25 of 25 Permanent Distributed Systems Jobs in the Midlands

Remote Senior Manager, Engineering, Docker Agents (London)

Hiring Organisation
Docker
Location
Nottingham, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
usage for developers. This role combines people leadership, technical strategy, and cross-functional collaboration. The manager ensures the team delivers reliable, high-impact systems while maintaining a strong engineering culture grounded in trust, learning, and execution. Responsibilities Team Leadership & Development Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers working … with Product Management, Platform, DevOps, and QA teams to align priorities. Advocate for agent capabilities across the Docker ecosystem. Ensure smooth integration between agent systems and other Docker products. Operational Excellence Establish and track engineering metrics related to quality, velocity, and reliability. Remove blockers and improve developer productivity through ...

Remote Senior Software Engineer II, Infra Engineering (Remote UK)

Hiring Organisation
Optro Gmbh
Location
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
team-wide architecture decisions. Assist our customer support and sales teams with technical issues regarding the Optro application. Maintain reliability for our production systems to exceed our SLA requirements, including participation in an on-call rotation for production issues. Help define internal Service Level Objectives and Service Level Indicators … software development background with strong expertise in at least one programming language (Go, Python, TypeScript, or similar) Experience with Docker and running container orchestration systems (Kubernetes preferred) Experience working with cloud services providers (AWS or Azure preferred) Experience with Infrastructure as Code and other cloud automation tools (HashiCorp suite ...

Remote Staff Backend Software Engineer (Remote)

Hiring Organisation
Spoke
Location
Nottingham, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Careers Page. What you'll be doing day to day As one of a team of three backend engineers, you'll work across the systems that underpin our products, and focus on reliability, security, and keeping things running smoothly in production. In practice, that means building and improving backend … services, supporting distributed systems, and making sure we have the right observability approach in place, from logging through to alerting, so issues are easier to spot and quicker to resolve. You'll take the lead across multiple backend components, whether that's shaping system design, digging into complex ...

Remote Senior Software Engineer (UK Remote)

Hiring Organisation
Turnitin
Location
Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
backend development, particularly in Java and serverless architectures, combined with solid frontend experience. This role is ideal for engineers passionate about building scalable distributed systems, data modeling, and delivering high-performing, reliable software solutions for our award-winning educational platform. As a core contributor to our shared services … team, you will play a key role in developing and enhancing the foundational systems that power both existing and new applications. Responsibilities: Design, develop, and optimize scalable shared backend services using Java and serverless technologies (AWS Lambda) Design/implement RESTful APIs and event-driven systems Contribute ...

Principal Java Architect: AWS, Microservices & Scale

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Coventry, England, United Kingdom
used by millions of customers. This role will focus on driving engineering excellence, defining technical standards and leading the design of scalable, high-availability systems across a modern cloud-native environment. Responsibilities for the Principal Java Engineer: Define and evolve engineering strategy, standards and best practices across your domain … Lead technical direction across multiple engineering teams and programmes Design and oversee delivery of large-scale, distributed systems using modern technologies Provide expert guidance on technical risk, architecture decisions and prioritisation Support Staff Engineers and development teams with deep technical leadership Drive adoption of DevOps, CI/ ...

Principal Engineer (Java) - up to £105,000 + Bonus - Hybrid

Hiring Organisation
Involved Solutions
Location
Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£75,000 - £105,000 per annum
used by millions of customers. This role will focus on driving engineering excellence, defining technical standards and leading the design of scalable, high-availability systems across a modern cloud-native environment. Responsibilities for the Principal Java Engineer: Define and evolve engineering strategy, standards and best practices across your domain … Lead technical direction across multiple engineering teams (on & offshore) and programmes Design and oversee delivery of large-scale, distributed systems using modern technologies Provide expert guidance on technical risk, architecture decisions and prioritisation Support Staff Engineers and development teams with deep technical leadership Drive adoption of DevOps ...

Remote Sr. Software Engineer/SRE - Remote UK (6218)

Hiring Organisation
Itd Tech
Location
Telford, Shropshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
highly motivated Lead Site Reliability Engineer on the Observability team. You will lead the design, development and operation of large-scale, secure observability systems that make sure our services stay online and performant. We're a team of passionate software engineers that value quality and customer experience. Our team … networks. As a Lead Site Reliability Engineer on the Observability team you will lead the design, development and operation of large-scale, secure observability systems that make sure our services stay online and performant. We're a team of passionate software engineers that value quality and customer experience. ...

