1 to 25 of 43 Permanent Distributed Systems Jobs in the North West

Senior Software Engineer - Scala

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£80,000
revenues exceeding$1 billion, currently expanding its Manchester engineering function. This is a rare opportunity to join a genuinely high-performing engineering team building distributed systems that process vast amounts of data and power critical products used globally. I'm particularly interested in speaking with engineers who have … fundamental to success. The Opportunity As a Senior Scala Engineer, you'll play a key role in designing and developing highly scalable backend systems, influencing technical direction, and helping to shape the future of a rapidly growing engineering organisation. Working alongside some of the industry's strongest engineers ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Daniel James Resourcing Ltd
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£75,000
environments. This is not a slow-moving enterprise IT environment. The engineering teams here are focused on modern product development, cloud-native architecture, scalable distributed systems, and building high-quality software that directly impacts real users and real-world transactions at scale. Youll join a collaborative engineering culture … teams to deliver genuinely modern SaaS products. The environment is heavily engineering-led, with a strong focus on: cloud-native development scalable APIs and distributed systems event-driven architecture CI/CD and automation engineering quality and clean architecture modern software delivery practices product-centric engineering Tech Stack ...

Senior Software Engineer - Flight Booking

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
providers. The team ensures that the wide selection of flight combinations available to our customers is booked successfully with our suppliers every time. Our systems map across a broad range of supplier technologies and capabilities, presenting a single unified gateway for flight booking to the wider business. Our mission … ensure that there are zero failed bookings . This is a role for engineers who enjoy solving large-scale, data-intensive, and distributed systems challenges that directly influence customer experience and business performance. What you’ll be doing day to day As a Senior Software Engineer in Flights ...

Senior Software Engineer for Real-Time Platforms (Node.js / TypeScript / AWS). Job in Mancheste[...]

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
next-generation real-time platform from the ground up. Working closely with a small senior engineering team, you will design and deliver scalable backend systems, cloud infrastructure and distributed architectures capable of supporting high-concurrency real-time experiences. This is a hands‐on role with significant influence over … technical direction, infrastructure design and platform foundations. Key Responsibilities Design and build scalable backend services and cloud infrastructure Architect event‐driven and distributed systems on AWS Develop APIs, microservices and internal tooling Improve reliability, observability and developer workflows Conduct load testing and performance optimisation Contribute to frontend applications ...

Senior Software Engineer (Node.js / TypeScript / AWS)

Hiring Organisation
Adria Solutions
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£80,000
next-generation real-time platform from the ground up. Working closely with a small senior engineering team, you will design and deliver scalable backend systems, cloud infrastructure and distributed architectures capable of supporting high-concurrency real-time experiences. This is a hands-on role with significant influence over … technical direction, infrastructure design and platform foundations. Key Responsibilities Design and build scalable backend services and cloud infrastructure Architect event-driven and distributed systems on AWS Develop APIs, microservices and internal tooling Improve reliability, observability and developer workflows Conduct load testing and performance optimisation Contribute to frontend applications ...

Senior Software Engineer (Ad Auctions)

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Marketplace to optimize yield, gross profit, perform real‐time multi‐objective optimization across various short and long term objectives, build control and simulation systems, design and run experiments, and extend the experimentation framework. You will partner closely with other Engineering, Inventory, and Product teams to define the vision … group and to build and deliver the roadmap. What you’ll be doing Lead the design, implementation, and evolution of real‐time ads auction systems powering Roku’s CTV advertising across The Roku Channel and the Roku platform. Own and enhance core auction capabilities including ad pod construction ...

Data Engineer - Defence

Hiring Organisation
Anson Mccade
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£90,000
solving challenging problems through high-quality engineering, combining technical depth with hands-on delivery. This role offers the opportunity to work on data-intensive systems within demanding environments, building scalable pipelines and robust data platforms that support real-world outcomes. You'll have the opportunity to: Design and build … data pipelines and data-intensive applications Work across large-scale datasets in complex engineering environments Contribute to modern data platforms and distributed systems Collaborate with engineers and clients to deliver production-ready solutions Take ownership of delivery within high-impact programmes Work with modern tools and frameworks across ...

Senior Software Engineer (Java / Kotlin)

Hiring Organisation
Morgan McKinley
Location
Manchester, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Java and/or Kotlin Leading system design discussions and driving technical decisions Building integrations with third-party APIs and external platforms Developing resilient distributed systems with a strong focus on reliability and observability Collaborating with Product, Operations and Commercial teams to deliver business-critical functionality Driving engineering … best practice, code quality and operational excellence Mentoring engineers and providing technical leadership within the team Key experience required Strong commercial experience developing backend systems in Java and/or Kotlin Experience designing and operating distributed systems in production environments Strong understanding of API design, integrations ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
public safety agencies depend on in their most critical moments. Senior Software Engineer – Universal Search In this role, you’ll build and scale the systems behind our universal search platform that powers fast, accurate, and secure access to critical data across our RMS, CAD, and analytics products. … work on distributed systems, real‐time data indexing, and modern search technologies to support life‐saving decision making for our public safety users. What You’ll Do If you were on our team last week, you might have: Led end‐to‐end system design for a new universal ...

