1 to 25 of 30 Remote/Hybrid Distributed Systems Jobs in Central London

Backend Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

Hiring Organisation
Client Server
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Backend Software Engineer (Go/Node.js Distributed Systems) Remote/Hybrid to £120k + Equity Are you an experienced Backend Software Engineer who enjoys building distributed systems, real-time infrastructure and solving complex scalability challenges? You could be progressing your career at a high growth technology … Engineer, you'll join the team responsible for the core messaging platform that underpins the company's real-time infrastructure. Working on highly scalable distributed systems, you'll design and build new platform capabilities, improve performance and reliability and solve complex engineering problems at scale. You'll contribute ...

Senior Platform Engineer - AI Native SaaS Platform

Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
SaaS Platform | 10x ARR Since Last Year Remote-first UK with hybrid London office option Up to £125,000 + equity Golang | GCP | Kubernetes | Distributed Systems Senior Platform Engineer - We're working with a rapidly scaling AI-native SaaS company who raised an impressive Series B round … match the ambition of their product and customers. The product is real-time, data-rich and AI-native, creating complex engineering challenges across distributed systems, reliability, infrastructure, tooling and developer experience. As they continue to scale their Engineering team, they are now looking for a Senior Platform Engineer ...

Principal Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Recruitment
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
+ 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 ...

Senior Java & Cloud Platform Engineers | Financial Systems

Hiring Organisation
SharpAtoms
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Senior Java & Cloud Platform Engineers | Financial Systems Talent Pod | London/EU Location: London, UK (Hybrid – Enterprise Deployments Across UK & EU) Work Model: Hybrid/Onsite/Remote opportunities may vary based on client engagement requirements. About This Talent Pod: SharpAtoms is building a UK & Europe Financial Systems … enterprise modernization programs across banking, payments, insurance, and regulated platforms. We are continuously engaging experienced engineers who have built and scaled secure, high-throughput, distributed financial systems in complex enterprise environments. This is not a job board posting. This is a pre-validated engineering talent network designed ...

Backend Software Engineer - Distributed Systems

Hiring Organisation
Client Server
Location
City, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 100,000 Annual
Backend Software Engineer (Go/Node.js Distributed Systems) Remote/Hybrid to £120k + Equity Are you an experienced Backend Software Engineer who enjoys building distributed systems, real-time infrastructure and solving complex scalability challenges? You could be progressing your career at a high growth technology ...

Aeron Solution Engineer

Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
arrangements We're hiring a Senior Solution Engineer to join a specialist technology consultancy that designs and delivers high-performance trading and capital markets systems for some of the world's leading financial institutions, fintechs, and market infrastructure providers. This Solution Engineer role is a unique blend of hands … engineering, technical leadership, and client engagement, focused on building low-latency, resilient, event-driven trading platforms using modern distributed systems and Aeron technology. The Role As a Solution Engineer , you'll work closely with clients and internal teams to design and deliver complex front-office solutions across capital ...

Product Engineer (Backend, Full Stack) | Python, TypeScript, AWS | Climate Tech x Energy Trading | Real-Time Systems, High Ownership, 0→1 Product Builds | London (Hybrid, 3 Days) | £80-120k + Equity

Hiring Organisation
Owen Thomas | B Corp™
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Product Engineer (Backend, Full Stack) | Python, TypeScript, AWS | Climate Tech x Energy Trading | Real-Time Systems, High Ownership, 0→1 Product Builds | London (Hybrid, 3 Days) | £80-120k + Equity The Company The energy industry is undergoing one of its biggest transformations in decades. We're partnering with … climate technology company building software that sits at the heart of the transition towards a cleaner, more intelligent electricity grid. Rather than improving existing systems, they're building an entirely new platform from the ground up - combining real-time data, distributed hardware, AI, and energy trading to solve ...

Member of Technical Staff

Hiring Organisation
Salient Group
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Technical Staff - AI Infrastructure/ML Platform Location | London (Hybrid) Comp | Highly Competitive + Meaningful Equity Focus | AI Infrastructure, MLOps, Data Platform, GPU Systems, Research Infrastructure, Scientific ML We’re partnering with a stealth AI4Science company building foundational technology designed to accelerate science. Backed by significant funding and leading … This is an early and highly influential hire. You’ll work directly with researchers and scientists, understand how they actually experiment, and build the systems that allow them to move significantly faster. About The Role As a Member of Technical Staff, you’ll own infrastructure across the intersection ...

