22 of 22 Contract Distributed Systems Jobs in England

Telemetry and Observability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Oscar Associates (UK) Limited
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£475 - £515 per day
highly skilled Telemetry & Observability Engineer to join a large-scale enterprise engineering environment focused on improving system reliability, visibility, and operational intelligence across complex distributed platforms. This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer who can go beyond using observability tools and instead design, build, and automate observability … telemetry solutions from the ground up. You will be responsible for building and evolving telemetry pipelines and observability infrastructure across a distributed, cloud-native environment. Working closely with network, platform, and software engineering teams, you will help embed observability into engineering workflows and CI/CD processes. Key Responsibilities ...

Java Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Halian Technology Limited
Location
Farnborough, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 per day
Java Engineer Contract Location: Hybrid (1 day per week in Farnborough, UK) Contract Duration: Initial 912 months Rate: £500 Why this role? Complex Systems: Work on large-scale, high-throughput platforms Modern Stack: Cloud-native architecture using AWS and containers Impactful Domain: Build and evolve payment-centric systems … delivering high-scale, mission-critical platforms within the payments and data space. This role suits an experienced Java Engineer who is comfortable working in distributed systems, cloud environments, and data-heavy architectures. Youll be joining a team solving real scalability and reliability challenges, with autonomy and ownership from ...

Principal SRE - Site Reliability

Hiring Organisation
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Location
Wokingham, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £525/day
mandatory) Overview We are seeking an experienced Principal SRE/Platform Engineer to lead platform-first initiatives focused on scalability, reliability, and performance across distributed systems. This role requires strong DevOps expertise and the ability to design and maintain resilient cloud-based infrastructure. Key Responsibilities Lead platform-first engineering … initiatives to enhance scalability and reliability Design, build, and maintain resilient infrastructure for distributed systems Implement monitoring and alerting solutions to ensure high availability Collaborate with engineering teams to improve system reliability and mitigate risks Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support efficient deployments Recommend ongoing ...

Technical Architect Principal (UK)

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £500 to £550 per day
designing major solution components, defining reference architectures, and guiding development teams through POCs to production-scale implementations. The role has a strong open-source, distributed systems, and data architecture focus, with frequent CIO-level technical interactions. Your Responsibilities Architecture & Blueprint Design Define end-to-end architecture blueprints covering … Your Profile Essential Skills/Knowledge/Experience Core Experience 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture or principal technical roles. Strong background in distributed systems and data platforms. Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry, Kafka, and time-series data platforms. Technical Expertise Architecture of high-volume telemetry ...

Senior Full Stack Developer (React & C#.NET)

Hiring Organisation
Adecco
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
/CD Implementation: Collaborate with DevSecOps to optimise CI/CD pipelines, ensuring automated testing and deployment. Architecture Contribution: Contribute to event-driven and distributed system designs using technologies like Kafka or Event Hub. Mentorship: Guide junior developers and foster a collaborative atmosphere within a cross-functional agile team. ...

Senior Automation QA Engineer (Data Engineering)

Hiring Organisation
IntaPeople
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 450 - 500 Daily
leading organisation undergoing major investment in its data and engineering capabilities is looking for a Senior Automation QA Engineer to strengthen quality across complex, distributed systems. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering and data engineering, supporting the delivery of high quality services and reliable data products … DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI). Experience working with Git based version control. Exposure to cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP). Understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture. This contract is inside IR35. You will be required to work through an umbrella company for the duration ...

Senior Automation QA Engineer (Data Engineering)

Hiring Organisation
IntaPeople
Location
Remote, Sutton South, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£450 - £500/day
leading organisation undergoing major investment in its data and engineering capabilities is looking for a Senior Automation QA Engineer to strengthen quality across complex, distributed systems. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering and data engineering, supporting the delivery of high‑quality services and reliable data products … DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI). Experience working with Git‑based version control. Exposure to cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP). Understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture. This contract is inside IR35. You will be required to work through an umbrella company for the duration ...

