1 to 25 of 27 Contract Distributed Systems Jobs in the UK excluding London

Software Engineer - Backend Developer

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£70 - £72 per hour
availability streams, real-time messaging, webhooks, and complex data translations-ensuring seamless communication between external platforms and internal microservices. Responsibilities Architect, deploy, and manage distributed backend microservices powering critical third-party integrations. Create reliable, event-driven data flows to process partner product updates, availability matrices, and transactional notifications. Apply … strong distributed systems practices (fault tolerance, retries, rate-limiting, and idempotency) while leveraging metrics and tracing to maintain system health. Own the Lifecycle: Take end-to-end technical ownership-from refining specs and coding to testing, safe releases, and live production monitoring. Essential Proven experience engineering high-scale ...

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 ...

Card Solutions Architects - Contract role - Sheffield - Immediate

Hiring Organisation
StrategicsIQ Ltd
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
drive architecture and design across a large-scale commercial cards ecosystem. Key Responsibilities Own and deliver end-to-end solution architecture for card-based systems, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture principles and platform roadmaps Translate business requirements (BRDs) into solution designs , decomposing into MVPs, epics, and detailed technical stories … Design and implement scalable, resilient, and secure architectures across distributed systems Define integration patterns (REST APIs, messaging, event-driven architecture) across internal platforms and external partners Provide hands-on architectural leadership to engineering teams, ensuring design consistency and adherence to standards Govern solutions through architecture review boards , ensuring ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
IO Associates
Location
Bath, Somerset, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£500 - 550 per day
working on Design, build and operate reliable, scalable backend services Own areas of the platform, including architecture and technical direction Build resilient APIs and distributed systems within a regulated financial environment Work with AWS serverless technologies , including Lambda, SQS, EventBridge and API Gateway Work with MongoDB and document … contribute to engineering standards and best practice Key Skills Strong Node.js & TypeScript Strong system design and architecture AWS & Serverless MongoDB/document databases Distributed systems, observability and incident management CI/CD and production operations Experience working in a regulated environment , ideally FinTech or financial services Comfortable owning ...

Senior AI Engineer

Hiring Organisation
MarkIT Placements
Location
Didcot, Oxfordshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
From £700 to £900 per day
experience IR35: Outside IR35 Start Date: Immediate About the Role We are working with a fast-growing UK frontier technology company developing advanced AI systems for organisations operating in complex, high-stakes environments. The business is looking for a Senior Applied AI Engineer to take genuine technical ownership … production-grade agentic AI systems. This is a builder's role rather than an integration role . You will design and implement sophisticated AI systems from the ground up, make architecture-level decisions, write production-quality software and own features through to deployment. The focus is on turning rapidly ...

Application Developer

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£420 - £473 per day
/CD pipelines. Implement automated testing for IAM policies and API behaviour. 5. Support, Troubleshooting & Collaboration Troubleshoot identity, access, and API workflow issues across distributed systems. Provide technical guidance to engineering teams on secure API design, IAM best practices, and identity workflows. Work with security teams during audits, compliance ...

Full Stack Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Response Informatics
Location
South East London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Python, .NET, JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, React, Angular, and modern web technologies. Deep experience in API development, Microservices, Event-Driven Architectures, Enterprise Integration, and Distributed Systems design. Cloud, Platform Engineering & Infrastructure Expertise in Azure, AWS, and GCP with strong knowledge of multi-cloud, cloud-native, serverless, containerized ...

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 ...

Test Automation Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Rullion Ltd
Location
Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
environment. Desirable Experience Previous experience working within the banking or financial services sector . Knowledge and experience of the payments landscape , including payment-related systems and processes. Experience working with distributed systems, APIs and modern web applications. Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines. ...

Senior Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
GTC Recruitment
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands (County), United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£700 - £750/day
Java Spring Boot AWS Apache Kafka MongoDB Microservices and RESTful APIs Automated testing and modern software engineering practices CI/CD and DevOps principles Distributed systems and system integration What We're Looking For We are looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer who can work independently, take … Ideally, you will have experience in: Leading or providing technical direction to software engineering teams. Mentoring and developing junior and mid-level engineers. Designing systems with scalability, resilience, availability and security in mind. Reviewing and challenging technical designs. Troubleshooting complex production and infrastructure problems. Working within Agile delivery environments. ...

Google Cloud Platform Architect

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Recruitment
Location
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £500 per day
with strong system design and development skills Hands-on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience, building and operating cloud-native workloads Expertise in cloud architecture, distributed systems, security, AI/ML or platform engineering Advanced programming expertise in Go and/or Python Kubernetes platform engineering experience, including CRDs ...

Python Developer

Hiring Organisation
Damia Group Ltd
Location
Glasgow, City of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £450/day
solutions supporting end-to-end business and technical workflows. Develop reusable automation frameworks, tooling and components. Integrate applications and automation solutions with APIs and distributed systems. Support reliable deployment through modern CI/CD and DevOps practices. Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across application, infrastructure and automation environments. Collaborate … technologies such as Playwright and/or Selenium . Experience developing reusable automation frameworks and tooling. Good understanding of API-driven architectures, microservices and distributed systems . Exposure to cloud-native development and containerisation , including Docker and/or Kubernetes. Experience working with CI/CD pipelines ...

