26 to 50 of 64 Distributed Systems Jobs in the City of London

Associate Data Architect

Hiring Organisation
Elsevier
Location
london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
data foundations of one of the world's largest scholarly publishing platforms . About the Team The Submissions Technology group develops and operates systems that manage the complete lifecycle of scholarly manuscripts-from submission and peer review to editorial decision-making and integration with downstream publishing and production systems. … integration strategies Design API-based and event-driven data flows Guide engineering teams in implementing robust, scalable data solutions Support the evolution of legacy systems into modern, platform-based architectures Help establish data governance, ownership, and lineage practices Enable a data-centric platform strategy that supports analytics ...

Principal AI Engineering Lead (GenAI & MLOps)

Hiring Organisation
Kantar
Location
london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
help shape the future of our AI‐enabled enterprise platforms by bringing together AI engineering, software architecture, and data science to deliver systems that are scalable, secure, and responsibly designed. You'll focus on turning real business needs into robust products: from designing how AI is embedded into platforms … .NET Core/C# and modern back-end engineering, with flexibility to work across languages such as Python, Go, or TypeScript. Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, cloud-native patterns, and modern data stores (SQL and NoSQL). Secure coding mindset with awareness of cybersecurity risks, particularly around ...

Python Developer Backend (AI) - remote

Hiring Organisation
Initialize Ltd
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£60,000
Skills/experience 2+ years solid commercial Python coding experience (backend, API development would be great). Good understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, and scalable distributed systems . An Agile mindset and Experience working in agile teams, using Github for CI/CD, branching, pull requests, and automated testing. ...

Software Engineer - Backend

Hiring Organisation
Fruition Group
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£85,000
design and delivery of next-generation digital solutions. This is an opportunity to shape greenfield projects from the ground up - architecting scalable, data-driven systems that empower venues to deliver seamless guest experiences and drive long-term innovation. What will I be doing? Lead the technical vision and architectural … direction across complex backend systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance. Partner closely with engineering leadership to define best practices, coding standards, and long-term technical strategy. Design, develop, and oversee the delivery of robust, production-grade software built using Python, Django, Cloud Firestore, BigQuery, and Elasticsearch. Mentor and guide ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Fruition Group
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£85,000
design and delivery of next-generation digital solutions. This is an opportunity to shape greenfield projects from the ground up - architecting scalable, data-driven systems that empower venues to deliver seamless guest experiences and drive long-term innovation. What will I be doing? Lead the technical vision and architectural … direction across complex backend systems, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance. Partner closely with engineering leadership to define best practices, coding standards, and long-term technical strategy. Design, develop, and oversee the delivery of robust, production-grade software built using Python, Django, Cloud Firestore, BigQuery, and Elasticsearch. Mentor and guide ...

Lead Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Understanding Recruitment
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
hands-on) , leading a small backend pod while remaining closely involved in development. You’ll be responsible for building and evolving core backend systems that support investment workflows, financial data processing and trading-related operations. What You’ll Be Working On Building scalable backend services in Python Designing systems … workflows Leading architecture and technical design for new features Running a small engineering pod and guiding delivery Improving reliability, performance and resilience of core systems Mentoring engineers and raising engineering standards across the team What We're Looking for Extensive experience with commercial Python backend development Experience building production ...

Observability Engineering Lead

Hiring Organisation
Deutsche Bank
Location
london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
regional data protection and data sovereignty requirements, ensuring data is processed in the correct geographical jurisdictions Providing technical guidance and mentorship to a globally distributed team of engineers. Fostering a culture of engineering excellence, collaboration, and innovation. Developing and maintaining dashboards and reports on the health, adoption, and performance … valuable. Practical experience with key components of the modern observability ecosystem, including Prometheus and Grafana. Solid understanding and practical experience with high-throughput messaging systems, like Apache Kafka Debugging and analytical skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex performance and stability issues in distributed systems ...

Javascript Developer

Hiring Organisation
Immersum
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
organisation undergoing a major digital and AI-led transformation . With a strong global presence, they’re investing heavily in modern engineering and intelligent systems to reshape how content is created, discovered and delivered. They’re now looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with strong Node.js and AI integration … month FTC . The Role You’ll play a key role in building scalable backend services and AI-powered platforms , working on large-scale systems that power content and data experiences. This is a hands-on engineering role with exposure to cutting-edge AI workflows and distributed systems. ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
ITHR Group plc
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
site in Central London What you’ll be doing: - Designing and building backend services using Python and Java - Working on scalable, production‐grade systems - Collaborating closely with product and engineering teams - Contributing to architecture, code quality, and best practices What we’re looking for: - Commercial experience with Python … Java - Spring Framework - Strong problem‐solving skills and clean coding practices - Experience building APIs, services, or distributed systems - Comfortable working in an agile, collaborative environment Location: London (hybrid) For more details, please do give me a call on 02077471022 or email jason.rose@ithr.com ...

