1 to 25 of 322 Distributed Systems Jobs in England

Lead Backend Engineer (AWS / Serverless)

Hiring Organisation
HLA Recruitment
Location
Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
Reports: Agencies and Contractors £90,00 -£100,000 package Note : 7+ years of backend or platform engineering experience Strong hands-on experience building production systems in AWS (serverless preferred) Please apply if you have the correct experience to meet the job specification. Role Overview We’re looking … senior, hands-on Lead Integration Engineer & Developer to further develop and evolve our integration platform—connecting core internal services with external systems and partners. This is a high-impact individual contributor role combining deep technical expertise with architectural leadership. You’ll spend a significant portion of your time writing ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Burns Sheehan
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
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 … 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 ...

Lead Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Burns Sheehan
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
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 … 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 ...

Backend Software Engineer Junior-Mid Level - Programmatic

Hiring Organisation
Mobkoi
Location
City of London, London, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
Programmatic, you will contribute to the development and evolution of MOBKOI’s programmatic advertising platform. You will work closely with experienced engineers on backend systems that power real-time bidding (RTB), campaign delivery, and large-scale integrations with SSPs and DSPs.This role is well suited to engineers early … their career who want to deepen their expertise in distributed systems, low-latency services, and cloud-based infrastructure, while gaining exposure to the programmatic advertising ecosystem. You will be supported through mentorship, code reviews, and progressive ownership of backend components. RESPONSIBILITIES • Contribute to the development and improvement ...

Backend Software Engineer (JuniorMid Level) Programmatic

Hiring Organisation
Mobkoi
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Level) Programmatic, you will contribute to the development and evolution of MOBKOIs programmatic advertising platform. You will work closely with experienced engineers on backend systems that power real-time bidding (RTB), campaign delivery, and large-scale integrations with SSPs and DSPs. This role is well suited to engineers early … their career who want to deepen their expertise in distributed systems, low-latency services, and cloud-based infrastructure, while gaining exposure to the programmatic advertising ecosystem. You will be supported through mentorship, code reviews, and progressive ownership of backend components. RESPONSIBILITIES Contribute to the development and improvement ...

Principal Python Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Ncounter
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£170,000 - £200,000 per annum
internal compute frameworks that underpin their trading and research platforms. This is a high-impact role, working at the intersection of software engineering and distributed systems, with the opportunity to build scalable tools and frameworks used across the business. What you’ll do: Design, develop, and maintain performant … tools and platforms that streamline workflows across investment and technology teams Contribute to code reviews and best practices, improving overall development quality Work across distributed systems, containers, and automation pipelines to deliver scalable solutions What we’re looking for: 6+ years’ professional software development experience Strong proficiency ...

Principal Architect – Robotics & Hardware (Glasgow)

Hiring Organisation
Chemify Limited
Location
England, 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 Data Architect

Hiring Organisation
LSA Recruit
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Principal Data Architect Python | Cloud | Distributed Systems | AI/ML Location: London or Glasgow (Hybrid) The Opportunity This is a foundational architecture seat inside a company building a globally distributed, AI-native platform from the ground up. Right now, everything is being rebuilt — how data is captured … entire data architecture strategy: Designing a modern lakehouse on AWS from first principles Building a real-time data layer from high-frequency, distributed systems Creating a data model that’s ML-ready on day one Defining how data flows across multiple global environments Solving hard problems around consistency ...

Senior Software Engineer - Front End

Hiring Organisation
mkodo
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
wherever business needs require. Core areas of depth may include one or more of: Web/Front-end engineering Java/AWS backend and distributed systems React Native Android (Kotlin) iOS (Swift) Successful candidates demonstrate deep expertise in at least one of these areas while maintaining practical experience … across others. This role suits engineers who are highly autonomous, delivery-focused, and capable of owning technical design and execution for complex features and systems, while contributing to team growth and technical direction. What you’ll do: Engineering delivery & technical ownership Design, build, and deliver high-quality software across ...

Backend Engineer (JVM) - Up to £95k

Hiring Organisation
Few&Far
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
messy, real-world data (APIs, documents, scraped sources — most of it unstructured) Design the orchestration layer that gathers and evaluates evidence across heterogeneous systems Ship reliable, secure, observable production code Deploy and iterate on LLM-powered investigation flows (not just prototypes) Make smart build vs buy decisions … ship, own. Tech: Kotlin (open to any JVM background), Python, Terraform, Agentic AI, cloud-native, event-driven services If you’ve built fault-tolerant, distributed systems before, tools matter less than judgement You’ll Have 3+ years building production distributed systems in a startup environment, using ...