Senior Software Engineer Java

Hiring Organisation
Get2Talent
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£70,000
design, development, and delivery of secure full-stack applications using Java, React, and modern web technologies Building scalable back-end services, APIs, and distributed systems Developing responsive and user-focused front-end applications using React and associated frameworks Designing and maintaining cloud-native solutions across AWS, Azure … frameworks such as React Previous experience operating at Senior, Lead, or Principal Engineer level Strong understanding of software architecture, API design, and scalable distributed systems Experience building cloud-native applications and working within AWS, Azure, or similar cloud environments Strong knowledge of DevOps tooling, CI/CD pipelines ...

Senior Software Engineer - Kafka/Spark

Hiring Organisation
Adecco
Location
Chester, Cheshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
build high-performance, real-time data platforms supporting regulatory compliance across global operations. This is a fully engineering-led role focused on streaming, distributed systems, and low-latency processing , ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex data challenges at scale. What You'll Do Design and build Kafka … based streaming pipelines and Spark processing jobs Develop low-latency, high throughput systems handling large-scale datasets Create data matching and reconciliation solutions across multiple sources Work on event-driven architectures with a focus on performance, accuracy, and reliability Contribute to production grade systems in a highly regulated ...

Senior Java/Kotlin Software Engineer - Manchester

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
engineering challenge Our Software Engineers don't just write code, they solve real financial problems for millions of customers. You'll work on distributed systems processing thousands of transactions daily, build resilient services that handle people's money, and create experiences that make traditionally complex financial products feel … simple. Your Impact Designing, building and running scalable backend systems using Kotlin and AWS Contributing to technical direction, team practices and architectural decisions Collaborating closely with product managers, designers and other engineers Mentoring junior engineers and helping to raise the technical bar Owning your team’s code, quality ...

Senior Software Engineer (Advertising Analytics)

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
based Big Data pipelines using Airflow. This hybrid position bridges software engineering and data engineering, requiring the ability to design, build, and maintain scalable systems for both application development and large‐scale data processing. You will communicate and collaborate heavily with both business and engineering to ensure high quality … Data Engineering Design, develop, and maintain data pipelines and ETL workflows using Apache Spark and Apache Airflow. Optimize data storage, retrieval, and processing systems to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance. Develop and fine‐tune complex queries and analytics solutions using Druid, Trino, and StarRocks for large‐scale datasets. Monitor ...

Platform Engineer 6 month FTC

Hiring Organisation
Vermelo RPO
Location
Salford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
Datadog) Scripting (PowerShell, Bash, Python) Event-driven automation (e.g., using serverless functions) Architecture & Design Thinking: Designing scalable, resilient, and cost-effective platforms Microservices and distributed systems understanding API gateways, service discovery, and load balancing Soft Skills & Collaboration: Cross-functional collaboration with architecture, developers, security, and infrastructure Agile … DevOps culture familiarity Strong documentation and communication skills Incident response and postmortem analysis Skills, Experience & Knowledge Demonstrated experience in systems engineering and cloud platforms, with a track record of successfully managing and optimizing complex infrastructure. In-depth knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and containerization technologies, including Terraform ...

Golang Software Engineers (Mid-Level to Senior)

Hiring Organisation
Adria Solutions
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£80,000
Explore and utilise AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity and quality. Skills & Experience Commercial experience developing applications usingGolang. Experience building APIs, microservices, and distributed systems. Exposure to AWS cloud services and modern cloud-native development. Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and automated testing practices. Experience working with ...

PHP Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Moorepay
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
experience using LLM APIs or AI-enhanced features and Agents. Experience with cloud services such as AWS, Azure, or serverless platforms. Interest in distributed systems, event-driven architectures, or DDD concepts. Familiarity with observability tooling and debugging complex systems. Skills & Experience Proven experience as a software engineer ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Moorepay
Location
Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
experience using LLM APIs or AI-enhanced features and Agents. Experience with cloud services such as AWS, Azure, or serverless platforms. Interest in distributed systems, event-driven architectures, or DDD concepts. Familiarity with observability tooling and debugging complex systems. ...

