10 of 10 Contract Distributed Systems Jobs in the North of England

Senior Architect Private Cloud

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Technologies Recruitment
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £550/day Inside IR35 via Umbrella
with deep hands-on expertise in at least two of the following: Kubernetes/Containers , Kafka/Event Streaming , or VMware/Virtualization . Distributed Systems: Proven background in designing secure, fault-tolerant, high-performance distributed systems within regulated enterprise environments. DevOps & IaC: Practical experience with ...

Engineering Lead

Hiring Organisation
Teksystems
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
initiatives. Technical Skills Essential Java REST APIs Ansible Software Engineering best practices CI/CD Automation Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP) Microservices Architecture Distributed Systems DevOps practices Observability and monitoring Beneficial Kubernetes Platform Engineering Event-Driven Architecture Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Infrastructure as Code Open-source technologies ...

Back End Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Pontoon
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
part of a multi-year programme building a new enterprise knowledge platform from scratch, designed to connect AI services and applications securely with enterprise systems, tools, and data. This is a genuine greenfield opportunity where you'll help shape the architecture and build scalable, resilient services supporting AI agent … Architecture and Security teams What we're looking for Strong backend engineering experience with Java, Python, Node.js or similar Experience with APIs, microservices and distributed systems Understanding of event-driven architecture and messaging Experience with cloud, containers and Kubernetes/OpenShift Knowledge of enterprise security, authentication and authorisation ...

Full Stack Developer

Hiring Organisation
Digital Skills Ltd
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Hourly
Micro Frontends (MFE) and Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) architectures. Proven experience with AWS and cloud-based deployment environments. Knowledge of RESTful APIs and scalable distributed systems. Experience with Git, automated testing and modern software engineering best practices. Strong stakeholder engagement and collaborative working skills. Nice to Have Experience with ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£65 - £73 per hour
backend services that connect the platform to third-party attraction providers. You will focus on scaling partner integrations, data ingestion, and building highly resilient distributed systems. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain cloud-native backend services, utilizing event-driven patterns where appropriate. Own the end-to-end delivery lifecycle … Solid understanding of Kafka or comparable event-streaming/messaging technologies. Extensive experience designing and integrating HTTP APIs with external systems. Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals (e.g., idempotency, retries, rate limiting) and CI/CD pipelines. Strong problem-solving skills with a collaborative, communicative approach. Nice ...

Technical Delivery Manager

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
Knutsford, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £487/day
Stories Acceptance Criteria Definition of Ready (DoR) Definition of Done (DoD) Sprint Planning and Retrospectives Proven experience managing cross-functional agile teams operating within distributed and global delivery models. Strong understanding of the end-to-end software development lifecycle. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability … organizational change and innovation adoption at scale. Experience collaborating with outsourced vendors and external development partners. Understanding of scalable architecture patterns, client-server applications, distributed systems, and backend service design. Demonstrated experience mentoring engineering teams and process improvement functions. If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from ...

Private Cloud Principal Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Hays Technology
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£700/day 700 p/d
technologies Experience with Kafka and event streaming platforms Strong knowledge of private cloud technologies and enterprise virtualisation platforms such as VMware Excellent understanding of distributed systems, networking, scalability and performance engineering Experience with Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD toolsets Strong understanding of security,governance and operational ...

Technical Delivery Manager

Hiring Organisation
Hays Technology
Location
Knutsford, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£450/day Insde IR35
practices Experience driving organisational change and innovation initiatives Experience partnering with third-party vendors and external delivery teams Understanding of scalable architecture patterns, distributed systems, and backend service design What you'll get in return £450 per day Long-term contract until December 2026 Hybrid working arrangement ...

Senior Java Engineer - Contract - Gaming

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£400 - 500 per day
iGaming, online gambling, sportsbook or betting platforms – this is essential. Experience building highly scalable and high-throughput systems. Strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems. Experience working with APIs and event-driven architectures. Experience with cloud technologies and modern DevOps practices. Strong understanding of software engineering principles, clean code ...

Backend Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Computer Futures
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£523/day
internal platforms and services Take ownership of services throughout the full development lifecycle Improve system scalability, reliability and performance Monitor and optimise production systems through SLIs and SLOs Investigate and resolve issues across customer-facing and internal systems Collaborate with engineers, product teams and business stakeholders Contribute … technical design and architectural decision-making Requirements Strong commercial backend software engineering experience Experience building scalable, high-volume distributed systems Strong understanding of cloud-based development environments Ability to work independently and contribute within a collaborative team Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills Experience working in modern product ...