1 to 25 of 31 Permanent Distributed Systems Jobs in the North West

Senior Technical Architect

Hiring Organisation
Nicoll Curtin
Location
Liverpool, 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 ...

Lead Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Saxon
Location
Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Lead Engineer – Distributed Systems/DeFi Infrastructure Remote | Up to $150k (paid in stablecoins) Saxon is working with one of our portfolio companies to hire a Lead Engineer to help build next-generation on-chain financial infrastructure. This is not a typical Web3 role. You'll be architecting … core financial systems including vault mechanics, reward engines, token supply logic, and distributed backend infrastructure supporting a blockchain-native product. We're looking for someone who thinks in systems and architecture, not just features. What You'll Work On • Designing distributed backend systems • Building reward ...

Lead Architect

Hiring Organisation
Accelerant
Location
Warrington, Cheshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
clearly communicated, understood, and consistently applied Design and Innovation Define and maintain architectural patterns across backend services, APIs, data platforms, and front end systems Design scalable, resilient systems for analytics, workflow orchestration, and intelligence features Guide decomposition of legacy systems into well defined services and domains Evaluate … technologies and data stores, favoring open standards and long term maintainability Architect distributed systems with focus on reliability, fault tolerance, and scalability Standards & Governance Establish API design standards ensuring consistency, discoverability, and ease of integration Define front end standards prioritizing web platform capabilities, progressive enhancement, and accessibility (WCAG ...

Solution Architect (.NET, AWS)

Hiring Organisation
djr
Location
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
development teams. This is not a detached governance position — it is a role for an architect who enjoys working closely with engineers, helping shape systems that are built to operate at enterprise scale. Key Responsibilities Define solution architectures for new platform capabilities and services Work closely with engineering teams … evolution of the organisation’s architecture standards and practices Technology Environment Our client operates within a modern cloud-first engineering environment , focused on scalable distributed systems and service-oriented architectures. Typical technologies include: .NET/C# backend services AWS cloud platform Microservices architectures API-driven integrations Event-driven ...

senior data platform engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harnham
Location
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
platforms used to drive advanced analytics and high‐volume data processing. You will work at the heart of their next‐generation data architecture, designing distributed systems that support cutting‐edge machine learning workloads at scale. The Company They are a specialist AdTech organisation using advanced data processing … environment with no bureaucracy and significant ownership from day one. The Role In this Senior Data Platform Engineer position, you will: • Build and scale distributed data pipelines capable of handling large, high‐throughput workloads. • Develop core backend services in either Python or Go and learn the other as needed. ...

Senior Data Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
Liverpool, Merseyside, 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 Data Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, 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 ...

Principal Solution Architect

Hiring Organisation
Daniel James Resourcing Ltd
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
commercially aligned architecture at serious scale. You will sit at the intersection of product, engineering and enterprise stakeholders, owning solution design across complex distributed systems, driving architectural standards, and influencing long-term platform strategy across multiple business domains. What You'll Be Doing Designing scalable, cloud-native solutions … across Azure Defining architectural patterns for event-driven and microservices-based systems Working closely with senior engineering leaders and product teams Translating complex business capability into robust technical solutions Driving integration strategy across internal and external platforms Governing design quality without becoming a bottleneck Environment Azure cloud-native platform ...

Forward Deployed Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Acceler8 Talent
Location
Preston, Lancashire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Lead 8–12+ week technical implementations Write and push production backend code Own API integrations and complex data workflows Debug SQL, async services, and distributed systems Work directly with customer engineering teams Influence product roadmap from the field High autonomy. High visibility. Real ownership. This is hands … What We're Looking For Strong backend engineering fundamentals (Python, TypeScript, or similar) Deep comfort with SQL (joins, aggregations, performance tradeoffs) Experience shipping production systems in B2B SaaS API fluency: designing, debugging, integrating Comfort reasoning about distributed systems and async behavior Strong communication - you can explain technical ...

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

Hiring Organisation
Keepnet
Location
Stockport, Greater Manchester, 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 ...

Software Architect

Hiring Organisation
Akkodis
Location
Cheadle, England, United Kingdom
projects that shape the future of technology. Scope We are seeking a highly experienced Software Architect to design, develop, integrate, and assure large-scale distributed software systems in a safety-critical or safety-related environment. The role requires deep technical expertise in C/C++, Java, and Python … combined with strong systems thinking, software assurance, and delivery leadership. Role You will contribute across the full software lifecycle, working closely with architects, project management, and multidisciplinary engineering teams to deliver robust, secure, and high-integrity software solutions, primarily on Linux and Windows platforms, within a regulated defence environment. ...

Full Stack Engineer

Hiring Organisation
SearchWorks
Location
Chester, Cheshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
continue building the product. This is a product engineering role (not consultancy) What you'll be doing Architecting the backbone of revolutionary AI systems Create backend systems that deliver sub second response times Help to guide and mentor an extremely strong team of engineers Help to create robust … scalable platforms to process commercial claims faster than every before. What they're looking for Expert Python skills with proven experience building high performing systems 8+ years of backend engineering experience, ideally with some insights into distributed systems Some frontend experience Some systems architecture exposure Performance ...

