23 of 23 Permanent Distributed Systems Jobs in the Midlands

Senior Technical Architect

Hiring Organisation
Nicoll Curtin
Location
Birmingham, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Enterprise Architect (Hands-On) – C#/.NET Core | Azure | Distributed Systems | Global SaaS - Fully Remote We are looking for a highly technical, hands-on Enterprise Architect to help shape and scale a global technology platform following continued international growth, including expansion into North America. This … 30pm UK time) The Role -Own and evolve the enterprise architecture framework aligned to business growth -Design scalable, secure, high-performance distributed systems -Lead monolith → microservices modernisation -Drive event-driven and clean architecture principles -Work hands-on with engineering on architecture and system design -Establish architectural standards, governance ...

Head of Engineering (AI-First SaaS Platform)

Hiring Organisation
Keepnet
Location
Lincoln, Lincolnshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
deep observability, and human-in-the-loop controls where required. We are looking for a Head of Engineering to scale these production-grade agentic systems, strengthen platform reliability, and lead global engineering teams to deliver a secure, highly reliable, and operationally mature SaaS platform. This role sits … intersection of AI-first engineering, distributed systems, and customer impact, working closely with the leadership team, customer success, development, DevOps, and security teams to ensure engineering accelerates, rather than blocks, sustainable growth. This is not a maintenance role. This is a build, scale, and lead role. Why This ...

Head of Engineering (AI-First SaaS Platform)

Hiring Organisation
Keepnet
Location
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
deep observability, and human-in-the-loop controls where required. We are looking for a Head of Engineering to scale these production-grade agentic systems, strengthen platform reliability, and lead global engineering teams to deliver a secure, highly reliable, and operationally mature SaaS platform. This role sits … intersection of AI-first engineering, distributed systems, and customer impact, working closely with the leadership team, customer success, development, DevOps, and security teams to ensure engineering accelerates, rather than blocks, sustainable growth. This is not a maintenance role. This is a build, scale, and lead role. Why This ...

Satellite Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Get2Talent
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
client is leading the way in next-generation communications, building laser communication systems and software-defined networking platforms for aerospace and deep-space applications. With technology acquired from Google, theyre creating solutions that let satellites, aircraft, and even cislunar networks communicate seamlessly essentially bringing space and Earth … What Youll Be Doing Building and maintaining delay-tolerant networking products, platforms, and APIs using Rust, gRPC, and Protocol Buffers Working on scalable and distributed systems using Kubernetes Debugging, optimising, and improving systems for full-scale production environments Collaborating with front-end developers to integrate user-facing ...

Senior Data Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£90,000 - £105,000 per annum
used by clients to explore trends and drive smarter advertising decisions. THE ROLE As Senior Data Platform Engineer, you will help shape a distributed data and compute platform designed for large-scale ingestion, transformation and machine learning workloads. Specifically, you can expect to be involved in the following: Designing … optimising of distributed systems for high-throughput data processing Build services and tools in Python or Go, with the opportunity to cross-train in the other. Work across data pipelines, data warehouses and processing frameworks to support analytics and AI products, contributing to new applications and evolving existing ...

Senior Backend Developer (.NET | AI-First SaaS Platform)

Hiring Organisation
Keepnet
Location
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
with growing global momentum, helping organisations manage human cyber risk at scale. With Agentic AI live in production, Keepnet runs autonomous systems that plan, build, and operate security awareness and human risk workflows, supported by strong guardrails and observability. We're looking for a Senior Backend Developer who wants … build production-grade backend services that power these systems, working in a multinational, AI-first engineering team where quality, ownership, and long-term thinking matter. What You'll Do Design, build, and maintain scalable backend services for Keepnet's Human Risk Management platform. Build clean, modular APIs that integrate ...

Senior Network Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Couch Heroes
Location
Nottingham, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
dies on the quality of its networking layer. We need a Senior Network Engineer who can build the server infrastructure, networking architecture, and online systems that allow thousands of players to share a seamless, responsive world. You will report to the CTO and work closely with gameplay engineers, backend … developers, and DevOps to design and implement the server architecture, replication systems, and online services that underpin the entire game experience. We are in early production. The studio has been running for three years, and server architecture, zone streaming, player session management, and replication models are still being designed. ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Metomic
Location
Birmingham, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Software Engineer — Data Systems Who we are We're Metomic; a data security platform helping enterprises understand and protect sensitive data across their SaaS environments. We process large volumes of real customer data daily and our systems must remain fast, accurate, and reliable under load. Why this role … exists Our product depends on data systems that behave predictably at scale. We're investing in strengthening our data platform - ingestion, storage, querying, streaming, and performance. We need an engineer who understands how architecture decisions affect performance, correctness, and operability. This role will help us evolve and scale systems ...

