1 to 25 of 459 Permanent Distributed Systems Jobs in the UK excluding London

We are looking to hire several contract Research Scientists with expertise in computer systems and AI infrastructure to conduct cutting-edge research at the intersection of computer systems, machine learning, and distributed systems. These roles are ideal for recent PhD graduates seeking industrial research experience, or for exceptional B.Sc. or M.Sc. graduates looking to deepen their research … skills in an industry setting. We welcome applicants with backgrounds in one or more of the following areas: operating systems, distributed systems, and machine learning systems. Key Responsibilities: Rapid Prototyping: Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to quickly develop and test proof-of-concept prototypes, validating research ideas in real-world, industrial environments. Performance Optimization: Perform detailed profiling … and optimization of operating systems and large-scale distributed systems, leveraging a range of heterogeneous hardware (e.g., CPU, NPU) for enhanced performance. Research Publications: Transform research findings and innovative contributions into high-impact publications in top-tier academic journals and conferences. Technical Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation outlining research methods, design decisions, and implementation specifics More ❯

Engineering Team Lead – Distributed Systems/Data Platforms Location: Manchester (Hybrid) Salary: Up to £75,000 + bonus (15–20%) + travel allowance & benefits Permanent, Full-time We are recruiting for an Engineering Team Lead to join a growing technology business and lead a team working on large-scale distributed data platforms. This is a hands-on … leadership role where you’ll oversee the design, development and delivery of resilient, high-availability systems that handle significant data workloads. You’ll work across a range of technologies including Riak, Cassandra, Couchbase, DynamoDB, Aerospike, Redis and MongoDB. Direct experience with NoSQL datastores is a bonus, but not expected. We’re looking for someone with a strong software engineering … teams through data platform or backend engineering projects. You’ll be responsible for driving best practices, mentoring developers and ensuring smooth delivery across multiple projects. A deep understanding of distributed systems, data storage and scalable architectures will be key. Key experience required: Proven experience leading a software or data engineering team Strong understanding of distributed systems More ❯

Senior Software Engineer | Distributed Systems | Sustainable Cloud Native Platform 💸Up to £110,000 per annum plus bonus plus stock 🏠Central London office 🖱️Golang, Rust, C, Kubernetes, Linux, Cloud Native, Distributed systems... Are you a Senior Software Engineer with extensive knowledge of building distributed systems? Looking to join a company who are solving genuine problems that … provider🌳 What they're looking for in a Senior Software Engineer: Tech agnostic but preferable experience working with Golang, Rust, C/C++ or Java. In-depth knowledge of distributed systems, building solutions at scale where performance, reliability and availability are key considerations. Experience working on software infrastructure or building Cloud native software using Kubernetes Understanding of systems … network programming - that's a plus... but definitely not needed! If this sounds like you, feel free to apply and I can run through more details! Senior Software Engineer | Distributed Systems | Sustainable Cloud Native Platform More ❯

Senior Software Engineer | Distributed Systems | Sustainable Cloud Native Platform 💸Up to £110,000 per annum plus bonus plus stock 🏠Central London office 🖱️Golang, Rust, C, Kubernetes, Linux, Cloud Native, Distributed systems... Are you a Senior Software Engineer with extensive knowledge of building distributed systems? Looking to join a company who are solving genuine problems that … provider🌳 What they're looking for in a Senior Software Engineer: Tech agnostic but preferable experience working with Golang, Rust, C/C++ or Java. In-depth knowledge of distributed systems, building solutions at scale where performance, reliability and availability are key considerations. Experience working on software infrastructure or building Cloud native software using Kubernetes Understanding of systems … network programming - that's a plus... but definitely not needed! If this sounds like you, feel free to apply and I can run through more details! Senior Software Engineer | Distributed Systems | Sustainable Cloud Native Platform More ❯

Lead Software Engineer | Distributed Systems | Sustainable Cloud Native Platform 💸Up to £130,000 per annum plus bonus plus stock 🏠Central London office 🖱️Golang, Rust, C, Kubernetes, Linux, Cloud Native, Distributed systems... Are you a Lead Software Engineer with extensive knowledge of building distributed systems? Looking to join a company who are solving genuine problems that … they're looking for in a Lead Software Engineer: Tech agnostic but preferable experience working with Golang, Rust, Java and/or C/C++. In-depth knowledge of distributed systems, building solutions at scale where performance, reliability and availability are key considerations. Confident in leading the definition and creation of solutions from 0-1, solving ambiguous and … complex challenges. Experience working on software infrastructure or building Cloud native software using Kubernetes. Understanding of systems design and Open Source components. If you have knowledge of building virtual machines - Virtual servers, virtual networking or network programming - that's a plus... but definitely not needed! If this sounds like you, feel free to apply and I can run through More ❯

