1 to 25 of 533 Permanent Distributed Systems Jobs in the UK excluding London

Database Research Engineer

Location
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Agent-Native Database Systems Research/Engineer Location: Edinburgh, UK | Full-time A leading deep-tech research and engineering organisation is looking for Researchers and Engineers to work on next-generation database and AI data infrastructure, with a particular focus on agent-native data management, database kernels, query processing … storage engines, distributed systems, and AI workloads . This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of database systems, AI, cloud infrastructure, and hardware acceleration , combining research with hands-on system design, prototyping, benchmarking, and performance optimisation. You’ll tackle open-ended technical problems around ...

Senior Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
WeDo Technology Solutions Limited
Location
London, South East England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£125,000 - £145,000 per annum
journey. The foundations are in place, customers are using the technology, and the engineering team is now scaling both the platform and the systems behind it. They're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who wants to be close to the product, customers and technical decisions rather than owning … small component within a much larger organisation. You'll be joining a highly technical engineering team and working on problems across AI, distributed systems, enterprise data and performance engineering. This is a hands on role with genuine ownership. You'll help determine how the platform evolves as usage ...

Software Engineer, Real-Time

Location
Nottingham, England, United Kingdom
quickly market data reaches customers. You will work with experienced engineers to develop production software, measure performance and enable observability of a globally distributed platform. Prior market-data or observability experience is not required; we are looking for strong engineering fundamentals, curiosity and a willingness to learn. ROLE SUMMARY … hands‐on development role for an engineer at an early stage of their career who wants to build experience in mission-critical distributed systems, observability, cloud-native engineering and real‐time financial technology. What You’ll Be Doing Build and improve software components that aggregate, correlate and present ...

Software Development Engineer, AWS S3

Location
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
working directly with customers? Join our team building high-performance data access solutions that power critical workloads across AWS. We're creating open source systems software that enables applications to achieve breakthrough throughput when accessing Amazon S3, working across multiple programming languages including Rust, and diving deep into file … orchestration. In this role, you'll tackle challenging problems with limited data, transforming ambiguity into elegant solutions. You'll work at the intersection of distributed systems, systems programming, and customer needs—designing software that handles massive scale while maintaining exceptional performance. Your technical depth and problem-solving ...

Database Systems Research Engineer

Location
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
client is a well known technology conglomerate, who are looking for a Database Systems Research Engineer to work on next-generation, high-performance data management technologies. You’ll combine systems research, software engineering and hands-on prototyping, tackling challenging problems across database architecture, distributed systems, cloud … kernels, query optimisers, execution engines, storage engines and indexing systems. Develop advanced query processing and optimisation techniques for transactional, analytical and AI workloads. Research distributed and cloud-native database architectures, including partitioning, replication and distributed execution. Develop storage and data management solutions for structured, multimodal and AI-driven ...

Principal Architect – Robotics & Hardware Abstraction

Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
improve quality of life and extend the reach of humanity. Our newly opened Chemifarm facility in Glasgow operates a growing fleet of advanced robotic systems that automate synthesis, optimisation, and library generation. As we scale up to globally distributed facilities, we are undertaking a foundational transformation … within the Office of the CTO, you will act as the architectural bridge between Hardware Engineering and Software Engineering, shaping how our robots, control systems, and cloud services work together as a coherent whole. Your mission is to define a robust Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) that enables our universal ...

Principal Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson
Location
London, South East England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£100,000 - £150,000 per annum, Inc benefits
+ 20% Flexible Benefits Package Are you an experienced Principal Engineer with a passion for building and operating large-scale distributed systems and database platforms? We're looking for a hands-on technical leader to help shape the future of our platform engineering capability. This is an opportunity … lead complex engineering initiatives, define technical strategy, and act as a subject matter expert across AWS infrastructure, distributed databases, Terraform and cloud-native platform services. You'll work closely with architects, engineers and senior stakeholders to design resilient, scalable and secure platform solutions while mentoring engineers and driving engineering ...

Systems Development Engineer, AI/ML

Location
Reading, England, United Kingdom
world-class team in a dynamic environment that has the entrepreneurial feel of a start-up. This is an opportunity to operate and engineer systems on a massive scale and to gain world class experience in cloud computing, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Top reasons to join our team … Solve unique and first-order problems in rapidly evolving AWS services such as SageMaker, Bedrock and Amazon Q Learn how to build and operate distributed systems at scale Build and influence the tools and utilities that are part of the AWS fleet running our internal services ...

Backend Engineer 1861

Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
modern platform that enables secure enterprise integrations, AI agent workflows, knowledge access and business process automation . You will be working across backend engineering, distributed systems, APIs, cloud-native technologies and event-driven architecture, collaborating closely with AI Engineers, Data Scientists, Enterprise Architects and Security teams. The Role … business stakeholders What We're Looking For We're interested in engineers with strong backend development experience and a background in building enterprise-scale, distributed and highly available platforms . Strong experience in several of the following would be highly beneficial: Java, Python or Node.js REST APIs and microservices ...

