1 to 25 of 40 Contract Distributed Systems Jobs in England

Software Development Engineer in Test

Hiring Organisation
S Three Management Services Limited
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£450-550 per day
development teams where quality assurance and test automation are core to delivery. You could be working on microservices architectures, cloud-native applications and complex distributed systems where your ability to design and maintain sophisticated test frameworks directly influences product reliability and deployment velocity. This is a contract position … integration, quality engineering What you would do Typical responsibilities could include: Designing and building automated test frameworks and test suites for microservices and distributed systems Developing API and integration tests across .NET, Java, Python and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) Implementing CI/CD test pipelines and quality ...

SDET

Hiring Organisation
S Three Management Services Limited
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£450-550 per day
advert does not represent a live vacancy. About the opportunity Roles of this type typically sit within agile development teams delivering cloud-native and distributed systems across sectors such as financial services, life sciences and technology. You could find yourself working with modern microservices architectures, API testing frameworks …/CD pipelines, contributing to quality assurance across complex backend and frontend systems built on platforms such as Azure, AWS and Kubernetes. Typical role overview Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Type: Contract • Full-time Rate: £450-550 per day Domain: QA/Testing/Validation • Automation • SDET What ...

Software Development Engineer in Test

Hiring Organisation
S Three Management Services Limited
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£450-550 per day
technical environment. Roles of this type may involve partnering with development and operations teams to build scalable test automation solutions, working across microservices and distributed systems in cloud-based infrastructure. The work could include architecting automated test strategies, developing robust test frameworks and contributing to continuous integration … What you would do Typical responsibilities could include: Designing and developing automated test frameworks and test infrastructure Building test automation across APIs, microservices and distributed systems Implementing and maintaining CI/CD testing pipelines and automation strategies Writing clean, maintainable automation code in languages such as Java, Python ...

Software Development Engineer in Test

Hiring Organisation
S Three Management Services Limited
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£450-550 per day
future contract opportunities in Manchester. These are specialist technical roles focused on building robust test automation frameworks and ensuring software quality across modern distributed systems and cloud-native architectures. Please note the content of this advert does not represent a live vacancy. About the opportunity This … intersection of quality assurance and software engineering, where you would use development expertise to design, build and maintain automated test solutions that keep complex systems reliable and performant. The work could involve collaborating across development and QA teams to architect test frameworks for microservices, APIs and distributed systems ...

Snr Full Stack Python Engineer-Agentic Systems

Hiring Organisation
Harvey Nash
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£950 - £1000 per day
Fantastic opportunity to join a world class Banking environment. Senior Full Stack Python Engineer - Agentic Systems & Data Platforms Seniority Level: Senior (5-8 years' experience) Work Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days office) We are looking for a Senior Full Stack Python Engineer to design, build, and deliver intelligent backend systems and modern front-end applications that support complex, data-intensive workflows. This role sits at the intersection of distributed systems engineering, AI/agentic tooling, and front-end data visualization - ideal for an engineer who enjoys working across the full stack and translating ambiguous business problems into ...

Senior Full Stack Python Engineer - Agentic AI & Data Platforms

Hiring Organisation
Harvey Nash
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£800 - £900 per day + Bonus + Benefits
seeking an experienced Senior Full Stack Python Engineer to join a leading global investment bank, working on the development of intelligent backend systems, agentic AI capabilities and modern enterprise data platforms. This is an exciting opportunity for a hands-on engineer to work at the intersection of Python engineering … distributed systems, Generative AI and full-stack development. You will be responsible for designing and delivering production-grade backend services, asynchronous processing pipelines, MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers and AI-driven workflows, alongside modern React-based front-end applications. You will also work closely with business stakeholders, product ...

Lead Technical Architect

Hiring Organisation
Hays Technology
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £600/day Inside IR35
confirm IR35: Inside IR35 Your new company You'll be joining an organisation looking for architecture expertise across enterprise and solution design, cloud architecture, systems integration and modern distributed systems. Your new role As an Enterprise/Solution Architect, you'll provide architectural direction across complex technology environments … practices. Key responsibilities Enterprise architecture and solution design Cloud architecture across Azure, AWS and/or GCP System integration and API architecture Microservices and distributed systems architecture Technical strategy and roadmap planning Defining and applying software architecture patterns and best practices What you'll need to succeed Essential ...

