11 of 11 Contract Distributed Systems Jobs in London

Contract Principal Software Architect

Hiring Organisation
Spectrum IT Recruitment
Location
Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
integrations. Define clear service boundaries, ownership models and integration patterns . Support engineering teams in delivering scalable, maintainable and well-structured solutions. Assess existing systems and identify opportunities to simplify, consolidate and modernise platform capabilities. Support the evolution of legacy systems towards agreed target-state architectures through pragmatic … incremental change. Make and guide technical decisions around distributed systems, APIs, integrations, data and cloud architecture . Ensure security, resilience, observability, performance and scalability are incorporated into solution designs. Identify architectural risks, technical debt and platform constraints, and establish appropriate mitigation strategies. Provide technical review and architectural guidance ...

Software Engineer X2 (Back end)

Hiring Organisation
Pontoon
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
technical subject matter expert, driving engineering best practises and operational excellence in an Agile environment. Responsibilities: Design and deploy scalable, high-performance backend systems and platforms. Monitor, maintain, and optimise large-scale distributed systems. Automate deployments, infrastructure provisioning, and configuration management processes. Lead incident resolution, troubleshooting, and root … cause analysis activities. Ensure systems meet security, compliance, and resilience requirements. Collaborate with engineering, QA, DevOps, and support teams to enhance platform performance. Support capacity planning and initiatives for future scalability. Maintain technical documentation and operational procedures. Champion Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban. Required Skills & Experience: Strong experience ...

Senior Software Engineering

Hiring Organisation
Adecco
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£600 - £650/day Inside IR35
development teams. Required Skills & Experience Engineering & Development Extensive experience developing enterprise applications using: Python C#/.NET Core/.NET 8+ Strong experience designing distributed systems, APIs, and service-oriented architecture. Proven ability to lead technical delivery across multiple projects and teams. Experience defining engineering standards, design patterns ...

Senior Java Architect - Payments

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Recruitment
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £600 per day
modern engineering practices Architect payment solutions supporting real-time payments, cross-border transactions, settlement, reconciliation, and regulatory requirements Design integration patterns across enterprise systems, third-party providers, and banking platforms Drive iterative delivery, stakeholder engagement, demonstrations, and technical progress reporting Collaborate with Business, Integration, Data, and DevOps Architects … Financial Services, or other highly regulated environments Deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and enterprise-scale backend development Strong knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems Experience designing event-driven solutions using Kafka or similar messaging technologies Strong understanding of API-first architecture, REST services, and enterprise integration ...

Senior Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£600 - 750 per day + None
Customer 360, analytics, AI/ML, marketing and commercial use cases . Contribute to solution design and technical architecture , taking a holistic view of systems, integrations, dependencies and potential risks. Build and maintain data pipelines with a strong focus on performance, reliability, scalability and data quality . Work across … based data platforms across AWS, Azure and/or GCP . Experience with contemporary data engineering technologies and architectures. Strong understanding of data modelling, distributed systems and scalable architecture patterns. A proactive approach to problem solving, with the ability to work independently and identify issues before they become ...

Senior C# Developer .NET 9/10, AWS Lambda, SQS, SNS Outside IR35

Hiring Organisation
Smart Sourcer Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £700 to £800 per day
major greenfield B2B SaaS platform as a deeply senior, hands-on C# engineer, with heavy emphasis on deep .NET engineering , high-performance distributed systems , and real-world AWS serverless delivery . Youll also have the opportunity to develop hands-on skills with Claude Code , one of the most … industry. Role Overview: Youll operate as the technical spearhead for a greenfield product build, reporting to the Director of Engineering. Expect deep backend engineering, distributed system design, and high-quality serverless delivery, plus the chance to adopt modern AI-assisted development practices as part of your workflow. What Youll ...

Technical Architect

Hiring Organisation
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£700 - £800/day
headless, API-first and composable commerce MACH Architecture Strong practical experience with: Microservices API-first design Cloud-native SaaS Headless architecture Event-driven and distributed systems Integration resilience and failure handling TypeScript/Node.js Strong hands-on TypeScript and Node.js development Ability to read, debug, review and write …/cart and checkout Customer journeys Promotions Payments Order management Experience integrating commerce platforms with CMS, PIM, payment, search, promotions, customer and order management systems is highly desirable. DevOps/SRE/Operational Engineering Strong experience across: CI/CD and deployment automation Infrastructure and configuration as code Automated ...

Senior .NET / AWS Engineer - Cloud Modernisation

Hiring Organisation
Method-Resourcing
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £550 per day
native engineering AWS ECS Docker/containerisation Terraform and/or CloudFormation Event-driven or event-sourced architecture AWS SNS and SQS Microservices/distributed systems SQL Server CI/CD and automated deployment Most importantly, we're looking for engineers who have personally delivered this type ...

Quant Developer

Hiring Organisation
HOK Consulting LTD
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
Strats/Quant environment. Strong Python expertise with Pandas, NumPy, and PySpark. Strong software engineering and full SDLC experience with production ownership. Experience with distributed systems, Kubernetes, GCP/AWS, and cloud platforms . Hands-on experience building REST/gRPC/GraphQL APIs and data pipelines. Knowledge ...

DevOps / Application Engineer

Hiring Organisation
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £650/day InsideIR35
Engineering or SRE. * Experience supporting business-critical, high-availability applications. * Good understanding of CI/CD, deployment, monitoring and software development lifecycles. * Knowledge of distributed systems, resilience, failover and capacity management. * Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills across applications and infrastructure. * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. * Proactive approach … following: * Financial Services, Capital Markets or Trading Technology experience. * Exposure to risk, trading or regulatory technology. * Cloud, containers and modern DevOps tooling. * Large-scale distributed or high-performance computing environments. Please apply for immediate interview! CBSbutler is operating and advertising as an Employment Agency for permanent positions ...

Performance Architect

Hiring Organisation
DCV Technologies
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£625 - £700/day - Inside IR35
decisions. Essential Skills/Knowledge/Experience: Extensive experience in Performance Architecture, Performance Engineering, and System Optimization. Strong understanding of enterprise architecture principles and distributed system design. Expertise in defining and managing Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs). Experience creating sizing models, capacity planning strategies, and workload forecasting approaches. Deep … standard monitoring tools. Strong stakeholder management skills, working with CTOs, Enterprise Architects, and senior leadership. Knowledge of cloud-native architectures, microservices, and large-scale distributed platforms. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and technical decision-making capabilities. Your Responsibilities: Define and govern the end-to-end performance strategy for applications, platforms ...