Low Latency Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harrington Starr
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
looking for a high-calibre Solution Engineer with a passion for performance and capital markets technology to deliver complex, front-office trading systems for leading global investment banks, asset managers, fintechs and exchanges. This role sits at the intersection of engineering excellence, client engagement, and strategic delivery — working hands … latency trading solutions in capital markets environments Contributing directly to the codebase on the most technically challenging aspects of client deliveries Architecting performant, resilient distributed systems informed by deep domain knowledge Building solutions across OMS, EMS, Smart Order Routing, Matching Engines, FIX gateways and Risk platforms Working with ...

Lead .NET/Full Stack Developer - Hybrid - Up to £700/day Outside IR35 | C# | Azure | Event Driven Systems | Payments | API Driven

Hiring Organisation
VirtueTech Recruitment Group
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
Lead .NET/Full Stack Developer - Hybrid - £700/day Outside IR35 | C# | Azure | Event Driven Systems | Payments | API Driven We have a unique opportunity for a Lead .NET/Full Stack Developer to join a payments company. As the Lead .NET/Full Stack Developer , you’ll play … closely with Product, Data, Risk, and Platform teams , you’ll help evolve the platform architecture and ensure the delivery of secure, scalable, and resilient distributed systems within a regulated fintech environment. 📍 2–3 days per week in the office – City of London 💰 Up to £700/day Outside ...

Software Architect

Hiring Organisation
Akkodis
Location
Cheadle, England, United Kingdom
Software Architect – Safety‐Critical Systems The Role We are looking for an accomplished Software Architect to design, develop, integrate, and assure complex distributed software systems within a safety‐critical or safety‐related environment. You’ll work across the full software lifecycle, collaborating with architects, engineering teams … deliver secure, high‐integrity solutions on Linux and Windows platforms within a regulated defence setting. Key Responsibilities Design and develop software for large distributed systems using C/C++, Java, and Python . Apply robust software architectures and model‐driven development approaches. Translate mathematical or theoretical models into ...

Principle Architect Engineering Lead

Hiring Organisation
StarCompliance
Location
York, England, United Kingdom
experienced engineering leaders not only to deliver high-quality services, system designs and code, but to help shape how all teams work and how systems evolve. We’re looking for a Principal Engineering Lead to play a lead role within our Architecture engineering team. This role is suited … role blends hands-on architectural depth with organisational leadership. You will set the architectural direction, chair the Architecture Forum, and ensure that our systems are scalable, resilient, secure, and cost-effective at scale. You will line-manage two Principal Architect Engineers and work closely with engineering, product, security ...

Senior GenAI Platform Engineer / Senior AI/ML Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Opus Recruitment Solutions
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Engineer to play a pivotal role in shaping and advancing their next‐generation intelligence platform. This organisation is building high‐performance, real‐time AI systems that support demanding financial and enterprise clients globally, and this position sits at the heart of their most advanced technical developments. The Role … will architect, build, and optimise the underlying infrastructure that powers cutting‐edge GenAI and machine learning workloads. This includes large‐scale model deployment, distributed systems design, high‐throughput data processing, and the creation of robust frameworks that enable rapid experimentation, safe iteration, and reliable productionisation ...

Senior Software Engineer, Trading Systems

Hiring Organisation
Ripple
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
responsibility from Day 1. You will be an integral part of the Ripple Trading and Markets Team, building scalable, resilient and performant trading systems in a constantly evolving and fast paced environment. You will have real impact and have the opportunity to drive the architectural roadmap, whilst looking … breadth of trading strategies and products. Building towards an event-driven architecture to connect the logical building blocks and provide integrated communication between trading systems and to other partners. Continuing to support and complement Ripple’s Payments, Custody and Stablecoin business units WHAT YOU’LL DO: Be an ambitious ...

Senior Java Engineer (WebFlux)

Hiring Organisation
Fynity
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
week onsite) Are you a senior, hands-on Engineer who thrives in event-driven, asynchronous environments? Do you enjoy building low-latency, high-throughput distributed systems where correctness, resilience, and performance really matter? This is an opportunity to work at the core of real-time payments infrastructure, helping … scale. What You’ll Be Doing You’ll play a senior individual-contributor role within a high-performing engineering team, building asynchronous, message-driven systems designed for scale, resilience, and near-zero downtime. Design and implement high-throughput, low-latency systems processing millions of real-time payment events ...