Mid Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
ARM
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£550 - £580/day
contributing to the design, development and maintenance of scalable, resilient backend systems. The role will specialise in event-driven architecture and CQRS-based systems, working within a collaborative engineering environment to deliver robust, distributed solutions. The successful candidate will have strong backend development experience, a solid understanding … experience building event-driven applications. Key Responsibilities Design, develop and maintain backend services and applications within a pod-based delivery model. Implement and support systems built around Command Query Responsibility Segregation (CQRS). Develop and maintain event-driven architectures and distributed systems. Contribute to the implementation of Event ...

Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Spencer Rose Ltd
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 35 Daily
today Java (8/11/17+) with strong hands-on experience in enterprise application development. Microservices Architecture using Spring Boot, REST APIs, and distributed system design. Apache Kafka for event-driven architecture, messaging, and asynchronous processing. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) including deployment, monitoring, and cloud-native services. Containerisation ...

Back-End Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Spencer Rose
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£420 - £430/day Inside IR35
today Java (8/11/17+) with strong hands-on experience in enterprise application development. Microservices Architecture using Spring Boot, REST APIs, and distributed system design. Apache Kafka for event-driven architecture, messaging, and asynchronous processing. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) including deployment, monitoring, and cloud-native services. Containerisation ...

Backend Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Spencer Rose
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£475/day Inside IR35
/17+) with strong hands-on experience in enterprise application development. Strong Back End development experience Microservices Architecture using Spring Boot, REST APIs, and distributed system design. Apache Kafka for event-driven architecture, messaging, and asynchronous processing. Google Cloud Platform (GCP) including deployment, monitoring, and cloud-native services. Containerisation ...

AWS Tech Lead

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
migration programmes. • A strong enterprise Java background, including Java 17 or later; Java 21 is preferred. • Significant technical leadership experience across multidisciplinary and distributed teams. • Fluent written and spoken English. Technical expertise You'll bring strong knowledge of: • AWS architecture: AWS Well-Architected Framework, multi-account environments, landing zones … design principles and disaster recovery. • AWS services: EC2, ECS and/or EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, EventBridge, SNS, SQS, IAM, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, Secrets Manager and Route 53. • Software and integration architecture: Java, REST APIs, event-driven architecture, microservices, distributed systems, enterprise integration patterns ...

Senior C# .Net Developer

Hiring Organisation
ARM
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500/day Umbrella Inside IR35
highly regulated environment. Key Responsibilities Design, develop and maintain enterprise applications using C# and .NET. Develop scalable, secure and high-performance APIs, services and distributed applications. Work with Technical Analysts and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions. Contribute to solution architecture, technical design and code reviews. Develop … REST APIs and microservices SQL Server, including complex queries, stored procedures and optimisation Entity Framework/ORM Object-oriented design and design patterns Distributed systems and enterprise integration Unit and automated testing Azure DevOps, Git and CI/CD Agile/Scrum delivery Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving ...

Software Engineer [Camunda, Full Stack, Java, React, Kafka, Kubernetes]

Hiring Organisation
GIOS Technology Limited
Location
Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Daily
testing, performance and engineering best practices. Hands-on Camunda development experience, particularly around workflow/process automation and integration. Expertise in cloud-native architecture, distributed systems, and software design. Proven experience building microservices, REST APIs, and Kafka-based solutions. Experience with Kubernetes and/or OpenShift. Strong understanding ...

Senior Full Stack Developer

Hiring Organisation
GCS
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£550 - £600/day
Developer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, and deploying modern web applications that integrate with AI-powered services and large-scale distributed systems. You will collaborate with cloud engineers, architects, data specialists, and AI teams to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing solutions in Azure environments. … React, Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript Build responsive, high-performance front-end solutions capable of handling large data volumes Develop and integrate APIs, microservices, and distributed systems Deploy and manage applications within Microsoft Azure environments Integrate applications with LLM-based services, Agentic AI workflows, and AI-driven platforms Work ...

Software Development Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Deerfoot Recruitment Solutions
Location
Hounslow, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£350 - £430 per day + Hybrid Working
with a TypeScript and Angular front end, but engineers move between languages as projects change, so we are looking for engineers who think in systems rather than in one stack. You'll work with Product Managers, Technical Business Analysts, Architects and Quality Engineers in Agile product teams. Kafka … architecture reviews Investigating defects, finding root causes and supporting deployment, monitoring and troubleshooting What You'll Bring A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or a related field, plus 3+ years in software development within Agile product teams (5+ years preferred) Strong commercial experience in Java ...

Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
TXP
Location
Cumbria, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£370 - £420/day
continuous improvement initiatives across development practices and platform capabilities. Perform code reviews and promote engineering best practices. Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues across distributed systems. Mentor junior developers and contribute to the wider engineering community. Essential Skills & Experience Strong commercial Java development experience. Experience delivering solutions within ...

Software Architect

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Bristol, Avon, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£0 - 92 per hour
What you'll bring: • Strong technical expertise in software architecture and engineering across multiple phases of the product lifecycle. • Experience designing and delivering software systems in complex environments (e.g. cloud-native, embedded, distributed systems). • Ability to work independently and collaboratively within IPTs, solving moderately complex problems. ...

Contract Senior Software Engineer - React/Typescript/Java - Manchester - 6 months £600 per day (

Hiring Organisation
Ventula Consulting
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Daily
team Required skills and experience Strong Senior software engineer experience Excellent skills with Java, Spring, Boot Excellent skills with Javascript, React, Tyepscript Strong distributed systems experience Cloud-native development (Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD; AWS or similar) Kafka/message queues/event-driven architecture Strong communication skills ...

Fullstack Developer

Hiring Organisation
Qualient Technology Solutions UK Limited
Location
Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £450/day
Gateway and Serverless technologies Message broker like Apache Kafka BPM framework Mustache template Experience in large scale integration projects involving messaging, web services and distributed systems ELK stack OpenStack platform Agile development – Scrum ...

Senior Automation Test Engineer/Test Lead

Hiring Organisation
Spencer Rose
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £410/day Inside IR35
leadership. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Good to Have Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) concepts. Experience testing cloud-based applications, microservices and distributed systems. Knowledge of performance-testing tools and performance monitoring/analysis. Experience with cloud-based CI/CD and deployment processes. If available, APPLY ...

Solutions Architect SC

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Recruitment
Location
Corsham, Wiltshire, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
Up to £600 per day + Inside IR-35
Essential Skills & Experience Proven experience working as a Solutions Architect on large-scale transformation programmes. Strong AWS architecture expertise. Experience designing cloud-native and distributed systems. Strong understanding of data architecture and modern data platforms. Experience with API-led and event-driven integration patterns. Kubernetes and Docker experience. Infrastructure ...

Java 11 Engineer Banking West Sussex Hybrid

Hiring Organisation
TELSTRA Associates
Location
Sussex, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 280 Daily
Familiarity with Cloud services including DevOps concepts and CI/CD tools. Experience with Event-driven/Micro-services architecture for high-availability/distributed systems. Experience using Spring Framework, Junit, GitHub, Microservices, Splunk and API's. Experience with Test driven development and unit testing frameworks. Proficient understanding ...

NET Developer

Hiring Organisation
Langham Recruitment
Location
United Kingdom, Norwich, Norfolk
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £450/day Remote
Developer to join its engineering team. This is a backend-focused opportunity for a developer who enjoys building high-quality APIs, web services and distributed systems. You'll work on technically challenging software, collaborating with experienced engineers to design, develop and support the services that underpin advanced technology platforms. … C# and modern .NET technologies Designing and supporting ASP.NET Core APIs and web services Building and maintaining gRPC services Contributing to service-oriented and distributed architectures Writing clean, maintainable and testable code Participating in code reviews and technical discussions Troubleshooting and resolving software issues Working within an Agile engineering ...

Senior Full Stack Python Engineer

Hiring Organisation
McGregor Boyall Associates Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
days onsite) We're looking for a Senior Full Stack Python Engineer to join a high-profile programme building next-generation AI, agentic systems and data platforms. You'll be responsible for developing scalable backend services in Python, building MCP servers and AI-powered workflows, and delivering modern front … 5+ years) Celery, Redis, Celery Beat, Flower MCP (Model Context Protocol) LangChain and/or LangGraph React & AG Grid SQL (Oracle desirable) REST APIs & distributed systems Stakeholder engagement & requirements gathering Desirable: Commodities, market data or trading experience Docker/Kubernetes RAG, vector databases and AI tooling Financial services ...