Lead Software Engineer | Distributed Systems | Sustainable Cloud Native Platform 💸Up to £130,000 per annum plus bonus plus stock 🏠Central London office 🖱️Golang, Rust, C, Kubernetes, Linux, Cloud Native, Distributed systems... Are you a Lead Software Engineer with extensive knowledge of building distributed systems? Looking to join a company who are solving genuine problems that … they're looking for in a Lead Software Engineer: Tech agnostic but preferable experience working with Golang, Rust, Java and/or C/C++. In-depth knowledge of distributed systems, building solutions at scale where performance, reliability and availability are key considerations. Confident in leading the definition and creation of solutions from 0-1, solving ambiguous and … complex challenges. Experience working on software infrastructure or building Cloud native software using Kubernetes. Understanding of systems design and Open Source components. If you have knowledge of building virtual machines - Virtual servers, virtual networking or network programming - that's a plus... but definitely not needed! If this sounds like you, feel free to apply and I can run through More ❯

Lead Software Engineer | Distributed Systems | Sustainable Cloud Native Platform 💸Up to £130,000 per annum plus bonus plus stock 🏠Central London office 🖱️Golang, Rust, C, Kubernetes, Linux, Cloud Native, Distributed systems... Are you a Lead Software Engineer with extensive knowledge of building distributed systems? Looking to join a company who are solving genuine problems that … they're looking for in a Lead Software Engineer: Tech agnostic but preferable experience working with Golang, Rust, Java and/or C/C++. In-depth knowledge of distributed systems, building solutions at scale where performance, reliability and availability are key considerations. Confident in leading the definition and creation of solutions from 0-1, solving ambiguous and … complex challenges. Experience working on software infrastructure or building Cloud native software using Kubernetes. Understanding of systems design and Open Source components. If you have knowledge of building virtual machines - Virtual servers, virtual networking or network programming - that's a plus... but definitely not needed! If this sounds like you, feel free to apply and I can run through More ❯

Job Summary We are seeking AI Infra Engineer to design, develop, and optimize distributed AI systems for serverless AI platforms. The successful candidate will leverage expertise in large language models (LLMs), and system design to build robust, scalable solutions. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to innovative AI-driven systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams … to deliver high-impact solutions in a fast-paced, research-driven environment. Key Responsibilities Design and implement scalable, distributed systems to support AI-driven workloads, ensuring high performance and reliability. Develop robust software solutions using Python (and potentially C++) to address complex technical challenges in AI and distributed computing. Work within a larger team to rapidly develop … proof-of-concept prototypes to validate research ideas and integrate them into production systems and serverless infrastructure. Work closely with cross-functional teams to participate in developing innovative AI infrastructure, data systems, and cloud computing technologies. Implement resource scheduling and orchestration mechanisms to ensure efficient execution of distributed tasks. Required: Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree More ❯

Job Summary We are seeking AI Infra Engineer to design, develop, and optimize distributed AI systems for serverless AI platforms. The successful candidate will leverage expertise in large language models (LLMs), and system design to build robust, scalable solutions. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to innovative AI-driven systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams … to deliver high-impact solutions in a fast-paced, research-driven environment. Key Responsibilities Design and implement scalable, distributed systems to support AI-driven workloads, ensuring high performance and reliability. Develop robust software solutions using Python (and potentially C++) to address complex technical challenges in AI and distributed computing. Work within a larger team to rapidly develop … proof-of-concept prototypes to validate research ideas and integrate them into production systems and serverless infrastructure. Work closely with cross-functional teams to participate in developing innovative AI infrastructure, data systems, and cloud computing technologies. Implement resource scheduling and orchestration mechanisms to ensure efficient execution of distributed tasks. Required: Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree More ❯

Job Summary We are seeking AI Infra Engineer to design, develop, and optimize distributed AI systems for serverless AI platforms. The successful candidate will leverage expertise in large language models (LLMs), and system design to build robust, scalable solutions. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to innovative AI-driven systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams … to deliver high-impact solutions in a fast-paced, research-driven environment. Key Responsibilities Design and implement scalable, distributed systems to support AI-driven workloads, ensuring high performance and reliability. Develop robust software solutions using Python (and potentially C++) to address complex technical challenges in AI and distributed computing. Work within a larger team to rapidly develop … proof-of-concept prototypes to validate research ideas and integrate them into production systems and serverless infrastructure. Work closely with cross-functional teams to participate in developing innovative AI infrastructure, data systems, and cloud computing technologies. Implement resource scheduling and orchestration mechanisms to ensure efficient execution of distributed tasks. Required: Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree More ❯

