7 of 7 Permanent Distributed Systems Jobs in Edinburgh

Senior Backend Engineer - Python

Hiring Organisation
Lumenalta
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Lumenalta, we partner with global enterprises to build and scale high-impact digital products. Our engineering teams work on complex, production-grade systems that power real-world experiences for millions of users. What You'll Do Design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems using Python, GraphQL … services Implement microservices that interact with distributed systems and cloud infrastructure Write robust, testable, and efficient code to support mission-critical features Collaborate with front-end developers, product managers, and other backend engineers to deliver complete end-to-end solutions Develop and manage serverless applications using AWS Lambda ...

Senior Software Developer

Hiring Organisation
Spectrum IT Recruitment
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
services using C# and .NET Write C# in a functional programming style (immutability, pure functions, composition) Apply concepts from functional languages to real-world systems Contribute to architectural decisions around distributed systems, reliability, and modelling complex workflows Collaborate with product, QA, and technical leadership Help drive best … railway-oriented thinking) Experience with at least one functional language such as: F#, Haskell, Scala, OCaml, Elixir, Erlang, Clojure, or similar Experience building backend systems, distributed services, or SaaS platforms Clear communication skills and a collaborative mindset Experience in any of the following would be advantageous ...

LLM Architect

Hiring Organisation
Bright Purple
Location
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
architect and optimise the platforms that deliver large-scale language models to production. You’ll be working on some of the hardest challenges in distributed AI systems: building ultra-reliable, ultra-scalable environments for inference and deployment. What you’ll be doing Designing cloud-native architectures … custom-built FaaS). Developing approaches to minimise cold-start latency through advanced container snapshotting, weight pre-loading, and graph partitioning . Building distributed inference pipelines with tensor parallelism, model sharding, and efficient memory scheduling to serve LLMs at scale. Experimenting with quantisation, pruning, and KV-cache management ...

Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Go, Cloud Native, Security)

Hiring Organisation
Cofide
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
product and contributing to the OSS ecosystem. You will work in a team and engage closely with customers to build secure, scalable and robust distributed systems. Experience with cloud (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure), Kubernetes and cloud native distributed systems development, securing services (i.e. mTLS/PKI/ ...

Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Hiring Organisation
MBN Solutions
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
with strong support from top-tier VCs and angels. They're looking for two Senior AI Engineers to help build secure, scalable, compliant AI systems that integrate with clinical workflows. With plans to raise their next round in Q3 2026, you'll be joining at a pivotal moment where … Most importantly, you prioritise business value over building tech for the sake of it. You will have 5 plus years building and deploying production systems in startups or fast paced environments Strong Python coding experience Experience with Azure or GCP Knowledge of distributed systems, microservices and event ...

Data Engineering Manager

Hiring Organisation
Cathcart Technology
Location
Edinburgh, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Lead a high-performing data engineering team in Edinburgh, driving the development of large-scale, reliable data systems that enable analytics, insight, and operational decision-making across a fast-paced technology organisation. The Opportunity You'll oversee a team of skilled data engineers, guiding the design and delivery … company is recognised globally for its innovative, data-driven approach. They foster a collaborative, forward-thinking culture where engineers work on large-scale datasets, distributed systems, and modern cloud platforms. Teams leverage cutting-edge tools such as Spark, Airflow, Kafka, dbt, and Databricks to build resilient, scalable ...

Palantir Technical Architect

Hiring Organisation
Anson Mccade
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
integrity. As a Technical Architect , you will lead the design and delivery of modern data-driven solutions, ensuring high-quality integration and performance across distributed systems. Our client works on the UK's most Mission-Critical Defence Projects where you'll work alongside talented colleagues in engineering, testing, consulting … present technical decisions to non-technical audiences. • Experience applying design patterns, development standards, and operational readiness practices. • Proven experience designing, building, and productionising distributed, data-intensive applications. • Proficient in Java, Scala, or Python, with comfort across multiple programming paradigms. • Experience deploying contemporary data stores (object, document, key-value, search ...