Senior Network Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Couch Heroes
Location
Bolton, Greater Manchester, 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 Java Developer - Manchester

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
projects. What You'll Do Working primarily in Java (Spring Boot, Hibernate, etc.) Drive design and architecture decisions for scalable, secure, and performant systems Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, and DevOps to deliver high-impact features Conduct code reviews, establish coding standards, and promote engineering best practices Continuously … improve team workflows and development processes What They're Looking For Good expertise in Java and JVM-based systems (3+ years coding experience preferred) Solid background in system design, distributed systems, and cloud architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP) Passion for clean code, testing, and performance optimization ...

DeFi Developer

Hiring Organisation
Harrington Starr
Location
Liverpool, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
rollup execution Requirements: • Advanced degree in a quantitative field • 2+ years strong Rust and Solidity • Experience building low-latency, high-throughput trading or onchain systems • Strong distributed systems knowledge • Comfortable across Linux, AWS, Docker, Git High ownership. Close collaboration with founders. Real impact on live DeFi infrastructure. ...

AWS DevOps Engineer - Blackburn/ Hybrid

Hiring Organisation
Oscar Associates (UK) Limited
Location
Blackburn, Lancashire, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
/Consultancy Edge: (Optional but preferred) Experience managing diverse client environments or high-traffic SaaS platforms. Problem Solver: The ability to troubleshoot complex distributed systems and perform root-cause analysis on production incidents. AWS DevOps Engineer - Blackburn/Hybrid Oscar Associates (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment ...

Java Fullstack Developer

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£80,000
Spring Boot Experience with modern front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue Strong understanding of architecture patterns and styles Experience designing scalable, distributed systems Proven experience developing and consuming RESTful APIs Experience working with SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases Familiarity with Git, Jira … writing clean, maintainable, high-quality code Why Join Us? Hybrid working model (2 days onsite in Manchester) Opportunity to work on modern, scalable systems Collaborative and supportive team culture Real ownership and impact in your role Long-term career growth in a permanent position If you're ready ...

Full Stack Engineer

Hiring Organisation
SR2 | Socially Responsible Recruitment | Certified B CorporationTM
Location
Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
company's AI-driven platform. You will collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to translate product requirements into scalable, reliable systems that deliver real value to customers. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy working in high-growth startup environments, solving complex technical problems … shipping production software at scale. What You'll Be Doing Designing and building scalable backend systems using Python Developing and maintaining API-driven architectures Working with cloud infrastructure and distributed systems Designing and optimizing database systems for performance and reliability Building and maintaining frontend applications using ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
DWP Digital
Location
Blackpool, Lancashire, North West, 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 ...

Head of IT

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 75,000 - 85,000 Annual
empowering a high-performing engineering team Essential Skills & Experience Experience in a senior SRE, Infrastructure, or Platform leadership role Strong, practical experience operating production systems in AWS Solid Linux systems and networking expertise (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, Firewalls, load balancing) Background designing or supporting highly available, distributed systems Good understanding of SRE principles and how to apply them pragmatically Experience with automation and infrastructure as code (eg Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar) Ability to operate comfortably at both a technical and strategic level Nice to Have Container and orchestration experience (Kubernetes, EKS, ECS) Experience scaling platforms ...

Head of Site Reliability Engineering & Infrastructure

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£85,000
empowering a high-performing engineering team Essential Skills & Experience Experience in a senior SRE, Infrastructure, or Platform leadership role Strong, practical experience operating production systems in AWS Solid Linux systems and networking expertise (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls, load balancing) Background designing or supporting highly available, distributed systems Good understanding of SRE principles and how to apply them pragmatically Experience with automation and infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar) Ability to operate comfortably at both a technical and strategic level Nice to Have Container and orchestration experience (Kubernetes, EKS, ECS) Experience scaling platforms ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Aveni
Location
Manchester, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Aveni is redefining how financial institutions use AI. We build real, production-ready agentic systems that reshape how banks, advisers and financial services firms operate, replacing fragmented processes with intelligent, end-to-end workflows. We have been recognised as Fintech of the Year for two consecutive years and awarded … advisers, analysts and banking teams. Your work will focus on: Designing and implementing robust event-driven microservices and APIs Building scalable, cloud-native systems on AWS Developing modern, responsive React front-ends Integrating LLM-powered capabilities into real-world workflows Collaborating closely with product and AI specialists to turn ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Candour
Location
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
improvement of engineering standards and processes Work with CI/CD pipelines to support reliable deployments Collaborate across teams to deliver scalable and reliable systems Skills & Experience 5+ years’ experience in software development Strong experience with C#/.NET Frontend experience with Vue.js/React.js Experience working with Microsoft … Cosmos DB Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Event Hubs, Service Bus, Blob Storage Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases Knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems Experience working within Agile development teams Benefits 25 days annual leave + bank holidays Employer pension contributions Share options scheme Hybrid working model ...

Head of Data Engineering (AI)

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, 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 ...

Technical Lead - TypeScript / Node.js

Hiring Organisation
Adria Solutions
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£80,000
high-growth startup backed by a larger, established group. Youll lead a talented engineering squad, drive architectural decisions, and deliver scalable backend systems that support thousands of users-all while influencing the strategic direction of the product. This is a hands-on leadership role where youll combine deep technical … data modelling, indexing, aggregation pipelines, performance tuning) Node.js and the wider JavaScript/TypeScript ecosystem Express.js and/or Fastify RESTful API design and distributed systems AWS or similar cloud platforms Microservices architecture Testing frameworks (Vitest, Jest, Mocha, etc.) CI/CD pipelines and DevOps best practices GitHub ...