Senior Data Engineer

Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
Experience using dbt for data modelling and transformation Experience working with Apache Airflow or similar orchestration tooling Proven experience designing and building production systems on GCP and/or AWS Strong understanding of event-driven architectures and distributed systems Experience deploying and supporting batch and real-time … machine learning workloads Experience working with distributed processing technologies such as Spark or Apache Beam Strong understanding of data quality principles and engineering best practices Experience optimising database performance, troubleshooting issues and maintaining production data systems Ability to learn new technologies quickly and apply them pragmatically ...

Software Engineering Manager

Hiring Organisation
Halian Technology Limited
Location
Central London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
build high-performing engineering teams. Experience working within cloud-based environments (AWS, Azure or GCP). Understanding of software architecture, system design, and scalable distributed systems. Nice to Have Experience within FinTech, Payments, Banking, Financial Services, or Regulated Industries . Knowledge of payment processing, payment gateways, acquiring, issuing, card ...

Senior Java Architect - Payments

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Recruitment
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £600 per day
modern engineering practices Architect payment solutions supporting real-time payments, cross-border transactions, settlement, reconciliation, and regulatory requirements Design integration patterns across enterprise systems, third-party providers, and banking platforms Drive iterative delivery, stakeholder engagement, demonstrations, and technical progress reporting Collaborate with Business, Integration, Data, and DevOps Architects … Financial Services, or other highly regulated environments Deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and enterprise-scale backend development Strong knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems Experience designing event-driven solutions using Kafka or similar messaging technologies Strong understanding of API-first architecture, REST services, and enterprise integration ...

Principle Integration Architect

Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
delivering SMBC's Global Horizon programme, the bank's first large scale global technology implementation. Horizon intends to move SMBC's regionalised HR systems to one global platform. Reporting to the EMEA Head of Enterprise Architecture, the Principal Integration Architect role will be responsible for designing, governing, and evolving … bank's integration architecture across core systems, digital platforms, and third-party services. This role ensures seamless, secure, and scalable data and service integration across a complex global technology landscape, supporting both legacy modernization and cloud transformation initiatives. The anticipated salary range for this role ...

Senior AWS Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Spectrum IT Recruitment Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£70,000
anticipate user demands and drive innovation. Additionally, you'll take the lead in providing operational support and technical oversight for several large-scale distributed applications. How You'll Contribute: Monitor and interpret system and application metrics to fine-tune performance and troubleshoot issues effectively Collaborate closely with developers … structured release practices Engage in architectural discussions, manage platform operations, and contribute to capacity forecasting Design and implement automated solutions to build resilient, scalable systems Maintain a strong focus on delivering new features while ensuring stability and adherence to service level goals You'll Stand Out If You Have ...

Staff Engineer Java Spring Boot AWS

Hiring Organisation
Client Server
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
financial services sector. As a Staff Engineer, you'll lead the design and delivery of high impact technology projects, helping clients modernise legacy systems, migrate to AWS and introduce modern CI/CD and cloud deployment practices. You'll combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership, problem solving … Leading technical projects and client engagements from design through to delivery Developing scalable Java applications using Spring Boot and microservices Modernising and migrating legacy systems to AWS Designing and working with REST APIs and distributed systems Introducing and improving CI/CD and DevOps practices Providing technical ...

Senior Backend Engineer- Kotlin

Hiring Organisation
Marks and Spencer
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
recommend applying as soon as possible. What you'll do Your key accountabilities will include: Writing, testing and debugging code for complex features, distributed systems and legacy migrations, while helping optimise deployment pipelines. Providing technical leadership, guidance and estimation on complex, high-impact projects, ensuring successful delivery … technology environment and software engineering best practices. Expert understanding of software development principles and patterns, including MVC, SOLID, DRY and KISS. Solid expertise using distributed version control systems such as Git. Proficiency with Test Driven Development (TDD), Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) and non-functional testing approaches. Strong DevOps ...

Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Inspire People
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Part Time, Work From Home
Salary
£80,000
leading and developing engineers, strong DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering expertise, cloud platform experience, infrastructure-as-code capability and a passion for building resilient distributed systems. Based in London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham or Salford, this permanent Grade 7 opportunity offers hybrid working, flexible working patterns … Terraform, CloudFormation or similar. Ability to write clean, maintainable and well-tested code in at least one programming language. Experience designing, operating and improving distributed systems, with a focus on reliability, performance and user impact. In return, you can expect a flexible working culture, including: Flexible hybrid working ...