Senior Java Engineer (AWS, REST, SOAP) - Hybrid - Sussex

Hiring Organisation
Salt Search
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£500 - £700 per day
development. Develop cloud-native solutions using AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, ECS, S3, and others. Contribute to microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and distributed design patterns. Implement CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or AWS CodePipeline. Work with containerisation technologies … Gateway, DynamoDB, ECS, S3, etc.). Solid understanding of RESTful API design and exposure to GraphQL. Experience with microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices. Knowledge of Docker and container orchestration fundamentals (ECS, EKS). Experience with unit testing, integration ...

Integration Architect

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
Norwich, Norfolk, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £550 to £575 per day
week) Duration of Assignment: 6 Months The Role The Integration Architect is responsible for designing, governing, and delivering enterprise scale integration solutions across distributed systems. This role requires deep expertise in event driven architecture (EDA), real time streaming, and cloud native integration patterns using Kafka and AWS messaging/… event-based integrations Experience designing event-driven and microservices architectures. Strong knowledge of: API integration patterns (REST, GraphQL) ETL/ELT and data pipelines Distributed system design High throughput and low-latency data streaming Good understanding of Java/Python/Node.js for integration logic. Familiarity with containerization & orchestration ...

Python Developer--SC Cleared

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - 550 per day
scalable backend services • Experience in C#/.NET including building enterprise-grade applications • Experience of designing, developing, and maintaining microservices-based architectures • Knowledge of distributed systems, service-to-service communication, and fault tolerance • Ability to build RESTful APIs and integrating services across multiple systems • Proficiency in writing … clean, efficient, testable, and well-documented code • Experience with asynchronous/thread processing, messaging systems, and background workers • Strong experience with Git-based version control and CI/CD pipelines • Working knowledge of security best practices, authentication, and authorization 6 month contract with scope to extend Full time ...

Senior Back End Developer

Hiring Organisation
Robert Half
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
live, transaction-driven platform as it scales internationally. This is an initial 6-month, Inside IR35 contract, focused on building and scaling core backend systems that support global commerce, real-time interactions, and the integration of newly acquired platform capabilities. Responsibilities: Owning and evolving backend services within a high … scale, real-time environment Designing and scaling systems to support multi-currency and cross-border transactions Building and extending a shared transaction and ledger layer used across multiple platforms Supporting the integration of newly acquired products and capabilities into the core platform Designing and exposing APIs for frontend, mobile ...

Senior Developer FX Options Risk

Hiring Organisation
Reed
Location
Central London, London, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£900 - £925 per day, Inc benefits
Senior Developer – FX Options Risk & Valuation Systems We are seeking a highly capable Senior Developer to join our Front Office FX Options Technology team. This role involves hands-on work in building and enhancing systems used by the global FX Options Trading desk for risk, valuation, and real … deliver both quick tactical fixes and well-designed strategic solutions. Nice to Have: Experience in FX, options, or other derivatives. Familiarity with risk systems, valuation concepts, or market data. Experience with distributed systems or real-time data processing. Prior exposure to global teams and cross-time-zone ...

Platform Engineer (eDV Cleared)

Hiring Organisation
Reed
Location
Bristol, Avon, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£600 - £730 per day, Inc benefits
automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools including Prometheus, Grafana and ELK Strong problem-solving ability in complex, distributed systems ...

Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Purview Consultancy Services Ltd
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
monitoring, logging and post incident learnings feeding back into the agent/tooling Observability (enablement for automation) Required skills & Experience Senior SRE experience on distributed systems and batch/intraday workloads in a production environment. Strong Python Provable agentic AI experience showing Tool integration, guard rails, evaluation approach ...