Senior SQL Server Developer

Hiring Organisation
Prism Digital
Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
environment Stored Procedures Strong Academics. Degree (2:1 or above) Financial Services (buy-side, asset management, or trading environments preferred) Portfolio/Order Management Systems What You'll Work With SQL Server (self-hosted on VMs) C#/.NET 9 Windows VM infrastructure ~12 logical databases within a single … instance Real-time trading system components Internal dashboard/portfolio systems Nice to Haves Buy-side, Asset Management, Hedge Fund experience Distributed systems exposure Experience working close to trading desks Strong data modelling instincts Why Join You’ll be joining a small team with high engineering standards ...

Full Stack Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Wave Group
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
software development • Mentoring and raising the bar across engineering 🧠 Tech environment • TypeScript at the core, alongside Python and Ruby • Modern backend frameworks and distributed systems • Cloud-native infrastructure (AWS, Kubernetes) • Strong focus on observability, reliability and clean architecture 👀 What they’re looking for • Strong experience as a Full ...

Principal Engineer - Comms Surveillance

Hiring Organisation
Marlin Selection
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
software development lifecycle. Deep knowledge of at least one leading Communications Surveillance platform. Familiarity with Regex, SQL, and Boolean search concepts. Strong understanding of distributed systems, information security, and cloud technologies. Experience with major communication platforms and capture solutions (e.g., Bloomberg, LSEG, ICE, Symphony, whats app, WeCom, Smarsh ...

C# Developer - Top Market Maker - London

Hiring Organisation
Radley James
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
high-impact, front-office engineering environment. You’ll work directly with traders, quants, and strategy developers to build and enhance trading tools and systems that support pricing, execution, and research across fixed income options markets. About this role: Develop and enhance high-performance C# trading applications used by front … office teams Collaborate closely with traders and quantitative researchers to enable new trading strategies Build scalable, low-latency systems and data pipelines handling large volumes of market data Contribute across the full software development lifecycle, from design to production support Continuously improve system stability, performance, and usability ...

Principal Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
RX Global
Location
london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
optimisation. Requirements: • Proven experience as a senior or principal engineer leading technical outcomes across multiple teams or services. • Deep expertise in software architecture and distributed systems design. • Strong engineering judgement with the ability to clearly explain and balance complex technical trade-offs. • Experience designing and evolving APIs, events … data ownership in large-scale systems. • Track record of modernising legacy systems and moving toward cloud-native architectures. • Strong experience building secure, scalable, and resilient cloud-based solutions (AWS or equivalent). • Comfort working in a polyglot technology environment and selecting fit-for-purpose tools. • Experience influencing architectural change ...

Python Developer

Hiring Organisation
Durlston Partners
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
rate compensation (made ~40 of its staff millionaires in the last 2 years). In the role, you would be focusing on highly scalable distributed systems, working directly with the Lead Core Developer, the CTO and other various internal stakeholders. The system you would be designing … dealing with 100M+ transactions daily. Requirements: Excellent Python skills with a good understanding of relevant libraries. Significant system design and architecture knowledge for highly distributed systems. Ability to design, build and optimise high-performing Python systems from scratch. Previous experience building/upgrading SQL databases would be highly ...

Senior Headhunter Quant & Trading Technology

Hiring Organisation
Anson Mccade
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£65,000
focused on elite technologists who directly impact trading performance and P&L. We specialize in placing: • Quant Developers (C++, Python, low-latency specialists) • Trading Systems Engineers • Platform & Infrastructure Engineers supporting systematic trading • Execution, electronic trading, and market connectivity specialists • High-performance computing and distributed systems engineers These … engineers building the infrastructure, platforms, and systems that power trading strategies at the world's most sophisticated firms. Average deal sizes range from £50k-£100k+. The Opportunity We are looking for an experienced technology recruiter who wants to operate in a high-barrier, high-reward market. You will: • Network ...