Mechanical Engineer (Remote)

Hiring Organisation
Hired
Location
Central London / West End, London, United Kingdom
Role Overview: The client seeks an Engineering Expert to provide specialized technical guidance for system architecture decisions, troubleshooting complex issues, and optimizing performance across distributed systems. The role requires deep expertise in multiple engineering domains to support critical infrastructure and product development initiatives. Key Responsibilities: • Design and evaluate scalable … solutions with business objectives. • Mentor junior engineers and conduct code reviews to ensure adherence to quality and security standards. Required Skills & Qualifications: • Experience with distributed systems, microservices, or large-scale backend infrastructure. • Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Python, Java, Go, or Rust. • Strong problem ...

Lead Full Stack Engineer (Golang Focus)

Hiring Organisation
Pertemps London
Location
United Kingdom, Holborn and Covent Garden, Greater London
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£70000/annum
Back End Engineer to join its growing engineering team. The successful candidate will play a key role in designing, building and maintaining scalable backend systems that support high-volume digital products used by millions of users. This opportunity is ideal for an engineer who is passionate about backend development … distributed systems and modern software engineering practices, with strong commercial experience in GoLang being the primary requirement. The Role The Back End Engineer will be responsible for developing and maintaining robust, high-performance backend services and APIs. Working closely with product, engineering and leadership teams, they will help ...

Software Engineer

Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
your skills significantly faster than in a traditional, highly specialised role. System Design & Architectural Contribution: Partnering directly with the engineering team to tackle complex systems design and actively shape our evolving architecture. Your technical perspective will give you a strong voice in our high-level design choices. You will … pride in the stability of what we ship Your Background Experience: +3 years of commercial software engineering experience, ideally with experience building or maintaining distributed systems or backend APIs. Hands-on Coder: You are a strong practitioner who loves shipping clean, readable code and takes pride in seeing ...

Senior C# IAM Developer - Auth0, CIAM, AWS - Outside IR35

Hiring Organisation
Smart Sourcer Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £700 to £750 per day
flows, anomaly detection, and abuse prevention Contribute to internal security standards, policies, and incident response readiness What You Bring: 10+ years experience building production systems in C# & .NET Deep knowledge of Auth0 (Actions, Rules, Hooks, Universal Login, MFA, RBAC, custom claims) Solid understanding of OAuth2 , OIDC , SAML … grasp of secure coding principles: input validation, secrets management, least privilege, secure session/token handling Ability to design and review threat models for distributed systems Comfortable working in high-autonomy, high-ownership environments Bonus: experience with Terraform, CI/CD security, or penetration testing Why Join ...

Software Engineer - London

Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
Edge Platforms Location: London (Hybrid) Pay Rate: £400/day Inside IR35 Duration: 12 Months The Opportunity Looking to work on high-scale distributed systems for a major global streaming platform? We are seeking a Backend Software Engineer for a 12-month contract with the Video Platform team … CDK. Baseline knowledge of web networking (HTTP, TLS, DNS, load balancing). Familiarity with CI/CD automation, unit testing, and operating cloud systems in production. #J-18808-Ljbffr ...

Software Engineer - Environment Platform

Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
through which in-house as well as third-party software developers interact with K8s to satisfy their runtime needs, cleanly abstracting away the complex distributed systems powering them. Work closely with your team and stakeholders to enable sustainable and timely delivery of technical solutions to address business needs. … verbal and written communications. A focus on impact and an ability to articulate the value your work provides. Experience developing and managing highly-available distributed systems. Passion for designing thoughtful and robust APIs. Deep familiarity with K8s, and the broader ecosystem of software around K8s. What We Require 3+ ...

Scala Developer (Remote)

Hiring Organisation
Stealth iT Consulting
Location
Central London / West End, London, United Kingdom
join their engineering team and contribute to the design and development of scalable, high‐performance applications . This role involves working on modern distributed systems, building APIs, and collaborating with cross‐functional teams to deliver enterprise‐grade solutions. Key responsibilities: Design, develop and maintain backend services and APIs ...

Backend Engineer – AWS CDK & Edge Platform (London)

Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
edge platforms in London. The role is a 12-month contract with hybrid work arrangements, offering exposure to high-scale distributed systems for a global streaming platform. The team focuses on automated traffic routing, observability, and AI tool hosting. You will develop resilient backend microservices, enable AI tool ...

Senior Platform Engineer - AI-Native SaaS (Go, K8s, Remote UK)

Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
hire a Senior Platform Engineer in a remote-first role with a hybrid London office option. The position focuses on building scalable real-time distributed systems, improving CI/CD, observability, and tooling to empower product engineers to ship quickly and safely. The role emphasizes owning the platform ...