003/2026 - Senior Technical Project Manager

Hiring Organisation
Bridge Recruitment UK Ltd
Location
East Grinstead, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
PRINCE2, Agile, PMI, MSP, etc.) Strong communication, presentation, and negotiation skills Experience with service transitions and operational handovers Broad technical experience including: Networks, servers, distributed systems, SQL Windows and Linux environments ITIL disciplines Personal Attributes Confident communicator at all levels Highly organised with strong attention to detail Able ...

KDB Developer

Hiring Organisation
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
will work closely with front-office stakeholders, reacting quickly to business requirements while contributing to regulatory and business-driven enhancements. Prior experience with distributed systems and statistical analysis is highly desirable. * Location: London (Hybrid) * Daily Rate: Flexible * Start Date: ASAP Key Responsibilities * Develop and enhance KDB/ ...

Python Quant Dev - Cash Equities/Algo/Backtesting/Trading/Market Making

Hiring Organisation
Scope AT Limited
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
Python development skills (Java exposure beneficial but not core) Experience with electronic trading strategies and market microstructure Knowledge of European equities markets Exposure to distributed systems and large-scale data analysis desirable Excellent communication skills; able to work with global teams and clients High-frequency trading experience advantageous ...

Salesforce Solution Architect

Hiring Organisation
NEEV LIMITED
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
approval for solution architectures across systems. Key Responsibilities Define and own end-to-end solution architecture across Salesforce, Data Cloud, and connected enterprise systems Analyze existing client architecture and design target-state architecture aligned to prioritized use cases Create architecture diagrams (logical, physical, integration flows) and document solution designs …/Service Cloud) Exposure to Salesforce Data Cloud (preferred) Exposure to Agentforce/AI-driven workflows (good to have) Knowledge of cloud architecture and distributed systems Familiarity with integration tools, connectors, and middleware Architecture & Governance Experience creating architecture diagrams and technical documentation Understanding of enterprise architecture governance processes ...

Senior Technical Product Manager

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£70 - £80 per hour
Product Management (Backend/DevEx focus). Communication: Ability to bridge the gap between business goals and engineering constraints. Technical Skills: Deep understanding of distributed systems, API design (RESTful), and event-driven architecture. Mindset: Data-driven, analytical, and comfortable in ambiguous environments. Strategy: Proven ability to align roadmaps ...

Product and Platform Specialist

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £500 to £550 per day
based data pipelines. Proven experience with time-series databases (e.g., Prometheus, VictoriaMetrics, OpenSearch, InfluxDB, etc.). Technical & Platform Expertise Platform design for large-scale, distributed systems. Strong knowledge of open-source observability stacks. Experience driving POCs into enterprise-grade solutions. Leadership & Communication Proven experience engaging with CIOs and senior ...

Scala Developer

Hiring Organisation
Teksystems
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£700 - £900/day
Title: Scala Developer Job Description This role focuses on designing and delivering performance-critical, data-driven systems that support equities, cash, and stock loan trading. You will work on core trading and inventory platforms, contributing to next-generation equity swaps initiatives, trade lifecycle automation, and enhanced risk management capabilities. … with quantitative analysts, traders, and business stakeholders to deliver robust, scalable trading solutions. Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain front-to-back equity swap trading systems using Scala with a strong emphasis on functional programming. Build and enhance high-throughput, low-latency platforms with a strong focus on performance, scalability ...

Lead Enterprise Architect

Hiring Organisation
ECS Resource Group Ltd
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£700 - £750/day IR35 Status TBC
Full ownership of the enterprise architecture strategy for a large-scale transformation of customer, billing and revenue platforms Lead the move away from legacy systems into a modern, cloud-first environment that improves performance, scalability, and customer experience Define the target architecture and set a clear, deliverable roadmap from … Solution Architect ready to step up, with ownership of architecture across complex environments A strong track record designing end-to-end architecture for large, distributed systems. Demonstrable experience of shaping and delivering technical strategy including defining target architecture and roadmaps Strong exposure to billing, revenue, or large-scale customer ...