Job Summary We are seeking AI Infra Engineer to design, develop, and optimize distributed AI systems for serverless AI platforms. The successful candidate will leverage expertise in large language models (LLMs), and system design to build robust, scalable solutions. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to innovative AI-driven systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams … to deliver high-impact solutions in a fast-paced, research-driven environment. Key Responsibilities Design and implement scalable, distributed systems to support AI-driven workloads, ensuring high performance and reliability. Develop robust software solutions using Python (and potentially C++) to address complex technical challenges in AI and distributed computing. Work within a larger team to rapidly develop … proof-of-concept prototypes to validate research ideas and integrate them into production systems and serverless infrastructure. Work closely with cross-functional teams to participate in developing innovative AI infrastructure, data systems, and cloud computing technologies. Implement resource scheduling and orchestration mechanisms to ensure efficient execution of distributed tasks. Required: Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree More ❯

as well as the end-customer product. We are looking for an intern to join our efforts. You'll work on profiling, improving & extending large-scale novel build and distributed systems to meet the needs of Apple's operating system engineers. If you have an interest in system software, cloud services, or developer tooling, then we have many … and direction of our product. Description As an intern in SWE Developer Productivity, you'll learn how Apple builds & releases software and you'll be encouraged to research established distributed system techniques to apply to our unique domain in order to achieve high performance, reliability and long-term maintainability. You'll have space to perform experiments, make recommendations, and … have a chance to present your work to our leadership team. In your role as an intern on our team you will: * Spend the majority of your time building distributed services & tooling in Swift, deploying frequently with Kubernetes & profiling changes with Xcode or distributed tracing tooling. * Contribute to engineering a high-performance system through algorithm design, optimization, and More ❯

others, and developing software that shapes the future of audience targeting, we'd love to meet you. In this Backend Engineer role, you'll help design, build and optimise systems that process billions of events every day, powering Magnite's Audience Platform. At Magnite, we cultivate an environment of continuous growth and collaboration. Our work impacts what millions of … All of this happens in milliseconds, billions of times a day, across the internet. Pretty nifty. We are looking for a senior backend engineer who loves tackling high volume, distributed systems and tuning ultra-low-latency services. If you thrive in a collaborative, high-ownership environment and want to shape the future of audience targeting at scale, we … small, experienced team that values clean design, strong fundamentals, and ownership of what we build. You'll work alongside engineers who love to experiment with new tools and deliver systems that run reliably at massive scale. We: Stream, ingest and asynchronously process 2 Billion+ events every day Run sub-20 ms, high-QPS microservices Operationalize Data Science models - from More ❯

their best work Promote psychological safety Inquisitive nature, excellent communication and problem solving skills Empathetic team player. You build strong and effective relationships Have experience building and maintaining complex distributed systems Take a proactive approach to spotting problems and areas for improvement Skills & Experience Strong Knowledge of C# and SQL Experience building on Azure, GCP or AWS At … least 5 years of experience building distributed systems Excellent communication skills Can inspire and lead a team Experience overseeing multiple concurrent projects Tech Stack C# .NET Kafka Real time distributed systems High throughput Git Elastic stack If you are not an expert in these specific technologies but are familiar with an equivalent then we’re happy More ❯

their best work Promote psychological safety Inquisitive nature, excellent communication and problem solving skills Empathetic team player. You build strong and effective relationships Have experience building and maintaining complex distributed systems Take a proactive approach to spotting problems and areas for improvement Skills & Experience Strong Knowledge of C# and SQL Experience building on Azure, GCP or AWS At … least 5 years of experience building distributed systems Excellent communication skills Can inspire and lead a team Experience overseeing multiple concurrent projects Tech Stack C# .NET Kafka Real time distributed systems High throughput Git Elastic stack If you are not an expert in these specific technologies but are familiar with an equivalent then we’re happy More ❯

their best work Promote psychological safety Inquisitive nature, excellent communication and problem solving skills Empathetic team player. You build strong and effective relationships Have experience building and maintaining complex distributed systems Take a proactive approach to spotting problems and areas for improvement Skills & Experience Strong Knowledge of C# and SQL Experience building on Azure, GCP or AWS At … least 5 years of experience building distributed systems Excellent communication skills Can inspire and lead a team Experience overseeing multiple concurrent projects Tech Stack C# .NET Kafka Real time distributed systems High throughput Git Elastic stack If you are not an expert in these specific technologies but are familiar with an equivalent then we’re happy More ❯