Backend Engineer

Location
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
modern platform that enables secure enterprise integrations, AI agent workflows, knowledge access and business process automation . You will be working across backend engineering, distributed systems, APIs, cloud-native technologies and event-driven architecture, collaborating closely with AI Engineers, Data Scientists, Enterprise Architects and Security teams. The Role … business stakeholders What We're Looking For We're interested in engineers with strong backend development experience and a background in building enterprise-scale, distributed and highly available platforms . Strong experience in several of the following would be highly beneficial: Java, Python or Node.js REST APIs and microservices ...

Backend Engineer 1861

Location
Leeds, England, United Kingdom
modern platform that enables secure enterprise integrations, AI agent workflows, knowledge access and business process automation . You will be working across backend engineering, distributed systems, APIs, cloud-native technologies and event-driven architecture, collaborating closely with AI Engineers, Data Scientists, Enterprise Architects and Security teams. The Role … business stakeholders What We're Looking For We're interested in engineers with strong backend development experience and a background in building enterprise-scale, distributed and highly available platforms . Strong experience in several of the following would be highly beneficial: Java, Python or Node.js REST APIs and microservices ...

ML Data & Platform Engineer

Location
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
better models into production faster. This is a broad, cross-functional role suited to someone who enjoys working across the full stack: data infrastructure, distributed systems, and production ML, and who takes ownership of problems end to end rather than waiting to be told what to fix. What … both iteration speed and production reliability, including GPU utilisation, job scheduling, and training efficiency Implementing observability (monitoring, logging, alerting) across data pipelines and ML systems to catch issues early and keep things running smoothly Troubleshooting complex issues across distributed systems, spanning data infrastructure, training, and inference Continuously ...

Senior Elixir Engineer (Sovereign Territory Surveillance)

Location
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
About the role of Senior Elixir Engineer (Sovereign Territory Surveillance) SRT Marine Systems plc(SRT) is a market leader in the domain of international marine surveillance technology and systems. We are a respected, established, and an ambitious multi‐national company headquartered in the UK with a global customer base. … company has a worldwide impact in the marine sector by leading the next generation of maritime domain awareness technologies “MDA”, products, and systems that significantly enhance security, safety, environmental protection, and sustainability. Our customers are global and range from the largest national coast guards to individual vessel owners. ...

Senior Elixir Engineer (Sovereign Territory Surveillance)

Location
Gloucester, England, United Kingdom
About the role of Senior Elixir Engineer (Sovereign Territory Surveillance) SRT Marine Systems plc(SRT) is a market leader in the domain of international marine surveillance technology and systems. We are a respected, established, and an ambitious multi‐national company headquartered in the UK with a global customer base. … company has a worldwide impact in the marine sector by leading the next generation of maritime domain awareness technologies “MDA”, products, and systems that significantly enhance security, safety, environmental protection, and sustainability. Our customers are global and range from the largest national coast guards to individual vessel owners. ...

Software Engineer - Security & Intelligence

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
stack applications using frameworks such as React, Node.js, Spring Boot, Next.js or similar Designing and developing APIs, microservices and backend services for secure mission systems Integrating applications with cloud, data, analytics and streaming platforms Supporting the delivery of distributed software systems across secure and operational environments … Responsibilities Design, develop and maintain secure software applications, services, APIs and integrations within classified environments Build scalable, distributed systems supporting data, analytics and mission-critical workloads Develop full-stack features and backend services aligned to performance, reliability and security requirements Contribute to software design, architecture decisions and technical ...

Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Location
Manchester, England, United Kingdom
build scalable applications, services and platforms across On the Beach. This is a full-stack engineering position with a stronger emphasis on backend engineering, distributed systems and cloud-native architecture. Our backend engineers solve a wide variety of problems. You could be working on systems responsible … doing day to day Designing and building scalable backend applications and services Developing APIs used by customer-facing applications and internal systems Integrating with external suppliers and third-party platforms Building systems that process high volumes of requests and data Designing distributed and event-driven architectures Working ...

Senior Platform Engineer | S-4 | Chief Information & Resilience Office | Milton Keynes & Glasgow

Location
Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
planning, performance optimisation, and infrastructure scalability. (Required) Experience providing technical leadership, mentoring engineers, and guiding engineering best practices. (Required) Solid background in server operating systems, distributed systems, and platform architecture. (Required) Experience working with cross-functional teams to deliver technology solutions aligned to business strategy. (Required) Proven … agile methodologies. (Required) Ability to explain to senior management complex technical concepts. (Required) Broad and comprehensive understanding of the concepts and principles within systems infrastructure and platforms. (Required) Is knowledgeable in all stages and major activities of the incident life cycle. (Required) Knowledge of tools, approaches, and practices ...