Remote Principal Software Engineer Backend Technologies, Platform (UK Remote)

Hiring Organisation
Turnitin
Location
Leicester, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
development, and optimization of scalable backend services using Java and serverless technologies (e.g., AWS Lambda). Architect and implement RESTful APIs and event-driven systems to support high-performance, distributed applications. Provide technical leadership to the team, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and best practices. Contribute … Functions). Solid understanding of frontend technologies, including React and Web Components, with the ability to contribute when needed. Expertise in designing and managing distributed systems, ensuring scalability, and advanced data modeling techniques. Demonstrated ability to lead and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders across multiple ...

Remote Principal Software Engineer Backend Technologies, Platform (UK Remote)

Hiring Organisation
Turnitin
Location
Birmingham, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
development, and optimization of scalable backend services using Java and serverless technologies (e.g., AWS Lambda). Architect and implement RESTful APIs and event-driven systems to support high-performance, distributed applications. Provide technical leadership to the team, ensuring alignment with architectural standards and best practices. Contribute … Functions). Solid understanding of frontend technologies, including React and Web Components, with the ability to contribute when needed. Expertise in designing and managing distributed systems, ensuring scalability, and advanced data modeling techniques. Demonstrated ability to lead and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders across multiple ...

Software Architect - .NET / Automation Systems

Hiring Organisation
Computer Futures
Location
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 70,000 - 90,000 Annual
Control System (WCS) used in highly automated logistics environments. This platform sits at the heart of real-time operations, orchestrating material flow across conveyor systems, integrating with PLC controls, robotics (AMR/AGV), and upstream enterprise platforms such as WMS and ERP. This is a highly technical position where … Ensure solutions meet non-functional requirements including performance, scalability, availability, and security Troubleshoot and resolve complex system issues, including concurrency, bottlenecks, and integration failures Systems Integration Own and define integration patterns between the WCS platform and external systems including PLCs, WMS, ERP, and robotics platforms Design robust, scalable ...

Remote Principal Software Engineer, Docker Agents (London)

Hiring Organisation
Docker
Location
Nottingham, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Define and drive the long-term technical strategy for Docker's containerized agent platform, including core primitives, APIs, and extensibility patterns Build Containerized Agent Systems: Design and implement systems that leverage Docker containers as the ideal runtime for AI agents, ensuring isolation, scalability, and portability Expand cagent: Maintain … roles (Staff/Principal level or equivalent scope) Go Expertise: Strong proficiency in Go (this is absolutely required) - Docker's primary language for backend systems AI/ML Knowledge: Practical experience with large language models (LLMs) and agent development patterns System Architecture: Proven ability to design scalable, distributed ...

Principal Engineer (.Net) - up to £100,000 + Bonus - Hybrid

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Coventry, England, United Kingdom
best practices across your domain Lead technical direction across multiple engineering teams and programmes Design and oversee delivery of large-scale, high-availability systems using modern Microsoft technologies Provide expert guidance on technical risk, architecture decisions and prioritisation Support Staff Engineers and delivery teams through hands‐on technical leadership … expertise in ASP.NET Core, Web API, C#, Entity Framework Strong experience with Azure, Kubernetes, Kafka and Microservices architecture Experience with MongoDB, cloud integrations and distributed systems Strong knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript Experience using Terraform/Infrastructure as Code Strong understanding of software architecture and scalable system design ...

Senior Site Reliability Engineer - Python

Hiring Organisation
Inspire People
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Part Time, Work From Home
Salary
£80,000
skills for the Senior Site Reliability Engineer include: Experience writing clean, maintainable code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. Experience of building applications hosted on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure ...

Tech Lead

Hiring Organisation
Eligo Recruitment Ltd
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands (County), United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£75000 - £85000/annum
technology platform. This is a strategic technical leadership role where you'll influence architecture, mentor engineering teams, and drive the development of high-scale systems processing significant advertising and customer data volumes across multiple digital channels. If you've built AdTech platforms, worked with advertising APIs, and enjoy solving … complex distributed systems challenges, we'd love to speak with you. The RoleAs a Principal Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams while remaining hands-on with architecture and critical development initiatives. You'll play a key role in evolving a platform that integrates deeply ...

Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE Squad Lead)

Hiring Organisation
Inspire People
Location
Birmingham, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns … such as Terraform, CloudFormation or similar.Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language.Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact.In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including:Flexible hybrid working, typically ...