Senior Software Engineer II - Contacts Team - Java

Hiring Organisation
Wise
Location
london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
eager to learn more, we do want to hear from you! You get things done You have experience working with large scale distributed systems You have years of Java 8+ knowledge You have experience working with relational and non-relational databases, query optimisation and designing schemas You have ...

Senior Engineering Lead - Account Management

Hiring Organisation
Wise
Location
london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
keen to learn the rest, we want to hear from you. Hard skills Technical leadership & system design expertise: strong grasp of scalable, distributed systems, event-based architectures and microservices; able to make high-impact architectural decisions. Comfortable owning reliability, scalability and correctness for systems that process customer ...

Senior Platform Architect

Hiring Organisation
McGregor Boyall Associates Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
playing a key role in moving a legacy estate toward a modern, cloud-native platform. The Role Define and govern architecture across a globally distributed engineering function Ensure solutions are scalable, resilient, and fit-for-purpose Work closely with engineers to guide modern design and development practices Engage senior … Cloud: AWS (containers, serverless, broader ecosystem) What They're Looking For Strong platform/solution architecture experience in modern cloud environments Background building scalable, distributed systems Ability to operate at a senior stakeholder level Strong communication and influencing skills A modern engineering mindset (not tied to legacy approaches ...

Principal Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Burns Sheehan
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Principal Software Engineer (Go/Systems) 🚀 Series B Scale Up 🔬 Life Sciences Salary : £170,000 plus package Location : Angel (3 days per week in office) Requirements : Backend engineering specialist, with expertise in Golang, Python, Rust, Kubernetes The Mission: Orchestrating Physical Reality 🤖 I am working with a Series B powerhouse … best idea wins. 🎯 Who You Are 13–20 years backend engineering experience covering Golang, Rust, Python. You’re a whiteboard native. You design distributed systems that bridge the gap between digital orchestration and physical robotics. Experince mentoring Staff and Senior Engineers, winning their respect through technical depth. ...

Principal Engineer (Microsoft)

Hiring Organisation
Claranet
Location
City, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
achieve outcomes (e.g., accelerating analysis, troubleshooting, automation and documentation) with appropriate security and data-handling practices Critical Competencies Technical Competencies (Desirable) Experience with distributed systems or modern application architectures Exposure to data engineering, observability platforms or edge networking Please note: You will be required to have been resident ...

Principal Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Claranet
Location
City, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP Annual
achieve outcomes (e.g., accelerating analysis, troubleshooting, automation and documentation) with appropriate security and data-handling practices Critical Competencies Technical Competencies (Desirable) Experience with distributed systems or modern application architectures Exposure to data engineering, observability platforms or edge networking Please note: You will be required to have been resident ...

Quantitative Developer (C++ Crypto)

Hiring Organisation
Hawksman Technology
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
optimise ultra-low-latency trading and execution infrastructure across global crypto markets (CEX and DEX venues) Develop and maintain C++23-based high-performance systems for trading, order routing, and real-time market data processing Contribute to the design and optimisation of exchange connectivity layers , including FIX-style protocols, native … WebSocket feeds Build and enhance components inspired by matching engine/exchange-grade architecture , including order lifecycle management, book building, and execution logic Optimise systems for deterministic low latency, high throughput, and extreme reliability in 24/7 crypto trading environments Work on real-time infrastructure, simulation frameworks ...

Senior FullStack Developer

Hiring Organisation
Adecco
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£600 - £650/day
with DevSecOps to implement and optimize CI/CD pipelines , ensuring robust automated testing, deployment, and monitoring. Architect and contribute to event-driven and distributed system designs using technologies such as Kafka, Event Hub, or similar. Drive engineering best practices: code reviews, unit/integration testing, performance tuning, documentation … microservices-based development. Experience in transforming monolithic applications into composable microservices, or modular monoliths is a plus. Python (pyspark): Some hands-on experience with distributed data processing, data pipelines, and analytic transformations. Power BI: Some experience developing dashboards, data models, DAX calculations, and enterprise-grade BI solutions. Strong understanding ...

Backend Engineer - Hold team

Hiring Organisation
Wise
Location
london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
accounts (Savings, Joint) Scaling product ledger platform (new capabilities, reliability) What do you need? You know how to deliver complex product solutions and build distributed systems which are used by millions of customers. You are proficient in backend programming languages like Java, Python or Go. You have extensive … experience in designing and implementing asynchronous, reliable and scalable systems in microservices environments. You have a strong product mindset and genuine passion for user experience — you prioritize customer value and make data-driven decisions. You have a self-starter attitude with a collaborative spirit — you work well independently ...