Principle Engineer

Hiring Organisation
DCS Recruitment Limited
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£90000 - £100000/annum
technical problem-solving, system design, and raising engineering standards across teams. What You'll Be Doing Owning Architecture & Technical Direction Design and build scalable, distributed systems using .NET (C#) Define and evolve system architecture across AWS cloud environments Lead on complex technical challenges and system design decisions Ensure … influence the wider engineering team through knowledge sharing and technical mentorship Hands-On Delivery & Innovation Contribute directly to coding, design, and delivery of key systems Work across the full lifecycle - from design through to deployment and optimisation Drive improvement across CI/CD, DevOps, and cloud-native practices Collaborate ...

Senior Principal Software Engineer (Java)

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Deliver thought leadership and coding excellence across Java/Kotlin, ensuring seamless integration between backend microservices and UI components (including resolving complex CORS and distributed edge proxy requirements). Mentor and elevate engineers across global teams through design reviews, pair programming, and hands‐on leadership to foster a resilient … workflows—to accelerate platform engineering and developer velocity. Deep expertise in backend JVM languages (Java and/or Kotlin) with a strong understanding of distributed systems internals. Proven track record of delivering API‐first infrastructures, API Gateways (e.g., Traefik), and edge routing solutions that guarantee enterprise reliability under ...

Senior Software Engineer - TypeScript / Next.Js / SQL

Hiring Organisation
Adria Solutions
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£75,000
technology-led business is rebuilding and modernising the core system including billing, invoicing, reconciliation, integrations, operational workflows, reporting, customer tooling, and internal platforms. These systems sit at the heart of the organisation and directly influence revenue, operational efficiency, customer trust, and commercial decision-making. This role is suited … someone who enjoys solving complex operational and data problems, and who takes ownership of outcomes rather than simply delivering tickets. Strong engineering judgement, systems thinking, and an appreciation for correctness are essential in an environment where mistakes can have meaningful downstream impact. AI-assisted development is already central ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
DCS Recruitment Limited
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£65000 - £75000/annum
with a strong engineering culture and modern tech stack. Key Responsibilities Design, develop and maintain applications using .NET technologies (C#) Build and deploy scalable systems within AWS cloud environments Contribute to architecture and technical decision-making Work closely with Product and Engineering teams to deliver features Champion best practice …/CD pipelines and DevOps processes Required Experience Strong commercial experience with .NET/C# Hands-on experience with AWS (essential) Experience building scalable, distributed systems Strong understanding of APIs and microservices architecture Exposure to CI/CD and DevOps ways of working Ability to work autonomously ...

Founding Engineer, Payments Platform, Mobility Startup

Hiring Organisation
Richard Wheeler Associates
Location
North West London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
build and scale the platform. A technically hands-on yet entrepreneurial role, youll help design the architecture, build integrations with telematics providers and payment systems, create their geospatial decision engine, and lay the foundation for a world-class engineering organization. This is a role for someone who enjoys building … major technical decisions. What Youll Work On: Design and build the core platform Integrate with vehicle telematics providers and OEM APIs Build geospatial systems that determine when vehicles enter and exit chargeable zones Develop payment orchestration and billing infrastructure Build fleet management and operational tooling Create scalable backend services ...

Founding Engineer - Fintech infrastructure, geospatial

Hiring Organisation
Richard Wheeler Associates
Location
North West London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
build and scale the platform. A technically hands-on yet entrepreneurial role, youll help design the architecture, build integrations with telematics providers and payment systems, create their geospatial decision engine, and lay the foundation for a world-class engineering organization. This is a role for someone who enjoys building … major technical decisions. What Youll Work On: Design and build the core platform Integrate with vehicle telematics providers and OEM APIs Build geospatial systems that determine when vehicles enter and exit chargeable zones Develop payment orchestration and billing infrastructure Build fleet management and operational tooling Create scalable backend services ...

Senior Software Engineer - Customer Platform Engineering

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
focused on roadmap delivery while critical issues are resolved quickly and effectively. Members of this team act as experienced generalists who can move across systems, diagnose complex problems, and coordinate with multiple teams to deliver solutions under time pressure. Responsibilities Triage and resolve urgent customer escalations and production issues … Rapid solution development Qualifications 6+ years of software engineering experience Strong proficiency in GoLang and/or Python Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills across distributed systems Ability to quickly understand and work within unfamiliar codebases Experience working across multiple layers of the stack (backend, frontend, infrastructure, APIs, data ...

Technical Lead

Hiring Organisation
Uniting Ambition
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£85000 - £95000/annum
influencing technical teams Exposure to AI tools and technologies such as Claude and Gemini Strong stakeholder management and communication skills Knowledge of microservices, distributed systems and modern architectures Experience with CI/CD and modern engineering practices If you'd like to be part of a brand ...