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Research Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Vertex Search
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
Tooling Build Python tooling, libraries, APIs and SDKs to support model training, evaluation and deployment Develop experiment-tracking, model-versioning and reproducibility tools Create systems for managing large and complex multimodal datasets Distributed Systems & Infrastructure Build scalable data pipelines for large clinical and research datasets Develop distributed systems for i.e. training foundation models Improve reliability, performance and resource use across compute clusters Research Enablement Partner with researchers to understand workflows and remove bottlenecks Prototype tools and iterate quickly based on research feedback Translate research ideas into production-grade software Engineering Excellence Write clean and scalable ...

Research Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Vertex Search
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Tooling Build Python tooling, libraries, APIs and SDKs to support model training, evaluation and deployment Develop experiment-tracking, model-versioning and reproducibility tools Create systems for managing large and complex multimodal datasets Distributed Systems & Infrastructure Build scalable data pipelines for large clinical and research datasets Develop distributed systems for i.e. training foundation models Improve reliability, performance and resource use across compute clusters Research Enablement Partner with researchers to understand workflows and remove bottlenecks Prototype tools and iterate quickly based on research feedback Translate research ideas into production-grade software Engineering Excellence Write clean and scalable ...

Distributed Systems Software Engineer - Up to £190k + Bonus

Hiring Organisation
Hunter Bond
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
Role: Distributed Systems Software Engineer - Up to £190k + Bonus Salary: Up to £190k + Bonus Location: London (Hybrid) Skills: Language agnostic, just need to be a keen technologist (Ideally experienced in Rust, Python or C++) This firm is an elite company with high tech standards who have … find the best team to suit your skillset/interests but you could be working on: • Designing and developing scalable, tested and production grade distributed systems • R&D work for functional programming; either pre-existing languages (such as Rust and Erlang), or purpose-built languages similar to OCaml ...

Distributed Systems Software Engineer - Up to £190k + Bonus

Hiring Organisation
Hunter Bond
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Role: Distributed Systems Software Engineer - Up to £190k + Bonus Salary: Up to £190k + Bonus Location: London (Hybrid) Skills: Language agnostic, just need to be a keen technologist (Ideally experienced in Rust, Python or C++) This firm is an elite company with high tech standards who have … find the best team to suit your skillset/interests but you could be working on: • Designing and developing scalable, tested and production grade distributed systems • R&D work for functional programming; either pre-existing languages (such as Rust and Erlang), or purpose-built languages similar to OCaml ...

Principal Software Engineer (C#, Azure, Watford, Hybrid)

Hiring Organisation
Method Resourcing Solutions Ltd
Location
Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 90,000 Annual
after a very successful period, they have acquired several competitors. After a period of consolidation, they are now looking to unify all their systems into a single source of truth. They are also looking to scale massively over the next 5-years as they enter new markets … before scaling up to 100+ millions events per day. You'll work at the top of the engineering track, designing and delivering high-performance, distributed systems while guiding others through implementation and problem-solving. This is a deep technical role, ideal for someone who thrives on code, architecture ...

Staff Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
TechNET IT Recruitment Ltd
Location
Manchester Area, United Kingdom
their engineering organisation with strategic senior hires. They’re seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to play a key role in shaping and scaling the distributed systems that sit at the heart of their platform. This is a high-impact role for an experienced engineer who enjoys solving complex … architectural problems, driving technical maturity, and guiding engineering direction across multiple services and teams. Key Responsibilities Lead the design and development of backend systems built with Java 11+ & Spring Boot Architect distributed, event-driven systems that support high-volume transactional workloads Develop robust, well-typed service contracts ...