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 ...

Solution Architect - Digital Applications

Hiring Organisation
AMS CWS
Location
Macclesfield, Cheshire, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
architectures with experience in Java and Angular. Experience designing and consuming GraphQL and/or REST APIs. Knowledge of microservices, domain-driven design and distributed systems architecture. Experience with containerised cloud-hosted applications and modern cloud platforms. Understanding of event-driven architectures, asynchronous messaging and event-streaming technologies. ...

Python Developer

Hiring Organisation
Damia Group Ltd
Location
Glasgow, City of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £435/day
such as Playwright and/or Selenium. · Experience building and maintaining reusable automation frameworks and tooling. · Good understanding of API-driven architectures, microservices and distributed systems. · Exposure to cloud-native development and containerisation technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes). · Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices. ...

Full Stack Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
IntaPeople
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £570/day
proven track record of building backend services and APIs Experience delivering solutions across both backend and frontend technologies, with an understanding of how systems fit together end-to-end A quality-first approach to software engineering, including automated testing, code reviews and maintainable design principles Strong communication and collaboration … frontend technologies such as React, Angular or Vue Experience working with cloud platforms, CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices Exposure to distributed systems, microservices or event-driven architectures Experience mentoring, coaching or supporting the development of other engineers Practical experience with AI-assisted development tools ...

JAVA Roles

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Portsmouth, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
/CD, continuous improvement and knowledge sharing. Essential Skills Java 8+ Spring Boot/Spring Framework/Hibernate RESTful APIs and HTTPS Microservices and distributed systems Cloud development Unit and automated testing Agile/Scrum CI/CD and Git Jira or similar UML/SysML and Enterprise ...

Senior Java Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Teksystems
Location
Luton, Bedfordshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Experience * Expert-level knowledge of Java (version 21) and the Spring Boot framework (version 3.6+). * Proven Experience designing, building, and maintaining complex distributed systems and microservices architectures. * Strong hands-on Experience with cloud platforms, specifically AWS, and containerization technologies like Kubernetes (EKS). * A solid understanding … agentic AI, code generation tools, or a strong personal interest and side projects in this area. * Experience in the financial services industry, particularly with systems related to debit/credit cards, is highly desirable. Skills Java springbooth AI aws Help lay the foundations for "spec-based development" and agentic ...

Java GCP Developer

Hiring Organisation
Square One Resources
Location
Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£460 - £560/day Order 56491
Responsibilities/Objectives Designing and building high-scale backend services using Java Developing secure and resilient identity and access management solutions Working on systems supporting high-volume transactional workloads in a regulated environment Applying Test Driven Development (TDD) throughout the software development lifecycle Required Skills/Experience Strongexperience … other regulated environments Experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) platforms Knowledge of OAuth, OpenID Connect, SSO, or authentication services Experience with microservices and distributed systems Exposure to cloud platforms such as GCP, AWS, or Azure Disclaimer Not withstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought ...

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 ...

Cloud Platform Architect (Private Cloud)

Hiring Organisation
Ixceed Solutions Ltd
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
cluster operations networking upgrades multitenancy policy management observability and workload onboarding Strong Kafka architecture operations governance security and capacity planning experience Deep understanding of Distributed Systems Networking Fault Tolerance Performance Tuning and Capacity Planning Experience with Infrastructure as Code IaC and CICD practices Strong understanding of Security Controls ...

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 ...

Software Developer

Hiring Organisation
Line Up Aviation
Location
Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£41.10/hour
What you'll be doing: The developer shall join a 7-member scrum team as part of a wider program to deliver a management systems for a new Satellite. The developer shall contribute to all stages of the software development lifecycle and thus have solid experience in design (particularly … Developing in Spring with Hibernate Good Knowledge of developing REST within HTTPS Experience of developing within a microservice architecture Web Services using RESTful APIs Distributed systems Knowledge and use of software design patterns Agile Development Processes CI/CD delivery techniques Source code management ...

Software Developer

Hiring Organisation
ARM
Location
Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£55/hour
developing in Spring with Hibernate Good Knowledge of developing REST within HTTPS Experience developing within a microservice architecture Web Services using RESTful APIs Distributed systems Knowledge and use of software design patterns Agile Development Processes CI/CD delivery techniques Source code management … Issue tracking systems (such as Jira) UML/SysML using Enterprise Architect or similar If this all sounds like something you will be interested in then simply apply and we can discuss the opportunity further! Software Developer 12 month contract Based in Portsmouth Offering £55ph Inside IR35 Disclaimer: This ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Microtech Global Ltd
Location
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Perforce (P4) . Configure and resolve bottlenecks within Network Storage/NFS environments supporting heavy, data-intensive compute workloads. Core Technical Requirements Operating Systems: Deep hands-on experience with Linux administration and systems architecture. Development & Scripting: Strong proficiency in Python and shell scripting for infrastructure automation and tooling. … Perforce (P4). CI/CD: Proven track record of building, scaling, and maintaining deployment pipelines in Jenkins and GitHub Actions. Storage Systems: Solid understanding of network storage principles, particularly NFS mount configurations and troubleshooting. Preferred/"Nice to Have" Experience Hands-on exposure to distributed systems ...