large-scale operational workflows Develop and operate cloud-native systems on AWS, including automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines and environment validation Build reliable alerting, correlation and automation capabilities that support high-scale streaming … covering design decisions, configuration, deployment processes and operational runbooks Collaborate closely with engineers, product teams and operational stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable and observable systems Troubleshoot complex distributed systems, identifying root causes and driving continuous improvement across the platform Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions ...

Senior AI Programmer (Python/Golang)

Hiring Organisation
Sky
Location
City Of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
architecture and evolution of Sky's AI Operations platform, shaping intelligent automation and large-scale operational workflows Develop and operate cloud-native systems on AWS, including automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines and environment validation Build reliable alerting, correlation and automation capabilities that support high-scale streaming … covering design decisions, configuration, deployment processes and operational runbooks Collaborate closely with engineers, product teams and operational stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable and observable systems Troubleshoot complex distributed systems, identifying root causes and driving continuous improvement across the platform Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions ...

Senior AI Architect (Python/Golang)

Hiring Organisation
Sky
Location
City Of Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
architecture and evolution of Sky's AI Operations platform, shaping intelligent automation and large-scale operational workflows Develop and operate cloud-native systems on AWS, including automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines and environment validation Build reliable alerting, correlation and automation capabilities that support high-scale streaming … covering design decisions, configuration, deployment processes and operational runbooks Collaborate closely with engineers, product teams and operational stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable and observable systems Troubleshoot complex distributed systems, identifying root causes and driving continuous improvement across the platform Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions ...

AI Systems Architect (Python/Golang)

Hiring Organisation
Sky
Location
Islington, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
architecture and evolution of Sky's AI Operations platform, shaping intelligent automation and large-scale operational workflows Develop and operate cloud-native systems on AWS, including automated testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines and environment validation Build reliable alerting, correlation and automation capabilities that support high-scale streaming … covering design decisions, configuration, deployment processes and operational runbooks Collaborate closely with engineers, product teams and operational stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable and observable systems Troubleshoot complex distributed systems, identifying root causes and driving continuous improvement across the platform Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions ...