12 of 12 Distributed Systems Jobs in Glasgow

Lead Software Engineer - Java/React

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
agile team, enhance and deliver secure, stable, and scalable technology solutions, and contribute across multiple technical areas with a primary focus on backend and distributed systems. Your role will involve driving innovation, applying software engineering best practices, and fostering a culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect. Together … APIs (REST/GraphQL) in Java/Spring Boot and contribute to operational UIs/console experiences as needed. Design and implement event-driven systems and streaming-based alerting workflows (e.g., Kafka), including sound topic/schema design and resilient consumer strategies. Build and evolve secure, high-quality production ...

Senior Lead Site Reliability / DevOps Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
system architecture, toil reduction, and other site reliability best practices, with considerable in‐depth knowledge in one or more technical disciplines (e.g., cloud, observability, distributed systems, etc.) Advanced proficiency in one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, Go, etc.) Advanced proficiency and experience in observability such … oversight Practical cloud native experience Ability to expand and collaborate across different levels and stakeholder groups Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills Knowledge of distributed tracing, metrics, and logging best practices Certification in AWS, Kubernetes, or relevant technologies Proven track record in system health monitoring, capacity management, and blameless postmortems ...

Technical Principal Architect - Agentic AI & Messaging

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
leadership role to promote the architectural vision, design, and implementation of complex, scalable, and secure technology solutions. This requires emphasis on advanced Agentic AI systems, expertise in message-based technologies (e.g., Kafka, AMPS), strong management skills to coordinate across global regions and multiple applications. Deep proficiency across multiple technologies … growing AI approach) for security, robustness, and scale. Messaging technologies: Design and optimize high-throughput, low-latency messaging (e.g., Kafka, AMPS) for reliable distributed communication. Database architecture: Architect relational and NoSQL data stores (e.g., Oracle/RDS, MongoDB/DynamoDB) for integrity, performance, and growth. Technical oversight: Guide teams ...

Software Engineer III - Python

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. This role offers you the opportunity to grow your expertise in applied AI engineering while contributing to systems that operate at enterprise scale. Key responsibilities Deliver software through a disciplined software development lifecycle, working from well-defined requirements through design, implementation, testing … step agentic task execution Build and maintain inference-time integrations such as model gateways, APIs, caching, fallbacks, timeouts, and concurrency controls for production AI systems Implement retrieval-augmented generation components where applicable, including chunking, embeddings, retrieval, and grounding strategies Build REST and gRPC endpoints following agreed contracts, implementing authentication ...

Lead Software Engineer - Java, AWS

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues Review code and provide constructive feedback to team members Coordinate with other teams to ensure seamless integration of systems Champion innovation and continuous improvement within the team Manage project timelines and deliverables to meet business objectives Communicate progress and challenges effectively to leadership … front-end technologies and frameworks Demonstrate expertise in performance tuning and optimization Leverage experience with database technologies (SQL and NoSQL) Use understanding of distributed systems and scalability Apply experience in mentoring and developing engineering talent J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice ...

Lead Site Reliability Engineer – Operations Excellence

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Join a team where your engineering expertise directly protects the reliability and resilience of systems that matter at scale. At JPMorganChase, we invest in engineers who think beyond the code — who own outcomes, drive operational excellence, and raise the bar for how technology performs under pressure. As a Lead … Services, Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure, and infrastructure-as-code tooling including Terraform. Systematic problem-solving and troubleshooting skills applied to complex, distributed systems in production environments. Demonstrated ability to operate with a high degree of ownership, self-direction, and urgency in ambiguous or fast-moving situations. ...

Principal Software Engineer - Executive Director

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
evidence compliant identity solutions across diverse platforms and services Partner with platform owners to ensure that continuous compliance reporting is embedded in the systems we build and consume Integrate AI capabilities so that our standard patterns include agent‐ready identity constructs and can leverage AI where useful for reporting … skills Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and expert applied experience Professional software engineering experience with ownership of complex, production‐grade systems in large enterprise environments Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, C++, Go, or Scala Experience using AI assistants in software engineering including agentic ...

Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
DNS Info Ltd
Location
Glasgow, Glasgow City, City of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
with DNS steering (GeoDNS, Akamai GTM, health-check routing) and TLS certificate lifecycle (cert-manager, HSM/KMS) Strong CS fundamentals - networking (L3-L7), distributed systems, data structures & algorithms Experience building high-volume, low-latency, resilient infrastructure services Nice to have: TypeScript/React experience for operator dashboard ...

Solutions Architect

Hiring Organisation
17918
Location
Glasgow, Lanarkshire, United Kingdom
prefer staying close to the tech, this is an architecture role where you can still get into the command line and actively troubleshoot complex distributed systems alongside delivery teams. What you'll do: Lead Technical Design: Shape and assure secure, scalable, and sustainable solutions across ...

Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Pracyva ltd
Location
Glasgow, Glasgow City, City of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £450/day
with DNS steering (GeoDNS, Akamai GTM, health-check routing) and TLS certificate lifecycle (cert-manager, HSM/KMS) Strong CS fundamentals - networking (L3-L7), distributed systems, data structures & algorithms Experience building high-volume, low-latency, resilient infrastructure services BS/MS degree in Computer Science, related technical field ...

Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
troubleshooting OTLP endpoints and receivers. Ability to expand and collaborate across different levels and stakeholder groups Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills Knowledge of distributed tracing, metrics, and logging best practices. Certification in AWS, Kubernetes, or relevant technologies. Proven track record in system health monitoring, capacity management, and blameless postmortems … high-availability services Deep understanding of distributed system design principles, networking (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing), Linux internals. Contributions to open-source observability or telemetry projects. Experience working with agent control planes and management protocols. Hands‐on knowledge of OpAMP is highly desirable. We recognize that our people ...

Software Engineer - Java

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
business growth and strengthen Barclays' ability to serve clients in a changing market environment. This role provides the chance to work on business-critical systems, help guide technical direction and contribute to the delivery of innovative solutions across a global technology platform. To be successful as a Senior Java … containerisation technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes, and experience using Kafka or equivalent messaging technologies to build resilient, secure and event-driven solutions across distributed systems. The ability to build effective relationships with business analysts, project managers, testers, architects and engineering teams, communicate technical concepts clearly to a range ...