UK) Method is partnering with a leading infrastructure technology company that's rebuilding its software architecture from the ground up. The mission is to create connected, secure, and scalable systems that enable smarter infrastructure, and deliver trusted connectivity across multiple sectors. They're looking for a Principal Software Engineer, a hands-on technical authority who will set engineering standards … shape the next generation of event-driven microservices powering their global platform. The role You'll work at the top of the engineering track, designing and delivering high-performance, distributed systems while guiding others through implementation and problem-solving. This is a deep technical role, ideal for someone who thrives on code, architecture, and tangible impact. What you … ll do Design and build scalable, distributed systems that support safety-critical environments. Lead technical decision-making and resolve engineering challenges across domains. Own the delivery of complex features, ensuring performance, resilience, and maintainability. Collaborate with Engineering Leads, Architects, and Product to translate roadmap goals into reality. Contribute to a 5-year architectural refresh, evolving systems to More ❯

UK) Method is partnering with a leading infrastructure technology company that's rebuilding its software architecture from the ground up. The mission is to create connected, secure, and scalable systems that enable smarter infrastructure, and deliver trusted connectivity across multiple sectors. They're looking for a Principal Software Engineer, a hands-on technical authority who will set engineering standards … shape the next generation of event-driven microservices powering their global platform. The role You'll work at the top of the engineering track, designing and delivering high-performance, distributed systems while guiding others through implementation and problem-solving. This is a deep technical role, ideal for someone who thrives on code, architecture, and tangible impact. What you … ll do Design and build scalable, distributed systems that support safety-critical environments. Lead technical decision-making and resolve engineering challenges across domains. Own the delivery of complex features, ensuring performance, resilience, and maintainability. Collaborate with Engineering Leads, Architects, and Product to translate roadmap goals into reality. Contribute to a 5-year architectural refresh, evolving systems to More ❯

not ticket-ticking. You’ll improve scalability, evolve architecture, and still ship. I like that balance. Less pontificating, more building. What you’ll do Design and build reliable, scalable systems that hold up under load. Lead on architecture decisions. Pick the right pattern for the problem. Mentor engineers. Model high-quality code and thoughtful reviews. Ship usable product. Measure … impact. Iterate quickly. What you’ll bring Senior to Staff-level experience building distributed systems at scale. Strong technical depth across backend and either frontend or data. Pragmatic problem solving. You know when to go simple and when to go deep. A genuine interest in tech that helps people. I think that matters here. Package and ways of … to share the full brief and talk through fit. Senior Software Engineer London, Staff Software Engineer, Principal Engineer, Fintech jobs London, Python, TypeScript, React, Svelte, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, AWS, scalable systems, distributed systems, hybrid jobs London #hiring #softwareengineering #seniorsoftwareengineer #principalengineer #staffengineer #fintech #londonjobs #python #react #typescript #aws #postgresql #snowflake #careers More ❯

not ticket-ticking. You’ll improve scalability, evolve architecture, and still ship. I like that balance. Less pontificating, more building. What you’ll do Design and build reliable, scalable systems that hold up under load. Lead on architecture decisions. Pick the right pattern for the problem. Mentor engineers. Model high-quality code and thoughtful reviews. Ship usable product. Measure … impact. Iterate quickly. What you’ll bring Senior to Staff-level experience building distributed systems at scale. Strong technical depth across backend and either frontend or data. Pragmatic problem solving. You know when to go simple and when to go deep. A genuine interest in tech that helps people. I think that matters here. Package and ways of … to share the full brief and talk through fit. Senior Software Engineer London, Staff Software Engineer, Principal Engineer, Fintech jobs London, Python, TypeScript, React, Svelte, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, AWS, scalable systems, distributed systems, hybrid jobs London #hiring #softwareengineering #seniorsoftwareengineer #principalengineer #staffengineer #fintech #londonjobs #python #react #typescript #aws #postgresql #snowflake #careers More ❯

not ticket-ticking. You’ll improve scalability, evolve architecture, and still ship. I like that balance. Less pontificating, more building. What you’ll do Design and build reliable, scalable systems that hold up under load. Lead on architecture decisions. Pick the right pattern for the problem. Mentor engineers. Model high-quality code and thoughtful reviews. Ship usable product. Measure … impact. Iterate quickly. What you’ll bring Senior to Staff-level experience building distributed systems at scale. Strong technical depth across backend and either frontend or data. Pragmatic problem solving. You know when to go simple and when to go deep. A genuine interest in tech that helps people. I think that matters here. Package and ways of … to share the full brief and talk through fit. Senior Software Engineer London, Staff Software Engineer, Principal Engineer, Fintech jobs London, Python, TypeScript, React, Svelte, PostgreSQL, Snowflake, AWS, scalable systems, distributed systems, hybrid jobs London #hiring #softwareengineering #seniorsoftwareengineer #principalengineer #staffengineer #fintech #londonjobs #python #react #typescript #aws #postgresql #snowflake #careers More ❯