Fractional Lead Graph Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Elliot Marsh Head Hunting Partners
Location
London, South East England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Part-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
detection of risk and anomalies. The business is now building the technical foundations of the platform and is looking for an experienced graph and distributed systems specialist who can provide senior-level expertise on a fractional basis. Fractional Lead Graph Engineer – The Role: The Fractional Lead Graph Engineer … infrastructure specialists, transferring knowledge into the wider engineering team Fractional Lead Graph Engineer – You: - Significant commercial experience designing and scaling enterprise graph databases, distributed data systems or high-volume event-driven backends - Strong production experience with Neo4j and graph query languages such as Cypher or Gremlin - Deep understanding ...

Principal Software Engineer

Location
Belfast City District, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Role We’re looking for experienced Principal Software Engineers who enjoy solving complex technical challenges, building scalable systems, and helping engineering teams deliver high-quality software in production environments. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, architecture, and cloud/platform engineering. You’ll be designing, building … scalable, secure, and maintainable. It’s a strong fit for someone who enjoys taking ownership of technical direction, mentoring engineers, and helping shape how systems are designed, built, and operated. We're also looking for engineers who embrace modern engineering practices, including AI-assisted development and agentic ways ...

Lead Web Developer / ABZ- HR042

Location
Aberdeen City, Scotland, United Kingdom
applications and platform services. This role combines hands-on engineering, technical leadership, and people management, with responsibility for delivering scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems that support real-time and data-intensive workflows. You will work closely with Product, Architecture, and Operations teams to define technical direction, drive delivery … ensure engineering excellence across distributed teams. Duties and Responsibilities Technical Leadership & Architecture Own the architecture and design of scalable, high-availability web platforms and services Lead design discussions, perform architectural reviews, and make key technical decisions Define and enforce engineering standards, coding practices, and system design principles Drive adoption ...

Site Reliability Engineer III

Location
Belfast City District, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Title: Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) III – Platform Engineering & Systems Reliability The Role: CME Group is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) III to engineer reliability for our Google Cloud (GCP) infrastructure, Middleware Platform Engineering team, and core technology foundations powering our Clearing, Risk, and derivatives applications. In this role … will help build resilient, automated systems that combine ultra-low latency with high-concurrency performance, enabling CME's product teams to innovate safely at scale. You will work alongside senior engineers, mentor junior colleagues, engage in the dynamic operation of production systems, and assist in driving our cloud ...

Director, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
shape the future of BlackRock. Our teams work on some of the firm's highest priority strategic initiatives, including large-scale generative AI systems, intelligent agents, predictive analytics, optimization engines, operational risk solutions, and AI platforms that accelerate innovation across BlackRock. We help define best practices,?establish technical standards … role, you can expect to: Provide technical leadership, set architectural direction, and drive key design decisions across multidisciplinary teams. Design, build, andoperateproductionAI/ML systems across areas such as generative AI, intelligent agents, predictive modeling, and optimization. Develop reusable AI platforms, services, and infrastructure that accelerate experimentation, deployment, monitoring ...

Vice President, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Hackajob Ltd
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
workis helping toshape the future of BlackRock. Our teams work on some of the firm'shighest prioritystrategic initiatives, including large-scale generative AI systems, intelligent agents, predictive analytics, optimization engines, operational risk solutions, and AI platforms that accelerate innovation across BlackRock. We help define best practices,establishtechnical standards … expect to: Provide technical leadership, set architectural direction, and drive key design decisions across multidisciplinary teams. Design, build, and operate production AI/ML systems across areas such as generative AI, intelligent agents, predictive modeling, and optimization. Develop reusable AI platforms, services, and infrastructure that accelerate experimentation, deployment, monitoring ...

Director, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Engineer

Location
City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
workis helping toshape the future of BlackRock. Our teams work on some of the firm’shighest prioritystrategic initiatives, including large-scale generative AI systems, intelligent agents, predictive analytics, optimization engines, operational risk solutions, and AI platforms that accelerate innovation across BlackRock. We help define best practices,establishtechnical standards … expect to: Provide technical leadership, set architectural direction, and drive key design decisions across multidisciplinary teams. Design, build, and operate production AI/ML systems across areas such as generative AI, intelligent agents, predictive modeling, and optimization. Develop reusable AI platforms, services, and infrastructure that accelerate experimentation, deployment, monitoring ...

Vice President - Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) - The Core Engineering - Birmingham

Location
West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
WHAT WE DO Site Reliability Engineering at Goldman Sachs sits at the intersection of software engineering, systems design, and production excellence. In this VP role, you will help engineer highly reliable, observable, and resilient platforms that support critical business services at scale. You will collaborate with multiple engineering teams … services, and reduce downtime. Job Description WHAT WE DO Site Reliability Engineering at Goldman Sachs sits at the intersection of software engineering, systems design, and production excellence. In this VP role, you will help engineer highly reliable, observable, and resilient platforms that support critical business services at scale. ...