Graduate Quant Software Engineer (C++ / Java – Trading Systems) | £55,000–£77,000

Hiring Organisation
IT Graduate Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£55,000 - £77,000 per annum, OTE
Graduate Quant Software Engineer (C++/Java – Trading Systems) | £55,000–£77,000 | Hybrid (London/Remote) Build technology that powers real trading. Join a high-performance engineering team developing low-latency, resilient backend systems used in live trading environments. You’ll work on complex technical challenges from … Quant-Engineering tracks within 12–24 months. What You’ll Do Design, build, and optimise backend components of real-time trading and risk systems Develop clean, efficient, high-performance code in C++ and Java Work closely with traders, quants, and senior engineers to deliver new features Solve complex problems ...

Cloud Native Engineer (AWS)

Hiring Organisation
Sanderson Government and Defence
Location
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, South West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
public-sector and national-security organisationsacross three specialisms: Software Engineering (Java, full stack, microservices) DevOps/Platform Engineering (Kubernetes, automation, cloud) Solution & Cloud Architecture (distributed systems, event-driven design) You'll work hands-on building secure, scalable systems; shaping technical direction; and contributing to a collaborative engineering … Design and build cloud-native applications using Java (Spring Boot) and React Develop microservices, APIs, and event-driven components Work with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and distributed data patterns DevOps/Platform Engineering Build and maintain secure, automated platforms using Docker , Kubernetes , and IaC Implement CI/CD pipelines and delivery ...

Agentic AI Engineer - 6G Networks & Intelligent Protocols

Hiring Organisation
Method-Resourcing
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£650 - £700 per day + Inside IR35
research team, focused on building the next generation of intelligent, AI-driven network systems. The group operates at the frontier of agentic AI, distributed systems, and future mobile network architectures, with direct influence on global standards. This role is suited to an engineer who enjoys building tools … driven behaviour can be embedded into future mobile networks. The focus is on hands-on engineering within a research environment: turning concepts into working systems, testing them in lab-based deployments, and feeding the results into standards-relevant technical contributions. Key Responsibilities Design and implement agentic AI systems ...

Agentic AI Engineer - 6G Networks & Intelligent Protocols

Hiring Organisation
Method Resourcing
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£650 - £700 per day
research team, focused on building the next generation of intelligent, AI-driven network systems. The group operates at the frontier of agentic AI, distributed systems, and future mobile network architectures, with direct influence on global standards. This role is suited to an engineer who enjoys building tools … driven behaviour can be embedded into future mobile networks. The focus is on hands-on engineering within a research environment: turning concepts into working systems, testing them in lab-based deployments, and feeding the results into standards-relevant technical contributions. Key Responsibilities Design and implement agentic AI systems ...

Senior AI Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harnham
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
already delivering to paying enterprise clients — and scaling fast. 🧩 The Role As a Senior Backend Engineer , you’ll take ownership of core backend systems powering an advanced AI platform that integrates production-ready LLMs and agentic systems. You’ll architect scalable backend services, build RAG pipelines, and integrate … components into distributed systems that enable real-world, production-scale AI deployment . 🔧 What You’ll Do Architect and develop backend systems (Python, FastAPI, Flask, NodeJS) Design and implement RAG pipelines (LangChain, Qdrant, embeddings) Build ETL & CI/CD workflows (Airflow, dbt, MLFlow) Integrate AI/ ...

Senior AI Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harnham
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
already delivering to paying enterprise clients — and scaling fast. 🧩 The Role As a Senior Backend Engineer , you’ll take ownership of core backend systems powering an advanced AI platform that integrates production-ready LLMs and agentic systems. You’ll architect scalable backend services, build RAG pipelines, and integrate … components into distributed systems that enable real-world, production-scale AI deployment . 🔧 What You’ll Do Architect and develop backend systems (Python, FastAPI, Flask, NodeJS) Design and implement RAG pipelines (LangChain, Qdrant, embeddings) Build ETL & CI/CD workflows (Airflow, dbt, MLFlow) Integrate AI/ ...

Senior Software Engineer - Growth

Hiring Organisation
Utility Warehouse Limited
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
scalability and system reliability Raising engineering standards across observability, SLAs and deployment quality Contributing to key launches (including partner rollout and rebrand work) Supporting distributed system improvements and database migration projects Core Responsibilities Work primarily in Go, GraphQL, Docker & Kubernetes Break down complex work and deliver with minimal oversight … work primarily with Go, GraphQL, Docker and Kubernetes. You’ll own deployments end-to-end within our team’s Kubernetes namespace and contribute to systems where resilience, reliability, observability and uptime really matter. You’ll thrive here if you enjoy autonomy, solving distributed systems problems, and mentoring ...

Data Engineer Manager

Hiring Organisation
Young's Employment Services Ltd
Location
West London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£95,000
platform teams in a production environment as a Senior Data Engineer, Tech Lead, Data Engineering Manager etc. Proven success with modern data infrastructure: distributed systems, batch and streaming pipelines Hands-on knowledge of tools such as Apache Spark, Kafka, Databricks, DBT or similar Experience building, defining, and owning … . Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. A strategic mindset, with a practical approach to delivery and prioritisation. Proven success with modern data infrastructure: distributed systems, batch and streaming pipelines. Experience building, defining, and owning data models, data lakes, and data warehouses. Exposure to data science concepts ...

Data Engineer Manager

Hiring Organisation
Youngs Employment Services
Location
W12, Shepherds Bush, Greater London, Brook Green, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£85000 - £95000/annum circ £85,000 - £95,000 + Bonus
platform teams in a production environment as a Senior Data Engineer, Tech Lead, Data Engineering Manager etc. Proven success with modern data infrastructure: distributed systems, batch and streaming pipelines Hands-on knowledge of tools such as Apache Spark, Kafka, Databricks, DBT or similar Experience building, defining, and owning … . Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. A strategic mindset, with a practical approach to delivery and prioritisation. Proven success with modern data infrastructure: distributed systems, batch and streaming pipelines. Experience building, defining, and owning data models, data lakes, and data warehouses. Exposure to data science concepts ...

Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Searchability
Location
Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£65,000 - £70,000 per annum
RELIABILITY ENGINEER ROLE: As a Site Reliability Engineer, you'll ensure the reliability, performance and scalability of critical digital platforms. You'll monitor production systems, refine SLAs/SLOs and error budgets, design scalable solutions, improve architecture through telemetry insights, and build dashboards that provide clear visibility of system … Kubernetes) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) * Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus or OpenTelemetry * Strong understanding of networking fundamentals and distributed systems* Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, operations and product teams TO BE CONSIDERED: Please either apply through this advert or email ...

Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Searchability (UK) Ltd
Location
Wigan, Greater Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£70,000
RELIABILITY ENGINEER ROLE: As a Site Reliability Engineer, you'll ensure the reliability, performance and scalability of critical digital platforms. You'll monitor production systems, refine SLAs/SLOs and error budgets, design scalable solutions, improve architecture through telemetry insights, and build dashboards that provide clear visibility of system … Kubernetes) and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) * Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus or OpenTelemetry * Strong understanding of networking fundamentals and distributed systems * Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, operations and product teams TO BE CONSIDERED: Please either apply through this advert or email ...

Senior Specialist Engineer (SRE)

Hiring Organisation
UK Health Security Agency
Location
Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London (Canary Wharf), United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£41983.00 - £52113.00 a year
ensuring our services run reliably, are scalable, and perform optimally Monitor and manage these aspects while taking responsibility for multiple cloud infrastructure services Observing systems will be key to prioritising the operational service improvements and performance improvements to meet/exceed SLOs (Service Level Objectives) The role will … Write code that is maintainable, clear, and concise. Optimise system performance using strong problem-solving skills to identify bottlenecks with an engineering mindset. Ensure systems can handle current and future workloads through automation and capacity planning. Continuously improve services through observability, and identify ways to improve observability practices. Follow ...

