1 to 25 of 275 Distributed Systems Jobs in the UK excluding London

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 ...

Associate Professor in Systems

Hiring Organisation
UNSW
Location
Edinburgh, UK
strategic direction of research and education in modern computing systems. You will drive high‐impact research with national and international visibility across operating systems, distributed systems, systems security, and systems for machine learning, while playing a key role in advancing the School’s research profile … programmes, mentor emerging researchers, and contribute to institutional strategy, governance and interdisciplinary collaboration. You will help advance future scalable, secure and high‐performance computing systems in a global leader with cutting‐edge facilities, world‐class faculty and a commitment to sustainability. About You You are an established academic with ...

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 Golang Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Talent Smart
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£650/annum
hands-on engineering role requiring deep expertise in Go (Golang) and modern backend engineering practices. You will be responsible for developing high-performance APIs, distributed systems, and event-driven microservices while helping shape technical architecture across a scalable, Azure-hosted environment. Working alongside architects, product teams, and fellow … services using Go (Golang) . Build scalable RESTful APIs and event-driven microservices. Design and implement cloud-native solutions within Microsoft Azure. Develop resilient distributed systems capable of handling high-throughput workloads. Contribute to architecture decisions across a polyglot technology landscape, selecting the most appropriate technologies for individual ...

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 ...

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 ...

Senior Software Developer - Relocation supported

Hiring Organisation
SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B Corporation™
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
risk technology platform in partnership with an established hedge fund. They’re creating a high-performance engineering hub in Newcastle, focused on building serious systems used in real financial decision-making. This isn’t a maintenance role. You’ll be joining a small, high-calibre engineering team building core … components of a live trading platform in a Microsoft stack, using modern C#/.NET to solve complex distributed systems problems at scale. What you’ll be doing You’ll work across the core platform used for trading and financial operations, including Designing and building high-performance backend ...

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 ...

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 ...

AI Infrastructure Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Pro Contract Jobs Ltd
Location
York, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 800 - 1,000 Daily
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 JBG81_UKTJ click apply for full job details ...

Remote Senior Manager, Engineering, Docker Agents (London)

Hiring Organisation
Docker
Location
Crawley, West Sussex, UK
usage for developers. This role combines people leadership, technical strategy, and cross-functional collaboration. The manager ensures the team delivers reliable, high-impact systems while maintaining a strong engineering culture grounded in trust, learning, and execution. Responsibilities Team Leadership & Development Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers working … with Product Management, Platform, DevOps, and QA teams to align priorities. Advocate for agent capabilities across the Docker ecosystem. Ensure smooth integration between agent systems and other Docker products. Operational Excellence Establish and track engineering metrics related to quality, velocity, and reliability. Remove blockers and improve developer productivity through ...

Remote Senior Manager, Engineering, Docker Agents (London)

Hiring Organisation
Docker
Location
Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, UK
usage for developers. This role combines people leadership, technical strategy, and cross-functional collaboration. The manager ensures the team delivers reliable, high-impact systems while maintaining a strong engineering culture grounded in trust, learning, and execution. Responsibilities Team Leadership & Development Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers working … with Product Management, Platform, DevOps, and QA teams to align priorities. Advocate for agent capabilities across the Docker ecosystem. Ensure smooth integration between agent systems and other Docker products. Operational Excellence Establish and track engineering metrics related to quality, velocity, and reliability. Remove blockers and improve developer productivity through ...

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 ...

Remote Principal Software Engineer Backend Technologies, Platform (UK Remote)

Hiring Organisation
Turnitin
Location
Dundee, UK
backend development, particularly in Java and serverless architectures, combined with solid frontend experience. This role is ideal for engineers passionate about building scalable distributed systems, data modeling, and delivering high-performing, reliable software solutions for our award-winning educational platform. As a core contributor to our shared services … team, you will play a key role in developing and enhancing the foundational systems that power both existing and new applications. This role is fully hands-on, requiring active involvement in coding, development, and implementation of technical solutions. You will also be called upon to lead more junior engineers ...

Remote Principal Software Engineer Backend Technologies, Platform (UK Remote)

Hiring Organisation
Turnitin
Location
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, UK
backend development, particularly in Java and serverless architectures, combined with solid frontend experience. This role is ideal for engineers passionate about building scalable distributed systems, data modeling, and delivering high-performing, reliable software solutions for our award-winning educational platform. As a core contributor to our shared services … team, you will play a key role in developing and enhancing the foundational systems that power both existing and new applications. This role is fully hands-on, requiring active involvement in coding, development, and implementation of technical solutions. You will also be called upon to lead more junior engineers ...

Remote Principal Software Engineer Backend Technologies, Platform (UK Remote)

Hiring Organisation
Turnitin
Location
Salford, Greater Manchester, UK
backend development, particularly in Java and serverless architectures, combined with solid frontend experience. This role is ideal for engineers passionate about building scalable distributed systems, data modeling, and delivering high-performing, reliable software solutions for our award-winning educational platform. As a core contributor to our shared services … team, you will play a key role in developing and enhancing the foundational systems that power both existing and new applications. This role is fully hands-on, requiring active involvement in coding, development, and implementation of technical solutions. You will also be called upon to lead more junior engineers ...