Principal Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Verifone
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
electronic payment technology industry. Verifone has one of the leading electronic payment solutions brands and is one of the largest providers of electronic payment systems worldwide. Verifone has a diverse, dynamic and fast paced work environment in which employees are focused on results and have opportunities to excel. … Verifone employees are leading the payments industry through experience, innovation, and an ambitious spirit. Whether it’s developing the next platform of secure payment systems or searching for new ways to bring electronic payments to new markets, the team at Verifone is dedicated to the success of our customers ...

Site Reliability Engineer (Contractor)

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£540 - £550 per day
architectural decisions, and build automation that elevates deployment safety and operational efficiency. This is a hands-on, senior technical role with direct influence on systems that generate significant global revenue.Key ResponsibilitiesReliability & Risk Engineering* Identify systemic reliability risks and drive long-term preventative improvements* Define and refine SLIs, SLOs … teams to embed reliability into system designYOUR SKILLS & EXPERIENCERequired:* Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience* 7+ years in SRE, Production Engineering, or Systems Engineering roles* Strong understanding of distributed systems, failure modes, and consistency models* Hands-on experience operating production workloads ...

System Engineer - Kubeflow - MLFlow - ID47089

Hiring Organisation
Humand Talent
Location
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
enjoy building infrastructure that powers complex engineering environments? Are you the type of engineer who loves improving performance, reliability and scalability across distributed systems? Looking for a role where your platform work directly enables advanced technical teams to innovate faster? Our client is seeking a Platform Engineer … great opportunity for a Platform Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, DevOps Engineer or Kubernetes Engineer who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges and improving the systems other engineers rely on. Why This Role is Great This position offers the opportunity to design and evolve a modern infrastructure platform supporting demanding engineering workloads. ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harrington Starr
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
engineering team. The role sits within the development function and works closely with the CTO, researchers, and trading teams to build and maintain the systems that support live trading strategies. The position focuses on developing production services, improving platform reliability, and helping move quantitative research into robust, scalable trading … successful candidate will take ownership of a number of backend services that support the trading platform. This includes developing new functionality, maintaining existing systems, and improving operational tooling across the production environment. You will work closely with quantitative researchers and traders to translate research ideas into production-ready systems ...

Software Engineer (Defence)

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Recruitment
Location
Gloucestershire, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
high-impact engineering team operating at the heart of the UK's national security and defence mission. You'll work on sophisticated, mission-critical systems that support real-world operations, collaborating with experts across engineering, intelligence and defence. This is a role for engineers who want to work … scalable software solutions for some of the most sensitive and challenging technical environments in the UK. You'll work within multidisciplinary teams that include systems engineers, analysts, data specialists and security professionals. Engineering excellence, attention to detail and collaboration will sit at the core of your ...

Senior Software-Engineering Manager

Hiring Organisation
Socure
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
identity with a team that holds a high bar for itself — keep reading. At Socure, we are revolutionizing digital trust by building mission-critical systems that deliver high reliability and operate at global scale. As a Manager, Software Engineering, you will be a hands-on technical leader who defines … projects, and coach engineers to maximize their potential. This role is perfect for leaders seeking high-growth, product-driven environments, who are passionate about distributed systems, and who want to directly influence the design of secure, scalable, and resilient infrastructure while cultivating top engineering talent. What ...

Senior Java Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Synchro
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
shaping modern, scalable platforms and have a genuine impact from day one. You’ll be working in fast-paced, collaborative squads, building cloud-native systems using modern engineering practices. The environment is data-driven, product-focused, and centred around delivering real value to customers. Tech environment Java/Kotlin … ecosystem) Microservices architecture Cloud-native (AWS/GCP) Spring/Spring Boot Docker & Kubernetes Messaging & streaming technologies Distributed tracing and observability tooling What you’ll be doing Designing and building scalable, resilient distributed systems Contributing to architectural decisions across greenfield platforms Writing clean, secure, and maintainable code ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Pontoon
Location
Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
disruption and enhanced performance. Automated Testing: Implement TDD and automated testing to uphold high-quality standards. Monitor and Analyze: Enhance performance and reliability across distributed systems to ensure operational efficiency. Build Automation Solutions: Develop CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and deployments to streamline processes. Security Practices: Uphold … preferred; solid mid-level considered). Deep hands-on AWS experience (core services, serverless, compute, networking). Proven experience in migrating or modernizing legacy systems into cloud environments. Proficiency in test-driven development (TDD) and automated testing frameworks. Familiarity with Agile delivery, especially Scrum methodologies. A solid foundation ...