Lead Site Reliability Engineer (SRE Squad Lead)

Hiring Organisation
Inspire People
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Part Time, Work From Home
Salary
£80,000
leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns … Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working ...

Tech Delivery Lead

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Northampton, England, United Kingdom
report key metrics, represent at leadership and governance forums, and ensure continuous delivery improvement. Qualifications Deep technical leadership across Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, APIs, distributed systems and cloud‐native architectures, with the ability to lead technical design and delivery decisions across complex engineering environments. Experience leading large‐scale ...

Tech Delivery Lead

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Northampton, England, United Kingdom
business stakeholders. To be successful as a Technical Delivery Lead, you should have experience with: Deep technical leadership across Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, APIs, distributed systems and cloud‐native architectures, with the ability to lead technical design and delivery decisions across complex engineering environments. Leading large‐scale SAFe ...

Remote Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Twilio
Location
Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
backend languages such as Java or Scala. Experience authoring technical specifications and delivering end-to-end system designs. Strong fundamentals in concurrency and distributed systems. Experience working with AWS or other cloud platforms at scale. Proven ability to maintain a high operational excellence bar and mentor junior engineers ...

Python & Django Developer - Mid level

Hiring Organisation
Computer Futures
Location
West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£60,000
using Python and Django. Design and build REST APIs and backend services. Work with PostgreSQL databases and data models. Develop integrations with third-party systems and customer applications. Participate in software architecture and technical design discussions. Troubleshoot, debug and resolve software issues. Perform code reviews and contribute to development … Required Skills & Experience Commercial experience developing software with Python. Strong knowledge of Django. Experience building and supporting REST APIs. PostgreSQL database experience. Experience integrating distributed systems and applications. Knowledge of Git and collaborative development practices. Strong problem-solving and debugging skills. Excellent communication and teamwork abilities. Desirable Skills ...

Remote Technical Lead, Developer Experience

Hiring Organisation
Ably Realtime
Location
Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
APIs), or closely related solutions for other technical personas (e.g. DevOps, cloud infrastructure etc.). An understanding of pub/sub and familiarity with distributed systems and event based architectures. What's it like to work at Ably? We're tackling planet-scale problems and our ambitions ...

Remote Senior Developer Relations Advocate - EMEA

Hiring Organisation
Clickhouse
Location
Derby, Derbyshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
familiarity with the data domain as a developer, infrastructure, data engineer, data analyst, etc.. Experience and understanding of databases, data stores, data warehouses, and distributed systems would be ideal. Experience with open source technologies and communities, as demonstrated by practical use and prior contributions to these projects Experience … comments about compensation as a candidate, please get in touch with us at paytransparency@clickhouse.com. Perks Flexible work environment - ClickHouse is a globally distributed company and remote-friendly. We currently operate in 20 countries. Healthcare - Employer contributions towards your healthcare. Equity in the company - Every new team member ...

Senior Staff Engineer – Scale a Global SaaS Platform

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
software engineering and large-scale data processing. The role involves collaborating with engineering teams and shaping technology decisions. Ideal candidates will have experience in distributed systems and microservices architecture. Enjoy a remote-first culture with competitive salary, generous leave, and comprehensive benefits including private healthcare. #J-18808-Ljbffr ...

Remote Senior Elixir Developer

Hiring Organisation
Srt Marine Systems Plc
Location
Nottingham, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Join Us at SRT Marine Systems as a Senior Elixir Developer Job Title: Senior Elixir Developer Location: Remote/Cardiff/Bristol/MSN Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time SRT Marine Systems plc (SRT) are a market leader in its domain of international marine surveillance technology and systems. … customer base. The company has a global impact in the marine domain by leading the next generation of maritime domain awareness technologies, products and systems that significantly enhance, security, safety and environment protection and sustainability. Our customers are worldwide and range from the largest national coast guards to individual ...

Remote Engineering Manager, Geo for Self-Managed Customers

Hiring Organisation
Gitlab
Location
Telford, Shropshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
products or services of GitLab. We're looking for a technical engineering manager (UK Based) to lead a team building and operating large-scale distributed systems. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise with strong operational instincts and a passion for building high-performing teams. You will lead … foundation customers rely on for their disaster recovery strategies. What you'll bring: Proven track record building and owning large-scale distributed services, with the technical depth to dive into architecture and guide the team on technical strategy Experience in driving operational excellence and you've owned services running ...