Software Engineer (Scala)

Hiring Organisation
Sky
Location
Stamford Hill, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
here at Sky. What you'll do Design and implement scalable APIs and backend services, primarily in Scala, to integrate ML models into production systems and deliver personalised experiences. Real time data processing and gRPC microservices (Typelevel stack). Take end-to-end ownership of services, from development … skills with experience in Scala, ideally the typelevel stack (bonus if you have exposure to Golang and Python). Interest in machine learning, personalisation systems and cloud technology - even if you haven't worked extensively in ML before. Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, deploying, and maintaining production-grade APIs ...

Backend Software Engineer (Scala)

Hiring Organisation
Sky
Location
Stamford Hill, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
here at Sky. What you'll do Design and implement scalable APIs and backend services, primarily in Scala, to integrate ML models into production systems and deliver personalised experiences. Real time data processing and gRPC microservices (Typelevel stack). Take end-to-end ownership of services, from development … skills with experience in Scala, ideally the typelevel stack (bonus if you have exposure to Golang and Python). Interest in machine learning, personalisation systems and cloud technology - even if you haven't worked extensively in ML before. Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, deploying, and maintaining production-grade APIs ...

Scala Cloud Developer

Hiring Organisation
Sky
Location
Stamford Hill, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
here at Sky. What you'll do Design and implement scalable APIs and backend services, primarily in Scala, to integrate ML models into production systems and deliver personalised experiences. Real time data processing and gRPC microservices (Typelevel stack). Take end-to-end ownership of services, from development … skills with experience in Scala, ideally the typelevel stack (bonus if you have exposure to Golang and Python). Interest in machine learning, personalisation systems and cloud technology - even if you haven't worked extensively in ML before. Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, deploying, and maintaining production-grade APIs ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
DWP Digital
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£55,000
What skills, knowledge and experience will you need? Experience building software using Java (Java 8 or above), including evidence of working on large-scale, distributed systems where performance and resilience matter. Understanding of RESTful APIs and microservice design including how to build and consume them effectively. Experience with … across the full software lifecycle - from designing APIs to building user interfaces, to deploying and monitoring services in cloud environments. These aren't small systems: you'll be working with high-volume, mission-critical applications where performance, latency and security really matter. You'll join teams working in areas ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
YLD
Location
Nottingham, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud; Experience building and maintaining APIs and backend services, including SaaS platforms; Familiarity with modern infrastructure and distributed systems; Solid understanding of modern deployment practices, including Docker, containers, and Kubernetes; Curiosity and openness to working in AI-assisted development environments, including ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
YLD
Location
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud; Experience building and maintaining APIs and backend services, including SaaS platforms; Familiarity with modern infrastructure and distributed systems; Solid understanding of modern deployment practices, including Docker, containers, and Kubernetes; Curiosity and openness to working in AI-assisted development environments, including ...

Data Engineer (Scala)

Hiring Organisation
Sky
Location
Stamford Hill, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
here at Sky. What you'll do Design and implement scalable APIs and backend services, primarily in Scala, to integrate ML models into production systems and deliver personalised experiences. Real time data processing and gRPC microservices (Typelevel stack). Take end-to-end ownership of services, from development … skills with experience in Scala, ideally the typelevel stack (bonus if you have exposure to Golang and Python). Interest in machine learning, personalisation systems and cloud technology - even if you haven't worked extensively in ML before. Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, deploying, and maintaining production-grade APIs ...

Head of Data Engineering (AI)

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£100,000 - £130,000 per annum
lead engineering at scale while working on genuinely complex technical challenges. You'll own the engineering roadmap across all products, driving architectural decisions for distributed data processing, ML pipelines, and modern web systems that handle massive datasets for enterprise clients. THE COMPANY: This is a business built … innovation, stability, and genuine technical excellence. Recently recognized for cutting-edge GenAI data work, they're operating at the absolute intersection of large-scale distributed systems, ML, and the rapid evolution of search technology. THE ROLE: Own and execute the engineering roadmap Drive architectural decisions for distributed ...