Principal Solution Architect

Hiring Organisation
Daniel James Resourcing Ltd
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
teams to ensure architectural designs are successfully delivered Producing high-quality solution designs, technical documentation and architecture roadmaps Driving cloud-first architecture using modern distributed systems Leading architectural discussions around scalability, resilience, security and performance Supporting engineering teams through technical decision making rather than simply producing documentation Reviewing … existing systems and identifying opportunities for modernisation Collaborating with Product teams to balance commercial requirements with technical excellence Acting as a trusted technical advisor across multiple delivery teams What we're looking for You'll ideally have experience in most of the following: Previous experience as a Solution Architect ...

Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
iDPP
Location
Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£60,000
Clearance essential Our client, an innovative UK technology company is building a next-generation AI platform for defence and health applications . Their systems operate in highly regulated, mission-critical environments where reliability, security, and performance truly matter. Were looking for a Data Engineer, with programming skills in Python …/C++ to work on key platform components. This is a hands-on role youll be writing code, shaping systems, and directly influencing the future of the platform. This is a genuine ground-floor opportunity to shape both the technology and the engineering culture within a growing, mission-driven ...

Principal.Net Developer ( AI )

Hiring Organisation
Ocho
Location
Belfast, UK
different. Most architecture roles are advisory. This one has teeth. Our client is on a genuine platform transformation journey, moving away from complex legacy systems toward a modern, cloud-native architecture,and they need someone who can lead that charge technically and culturally. If you've ever wanted real … outcomes. What you'll be doing: Architecture & Platform Modernisation Define and own the target architecture, leading the transition from legacy systems to modern, cloud-native platforms Drive the decomposition of monolithic systems into modular services, APIs, and event-driven components Collaborate with frontend and backend leaders to ensure ...

Data Engineer - Defence

Hiring Organisation
Anson Mccade
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£90,000
solving challenging problems through high-quality engineering, combining technical depth with hands-on delivery. This role offers the opportunity to work on data-intensive systems within demanding environments, building scalable pipelines and robust data platforms that support real-world outcomes. You'll have the opportunity to: Design and build … data pipelines and data-intensive applications Work across large-scale datasets in complex engineering environments Contribute to modern data platforms and distributed systems Collaborate with engineers and clients to deliver production-ready solutions Take ownership of delivery within high-impact programmes Work with modern tools and frameworks across ...

Data Engineer - Defence

Hiring Organisation
Anson Mccade
Location
Bristol, Avon, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£90,000
solving challenging problems through high-quality engineering, combining technical depth with hands-on delivery. This role offers the opportunity to work on data-intensive systems within demanding environments, building scalable pipelines and robust data platforms that support real-world outcomes. You'll have the opportunity to: Design and build … data pipelines and data-intensive applications Work across large-scale datasets in complex engineering environments Contribute to modern data platforms and distributed systems Collaborate with engineers and clients to deliver production-ready solutions Take ownership of delivery within high-impact programmes Work with modern tools and frameworks across ...

R&D Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
FDM Group
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£70,000 - £80,000 per annum, Negotiable, Pro-rata, Inc benefits
with a strong emphasis on usability, user experience, and rapid iteration. Contribute to the enhancement and extension of an existing .NET-based platform and distributed computing architecture. Apply distributed computing principles to build scalable, resilient, and secure solutions. Integrate AI and machine learning capabilities into prototype applications, including … software engineering, R&D, or prototyping-focused roles. Strong experience developing applications within the Microsoft .NET ecosystem, including modern C# development. Experience working with distributed systems, distributed computing concepts, or actor-based architectures. Proven track record of delivering rapid prototypes, proofs of concept, or innovation-focused software ...

Remote Senior Software Engineer (UK Remote)

Hiring Organisation
Turnitin
Location
Leeds, UK
backend development, particularly in Java and serverless architectures, combined with solid frontend experience. This role is ideal for engineers passionate about building scalable distributed systems, data modeling, and delivering high-performing, reliable software solutions for our award-winning educational platform. As a core contributor to our shared services … team, you will play a key role in developing and enhancing the foundational systems that power both existing and new applications. Responsibilities: Design, develop, and optimize scalable shared backend services using Java and serverless technologies (AWS Lambda) Design/implement RESTful APIs and event-driven systems Contribute ...

Remote Senior Software Engineer (UK Remote)

Hiring Organisation
Turnitin
Location
Aberdeen, UK
backend development, particularly in Java and serverless architectures, combined with solid frontend experience. This role is ideal for engineers passionate about building scalable distributed systems, data modeling, and delivering high-performing, reliable software solutions for our award-winning educational platform. As a core contributor to our shared services … team, you will play a key role in developing and enhancing the foundational systems that power both existing and new applications. Responsibilities: Design, develop, and optimize scalable shared backend services using Java and serverless technologies (AWS Lambda) Design/implement RESTful APIs and event-driven systems Contribute ...