Location: London (Hybrid – 4:1) Our client, a leading global trading firm, is seeking a Software Engineer to join its Finance Technology team. This group builds and maintains the systems that power financial control, treasury, and tax functions across the business. The role offers exposure to distributed systems, data engineering, and high-throughput platforms, with the chance … to work on projects ranging from payments automation and expense management to liquidity modelling and regulatory reporting. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain distributed microservices supporting financial operations Develop high-throughput pipelines for ingesting and enriching large datasets Implement automation for payments, purchase order capture, and expense validation Contribute to modelling and calculation frameworks for liquidity and exposure Deliver … and support What We’re Looking For 3–6 years of professional software engineering experience Strong academic grounding in algorithms and data structures Experience with concurrent programming and asynchronous systems Familiarity with distributed systems, microservices-based architectures Commitment to clean, disciplined software engineering practices Proficiency in Go, JavaScript, Java, C++ or other similar statically typed languages Why More ❯

Location: London (Hybrid – 4:1) Our client, a leading global trading firm, is seeking a Software Engineer to join its Finance Technology team. This group builds and maintains the systems that power financial control, treasury, and tax functions across the business. The role offers exposure to distributed systems, data engineering, and high-throughput platforms, with the chance … to work on projects ranging from payments automation and expense management to liquidity modelling and regulatory reporting. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain distributed microservices supporting financial operations Develop high-throughput pipelines for ingesting and enriching large datasets Implement automation for payments, purchase order capture, and expense validation Contribute to modelling and calculation frameworks for liquidity and exposure Deliver … and support What We’re Looking For 3–6 years of professional software engineering experience Strong academic grounding in algorithms and data structures Experience with concurrent programming and asynchronous systems Familiarity with distributed systems, microservices-based architectures Commitment to clean, disciplined software engineering practices Proficiency in Go, JavaScript, Java, C++ or other similar statically typed languages Why More ❯

Location: London (Hybrid – 4:1) Our client, a leading global trading firm, is seeking a Software Engineer to join its Finance Technology team. This group builds and maintains the systems that power financial control, treasury, and tax functions across the business. The role offers exposure to distributed systems, data engineering, and high-throughput platforms, with the chance … to work on projects ranging from payments automation and expense management to liquidity modelling and regulatory reporting. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain distributed microservices supporting financial operations Develop high-throughput pipelines for ingesting and enriching large datasets Implement automation for payments, purchase order capture, and expense validation Contribute to modelling and calculation frameworks for liquidity and exposure Deliver … and support What We’re Looking For 3–6 years of professional software engineering experience Strong academic grounding in algorithms and data structures Experience with concurrent programming and asynchronous systems Familiarity with distributed systems, microservices-based architectures Commitment to clean, disciplined software engineering practices Proficiency in Go, JavaScript, Java, C++ or other similar statically typed languages Why More ❯

Performance Test Engineer (Python Automation for large-scale, low-latency, distributed VoD/Avod streaming video systems) Remote Europe/UK Location: Remote (Europe & UK only) Full-Time | 6-Month Contract | Start Date: within 1-2 weeks 325-350pd IR35 Outside TBC Were seeking a hands-on Performance Test Engineer/Performance Tester with Strong Python and … sub-50ms latency under millions of concurrent users, and drive system optimizations across cloud infrastructure and code. This is a technical, high-impact role ideal for someone passionate about distributed systems performance, automation, and data-driven tuning. Profile: 3-5+ years of performance engineering for large-scale, low-latency, distributed systems. Proven success meeting p95/… p99 latency SLAs under high concurrency (millions of RPS). Strong Python and automation expertise able to design reusable, scalable test frameworks. Experience with distributed load testing and synthetic traffic modeling in the cloud. Analytical, structured, and effective communicator with strong documentation and collaboration skills. Solid experience in the streaming video/advertising domain and with issues related to More ❯