1 to 25 of 312 Distributed Systems Jobs in the UK

Cloud Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Oscar Associates (UK) Limited
Location
United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
Up to £85 per hour
detect and respond to emerging AI-driven threats at enterprise scale. This is a deeply technical engineering role focused on building high-performance distributed systems, scalable microservices, and secure cloud-native infrastructure capable of handling massive real-time workloads across modern cloud environments. You'll work alongside world … scale real-time security workloads Design and develop microservices, reusable frameworks, and platform components used across multiple engineering teams Build secure, reliable, and performant distributed systems operating at enterprise scale Develop automated testing strategies focused on reliability, scalability, and security validation Integrate services across complex internal platforms, APIs ...

Senior Staff Software Engineer TLNT1 NI

Hiring Organisation
Ocho
Location
Belfast, UK
Senior Staff Software Engineer Belfast | Hybrid | Permanent At a Glance Senior technical leadership role with real influence on architecture and delivery Distributed systems focus powering reporting, analytics, and client-facing dashboards High data volumes and complex, performance-critical applications Hybrid working from Belfast Salary … operates with a strong culture of quality and innovation, and this role sits at the heart of how they design, deliver, and evolve the systems their clients depend on every day. What You'll Be Doing This is a hands-on technical leadership role with broad ownership across distributed ...

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
Daniel James Resourcing Ltd
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£75,000
environments. This is not a slow-moving enterprise IT environment. The engineering teams here are focused on modern product development, cloud-native architecture, scalable distributed systems, and building high-quality software that directly impacts real users and real-world transactions at scale. Youll join a collaborative engineering culture … teams to deliver genuinely modern SaaS products. The environment is heavily engineering-led, with a strong focus on: cloud-native development scalable APIs and distributed systems event-driven architecture CI/CD and automation engineering quality and clean architecture modern software delivery practices product-centric engineering Tech Stack ...

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. ...

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 ...

Principal Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Zorba Consulting Limited
Location
City, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 100,000 - 120,000 Annual
Principal Software Engineer We are looking for a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer with strong backend engineering expertise and a passion for scalable distributed systems. You will play a key role in shaping architecture, engineering standards, and technical direction across the platform. Join a fast-growing Banking SaaS provider … Java backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Integrating with payment platforms, banking infrastructure, FX/crypto providers, and card processors Driving architectural decisions across distributed systems and cloud infrastructure Leading technical design reviews and influencing engineering best practices Mentoring engineers and helping scale a high-performing engineering culture Designing ...

Principal Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Zorba Consulting Limited
Location
EC3, Broad Street, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£100000 - £120000/annum 25 days hols, Share Options, Healt
Principal Software Engineer We are looking for a highly experienced Principal Software Engineer with strong backend engineering expertise and a passion for scalable distributed systems. You will play a key role in shaping architecture, engineering standards, and technical direction across the platform. Join a fast-growing Banking SaaS provider … Java backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Integrating with payment platforms, banking infrastructure, FX/crypto providers, and card processors Driving architectural decisions across distributed systems and cloud infrastructure Leading technical design reviews and influencing engineering best practices Mentoring engineers and helping scale a high-performing engineering culture Designing ...

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 ...

Group Engineering Manager TLNT1 NI

Hiring Organisation
Ocho
Location
Belfast, UK
backend and infrastructure teams building the core cloud security platform, working closely with engineering leadership, product teams, and platform specialists to deliver high-scale distributed systems across AWS, GCP, and Azure. The role carries genuine autonomy and influence: you will shape technical direction, drive architectural decisions, and play … end. Key Responsibilities Lead and grow multiple backend and infrastructure engineering teams, fostering a high-trust, high-ownership culture Drive architectural decisions across distributed systems and cloud infrastructure, ensuring quality and scalability Define and deliver the technical roadmap for key platform services in close collaboration with product ...

Lead Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Overview 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 … sustainable cloud provider Qualifications 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 ...

Software Developer C# Python SQL - Finance Data

Hiring Organisation
Client Server
Location
East London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Software Developer 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 ...

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 ...

Staff AI Product Engineer -Python - London

Hiring Organisation
Transparent Technology
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Staff Product Engineer | London Hybrid/Remote | AI x FinTech | Python, AI Workflows, Distributed Systems | £120k-£200k + Equity A VC-backed AI company is rebuilding how accounting work gets done, using agentic workflows and AI automation to eliminate the high-volume operational work that has resisted meaningful … automation for decades. Working with some of the world's largest accounting firms, they are building enterprise-grade AI systems on top of ERP platforms like SAP, NetSuite and Workday to automate complex financial workflows at scale. They are looking for a Staff Product Engineer to own meaningful product ...

AI Infrastructure Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Pro Contract Jobs Ltd
Location
York, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
From £800 to £1,000 per day
Infrastructure Engineer (GPU, Distributed Systems, AI Platforms) A leading AI business is hiring an AI Infrastructure Engineer who has experience with GPU, Distributed Systems & AI Platforms. Hybrid/Remote options available. Outside IR35. Paying between £800 to £1000 per day. Experience and skills required … Infrastructure Engineer, GPU, Distributed Systems & AI Platforms ...

Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Site Experience

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
intersection of infrastructure, product engineering, and user experience - ensuring that every interaction across web, mobile, APIs, feeds, media delivery, and real time systems is fast, reliable, and resilient. We are looking for a Staff Site Reliability Engineer to lead reliability engineering initiatives for critical user facing systems … operational excellence across the company's most business critical experiences. This is a highly technical leadership role for someone who thrives in large-scale distributed systems, enjoys solving complex reliability challenges, and can influence engineering culture across the organization. What you'll do: Lead Reliability Engineering for User ...

OSS/BSS Solution architect

Hiring Organisation
IBU CONSULTING LTD
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
need an experienced solution architect with 8-12+ years who works closely with the IT Systems Architect on internal BSS systems modernisation, vendor rationalisation and application portfolio simplification. Embedded in workstreams, you break down strategic designs into implementable features whilst ensuring system stability, architectural consistency and long … processes and integration patterns at implementation level - Integration architecture: microservices, API gateways, event-driven architectures, event brokers (Kafka), queues - handling 120+ integration points across systems and legacy stacks - Lead-to-Cash (L2C) and Order-to-Cash (O2C) solutions in Tier-1 telecom operator environments - TMF standards: Product Ordering (TMF641 ...

Backend Software Engineer - AWS TLNT1 NI

Hiring Organisation
Ocho
Location
Belfast, UK
backend engineering team working on a modern cloud security platform. The environment is fast-paced and engineering-led, focused on solving complex problems across distributed systems and cloud infrastructure. You will work with cutting-edge technologies and contribute to building scalable, high-impact solutions. What Youll Be Doing … backend projects from design through to deployment and production support Build and optimise backend services using modern programming languages Analyse reliability and performance across distributed systems Contribute to system design, architecture decisions and capacity planning Define and work towards SLOs across services Participate in code reviews and engineering ...

Backend Software Engineer - AWS JBLE1 NI

Hiring Organisation
Ocho
Location
Belfast, UK
backend engineering team working on a modern cloud security platform. The environment is fast-paced and engineering-led, focused on solving complex problems across distributed systems and cloud infrastructure. You will work with cutting-edge technologies and contribute to building scalable, high-impact solutions. What Youll Be Doing … backend projects from design through to deployment and production support Build and optimise backend services using modern programming languages Analyse reliability and performance across distributed systems Contribute to system design, architecture decisions and capacity planning Define and work towards SLOs across services Participate in code reviews and engineering ...

Backend Software Engineer JBLE1 NI

Hiring Organisation
Ocho
Location
Belfast, UK
client is a product-driven technology organisation with a Belfast-based engineering hub. The team builds and operates large-scale, cloud-native backend systems, working with modern tooling across distributed infrastructure. Engineering ownership is strong here - individuals are trusted to take features all the way from concept … Collaborating closely with engineering, DevOps and product teams Your Impact In this role you'll have direct influence on the quality and resilience of systems that operate at scale. Your contributions to architecture, performance and code quality will shape the platform's long-term direction. By working across engineering ...

Backend Software Engineer TLNT1 NI

Hiring Organisation
Ocho
Location
Belfast, UK
client is a product-driven technology organisation with a Belfast-based engineering hub. The team builds and operates large-scale, cloud-native backend systems, working with modern tooling across distributed infrastructure. Engineering ownership is strong here - individuals are trusted to take features all the way from concept … Collaborating closely with engineering, DevOps and product teams Your Impact In this role you'll have direct influence on the quality and resilience of systems that operate at scale. Your contributions to architecture, performance and code quality will shape the platform's long-term direction. By working across engineering ...

Senior Quantitative Developer / Research & Data Eng. - LONDON - UNITED KINGDOM

Hiring Organisation
Park Lane Recruitment Ltd
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£250,000 - £600,000 per annum
UNITED KINGDOM Senior Quantitative Developer/Research & Data Engineer - LONDON - UNITED KINGDOM Primary Skills - Python, C++, quantitative, research, market data, simulation frameworks Secondary Skills - distributed systems, cloud computing, execution systems, performance optimization, data pipelines, Linux No. Positions - 3 Remote Status - No Remote Client Willing to Sponsor … alongside world-class quantitative researchers, traders, and technologists while building the core platforms that power systematic investment strategies. Engineers in this group own critical systems end-to-end and play a direct role in enabling research, simulation, data processing, and production trading.The environment is highly collaborative, technically demanding ...

Senior Software Engineer (Node.js / TypeScript / AWS)

Hiring Organisation
Adria Solutions
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£80,000
next-generation real-time platform from the ground up. Working closely with a small senior engineering team, you will design and deliver scalable backend systems, cloud infrastructure and distributed architectures capable of supporting high-concurrency real-time experiences. This is a hands-on role with significant influence over … technical direction, infrastructure design and platform foundations. Key Responsibilities Design and build scalable backend services and cloud infrastructure Architect event-driven and distributed systems on AWS Develop APIs, microservices and internal tooling Improve reliability, observability and developer workflows Conduct load testing and performance optimisation Contribute to frontend applications ...