Senior Data Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£100,000 - £120,000 per annum
clients understand online behaviour, spot emerging trends, and optimise advertising strategy. THE ROLE: As a Senior Data Platform Engineer, you will Build and enhance distributed data pipelines capable of handling huge-scale datasets. Develop and maintain the data architecture that underpins their ML and AI workflows. Work across Python … with the ability to pick up the second language. Strong SQL skills and hands-on experience with big data warehouses. Solid understanding of distributed systems and data processing architecture. Experience in AWS, Kubernetes, BigQuery, or GCP is beneficial. THE BENEFITS: You will receive a salary ...

Full Stack Software Developer

Hiring Organisation
ZENOVO LTD
Location
Coventry, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£70,000 - £90,000 per annum, Inc benefits
years of relevant full-stack development experience Experience with React/Vue, Nuxt/Next, NodeJS, Typescript, PostgreSQL and Redis. Experience building scalable backend distributed systems or have worked with containerized backend microservices. Experience developing mobile applications using Ionic. Experience in API development, authentication methods, and database design ...

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Hiring Organisation
Zettafleet
Location
Derby, Derbyshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
background in Machine Learning. This is an applied role, and we are looking to hire a software engineer with experience in cloud computing and distributed systems. In this role, you will: Design and develop highly-scalable, fault tolerant and event driven systems that directly power our core products. … confident in our deployments. What we are looking for: Back-end development: 5+ years of industry experience building reliable and scalable back-end systems with an object-oriented language. Cloud-native technologies: Experience in architecting and deploying in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP or Azure), an understanding of containerisation ...

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Hiring Organisation
Zettafleet
Location
Telford, Shropshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
background in Machine Learning. This is an applied role, and we are looking to hire a software engineer with experience in cloud computing and distributed systems. In this role, you will: Design and develop highly-scalable, fault tolerant and event driven systems that directly power our core products. … confident in our deployments. What we are looking for: Back-end development: 5+ years of industry experience building reliable and scalable back-end systems with an object-oriented language. Cloud-native technologies: Experience in architecting and deploying in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP or Azure), an understanding of containerisation ...

Solution Architect

Hiring Organisation
Searchstone Ltd
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£75,000
Communicate architectural choices clearly to client stakeholders Contribute to internal architecture standards and ways of working What were looking for Experience designing and delivering distributed systems/API-led solutions in enterprise environments Strong understanding of modern engineering stacks (ideally TypeScript/JavaScript, Node.js, React/Next.js) Integration … experience with enterprise systems and databases (e.g. Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB) Familiarity with data solutions (warehouses/lakehouses, modelling, pipeline patterns) Good grasp of non-functional requirements (security, performance, resilience, operability) Familiarity with CI/CD and deployment practices (Azure experience a plus) Comfortable being hands-on where ...

Java Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Response Informatics
Location
Solihull, England, United Kingdom
Responsibilities: Develop and implement solutions for biometric products. Support live systems and diagnose incidents. Collaborate with the team to ensure high-quality Java code. Essential Skills and Experience: Proficiency in Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Spring Integration, Spring Batch, Microservices, Quartz, SQL Database (PostgreSQL), JPA (Hibernate), REST … Docker, TDD, Agile (Scrum) Public sector experience. 6-8 years of hands-on experience with large-scale Spring-based Java projects. Experience supporting live systems and diagnosing incidents. Experience in large-scale integration projects involving microservices, messaging, web services, and distributed systems. Experience with web services (SOAP ...

Junior Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Qualient Technology Solutions UK Limited
Location
Solihull, England, United Kingdom
Security), Angular. • Public sector experience • 5+ years of hands-on experience with large scale Spring based java projects. • Must have experience of supporting live systems and diagnosing incidents. • Experience in large scale integration projects involving microservices, messaging, web-services and distributed systems. • Experience with web-services - (SOAP … RESTful) • Experience with containerisation (Docker) • Experience with testing frameworks like JUnit, Mockito, Powermock, JMock, DBUnit, TestContainers. • Experience of connecting processes across several systems with message brokers like ActiveMQ • Experience of Continuous Integration methodologies – Maven, GIT, Jenkins, SonarQube and Stash Repository • Experience of developing in a Linux development environment • Experience ...