12 of 12 Distributed Systems Jobs in Cambridge

Senior Software Engineer (Go)

Hiring Organisation
Trust In SODA
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
autonomous and composable technology platform designed for the operational scale of Tier-1 financial institutions. This modern, AI-centric architecture is replacing outdated, monolithic systems with an elegant, highly performant core that redefines how the largest banks worldwide manage their operations. Location: Central London - fully on site Why This … Role? This is an opportunity for an engineer who thrives on tackling complex distributed systems and writing mission-critical code. The client's vision is to introduce simplicity, openness, and modular design into a massive, heavily regulated sector. What They Are Looking For The ideal candidate ...

Senior Research Engineer Machine Learning, AI for Science

Hiring Organisation
Microsoft
Location
Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
labs in Amsterdam (NL), Cambridge (UK) and Berlin (DE) we seek several highly motivated research engineers with expertise in machine learning and/or distributed systems to join our projects on the intersection of machine learning and density functional theory (DFT) team (What is DFT?), small molecules discovery … solutions. Architect, design, and implement scalable and robust solutions for machine learning and scientific research involving large volumes of heterogeneous data. Build and optimize distributed data processing and model building pipelines. Prepare and maintain open-source releases and releases for internal and external beta testers. Work cross-functionally with ...

Principal Software Engineer (DevOps)

Hiring Organisation
Oracle
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
Security team as a Principal Engineer to architect and deliver cloud-scale DDoS protection. You'll lead design for high-performance detection and mitigation systems, drive automation and operational excellence, and set the technical direction for customer-facing DDoS capabilities across OCI's global edge. This role requires deep … expertise in Linux networking data path and kernel-level networking (such as XDP, eBPF, DPDK, iptables, nftables), in addition to strong systems and DevOps engineering experience. Basic qualifications 7–10 years building production backend systems, including 3–5 years in high-scale and/or low-latency environments. ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Oracle
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
design and deliver cloud-scale DDoS protection as part of our edge security platform. You'll design and ship high-performance detection and mitigation systems, automate operations end-to-end, and help define the technical foundation for customer-facing DDoS capabilities. Basic qualifications 6+ years building production backend systems … . Proficiency in one or more: Java/Python/C Rust/Go Strong preference for Java for control-plane/services. Strong systems design skills: concurrency, memory management, performance tuning, API design, and distributed systems fundamentals. Experience with DevOps at scale: CI/CD, automated ...

AI Systems Engineer - Remote $168/hr

Hiring Organisation
Mercor
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
/hour Commitment: 20–30 hours/week Role Responsibilities Design, build, and optimize infrastructure for training, deploying, and scaling AI agents across distributed systems. Develop robust backend services, APIs, and orchestration frameworks that support multi-agent workflows and high-performance compute environments. Collaborate closely with research and product … teams to integrate model-serving pipelines, memory systems, and reasoning components. Implement monitoring, observability, and failover mechanisms to ensure high system reliability and fault tolerance. Evaluate and refine infrastructure performance, identifying bottlenecks and improving efficiency across data, compute, and model layers. Participate in synchronous collaboration sessions to review architecture ...

Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Hiring Organisation
MBN Solutions
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
with strong support from top-tier VCs and angels. They're looking for two Senior AI Engineers to help build secure, scalable, compliant AI systems that integrate with clinical workflows. With plans to raise their next round in Q3 2026, you'll be joining at a pivotal moment where … Most importantly, you prioritise business value over building tech for the sake of it. You will have 5 plus years building and deploying production systems in startups or fast paced environments Strong Python coding experience Experience with Azure or GCP Knowledge of distributed systems, microservices and event ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Platform Recruitment
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
development life cycle (SDLC), as this dynamic role will require you to rapidly prototype - and ultimately move into production - highly complex, reliable and performant systems - oftentimes from scratch. Role: Develop ultra-low-latency trading systems C++ or Rust code Work closely with a close-knit team of Software … Developers and Quant Traders Build mission-critical research systems from scratch This is an early-stage hire for the team. Much of your work will be completely greenfield. You will be involved in the designing, prototyping, testing and productionising new software. Providing support to a small number of junior ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Platform Recruitment Limited
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
development life cycle (SDLC), as this dynamic role will require you to rapidly prototype - and ultimately move into production - highly complex, reliable and performant systems - oftentimes from scratch. Role : Develop ultra-low-latency trading systems using reliable C++ or Rust code Work closely with a close-knit team … Software Developers and Quant Traders Build mission-critical research systems from scratch This is an early-stage hire for the team. Much of your work will be completely greenfield. You will be involved in the designing, prototyping, testing and productionising new software. Providing support to a small number ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
ZEREN
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
receive precise, secure answers in seconds. This is an opportunity to join an early-stage, high-calibre engineering team, working at the intersection of distributed systems, data infrastructure, and applied AI. This role will be in the office in a Central London location. What you'll be working … storage layers Productionising the agent execution platform — improving reliability, observability, and performance Improving developer experience, tooling, and internal platform abstractions Working closely with AI systems (LLMs), including prompt and system design to enable accurate, efficient answers Backend stack Go Postgres Terraform (IaC) Cloud-native infrastructure and event-driven systems ...

Head of Development

Hiring Organisation
Hurdle
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
with TypeScript experience. Proficiency in designing, building, and maintaining RESTful APIs. Experience working with both SQL and NoSQL databases. Knowledge of microservices architectures and distributed system patterns. Cloud experience (AWS or GCP) and familiarity with modern infrastructure tooling. Strong capability in debugging, maintaining, and improving existing software systems. Healthcare ...

Engineering Lead II - Contacts & Recipients

Hiring Organisation
Wise
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
fundamentally rethink how we model people, businesses, and bank accounts. You and your team own the architecture for this: it's a complex distributed systems challenge that touches everything: bank accounts, local payment networks, and the next generation of Wise features. Scaling for Wise Platform: This … risk, and quality. What do you need? Strong technical background: Expert in backend engineering (Java ecosystem preferred) with a track record of designing complex, distributed systems. You understand the difference between "working code" and "scalable architecture." Leadership experience: You have led high-performing teams (hiring, performance management, coaching). ...

Software Engineer II-Backend

Hiring Organisation
Noon-The Social Learning Platform
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
students every day. As a Senior Software Developer, you will be at the heart of the student journey, delivering innovation daily. Join our distributed, high-performing team in our central London office (hybrid, 2 days per week), where the core of our tech team is located. Responsibilities Take full … toil by identifying bottlenecks and improving system efficiency. Be a team player. Requirements Proficient in Java, Spring Boot or equivalent. Experience with infrastructure and distributed systems. Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies (Kubernetes). Benefits In addition to a competitive base salary, we offer Performance-based bonus 25 days ...