Staff Software Engineer (Golang)

Hiring Organisation
Oliver Bernard
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
solving tough tech problems. What You’ll Do Design and implement robust, scalable microservices and APIs in Go Lead the technical design of distributed data systems supporting research and clinical workflows Collaborate with data scientists, bioinformaticians, and product teams to translate scientific needs into resilient software solutions Optimize … architectural decisions across teams What We’re Looking For 7+ years of software engineering experience, including extensive experience with Golang Deep understanding of distributed systems , data-intensive applications , and microservices architectures Experience with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker) Solid background ...

Staff Software Engineer (Golang)

Hiring Organisation
Oliver Bernard
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
solving tough tech problems. What You’ll Do Design and implement robust, scalable microservices and APIs in Go Lead the technical design of distributed data systems supporting research and clinical workflows Collaborate with data scientists, bioinformaticians, and product teams to translate scientific needs into resilient software solutions Optimize … architectural decisions across teams What We’re Looking For 7+ years of software engineering experience, including extensive experience with Golang Deep understanding of distributed systems , data-intensive applications , and microservices architectures Experience with cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker) Solid background ...

Senior Full Stack Developer (.NET)

Hiring Organisation
iQ HealthTech
Location
England, United Kingdom
used by the NHS, and private healthcare providers in the UK, Australia and beyond. As we continue to expand into new regions, our systems are built to operate in complex, regulated healthcare environments worldwide. Our systems support clinicians making critical decisions every day. Reliability, clarity and thoughtful engineering … looking for a Senior .NET Developer who can independently deliver high-quality software and play a key role in replacing legacy .NET Framework systems with a modern, fully distributed architecture. This is a hands-on role for someone who takes ownership of features from idea through to completion ...

Senior Backend Developer

Hiring Organisation
Acorn Insurance
Location
Liverpool, Merseyside, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£75,000
depending on experience We're looking for a passionate Senior Backend Developer who thrives on solving complex problems and building systems that scale. You'll be at the forefront of creating next-generation backend services that genuinely make a difference for our customers and business. In this role … Bonus: Clean Architecture Understanding Clean Architecture and Mediator Pattern is a huge plus! If you have it, you'll help us build maintainable, testable systems that follow industry best practices. Our Tech Stack: Backend: C#, .NET 8.0, ASP.NET Core Database: SQL Server, Entity Framework Infrastructure: Docker, Azure Tools: Unit ...

Technical Lead

Hiring Organisation
83zero Limited
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
next level. Why This Role? This isn't just another leadership position. You'll own the technical vision for a serverless, event-driven, globally distributed platform on AWS. You'll lead a talented, distributed engineering team, shape high-performance APIs, and build systems that scale fast … high-scale, cloud-native PaaS Drive CI/CD, automation, observability, and reliability Design and maintain secure, performant public APIs Build real-time, distributed systems on AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, Kinesis, ECS/EKS) Mentor a cross-functional team and raise engineering standards Prototype and ship features that deliver ...

Head of DevOps

Hiring Organisation
83zero Ltd
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£90000 - £110000/annum Plus benefits
next level. Why This Role? This isn't just another leadership position. You'll own the technical vision for a serverless, event-driven, globally distributed platform on AWS. You'll lead a talented, distributed engineering team, shape high-performance APIs, and build systems that scale fast … high-scale, cloud-native PaaS Drive CI/CD, automation, observability, and reliability Design and maintain secure, performant public APIs Build real-time, distributed systems on AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, Kinesis, ECS/EKS) Mentor a cross-functional team and raise engineering standards Prototype and ship features that deliver ...

DevOps Lead

Hiring Organisation
83zero Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
join their journey. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll own the technical direction of a serverless, event-driven, globally distributed platform built on AWS. You'll lead a distributed engineering team, shape high-performance APIs, and build systems that scale hard … high-scale, cloud-native PaaS. Champion CI/CD, automation, observability, and reliability. Design and maintain secure, performant public APIs. Build real-time, distributed systems on AWS (Lambda, DynamoDB, Kinesis, ECS/EKS). Mentor a cross-functional team and elevate engineering standards. Prototype and ship features that ...