Distributed Systems Jobs in the UK

76 to 100 of 247 Distributed Systems Jobs in the UK

Principal Engineer, BCG Expand, London

London, United Kingdom
Boston Consulting Group
in at least two of the following: Python, SQL, Java Commercial experience in client-facing projects is a plus, especially within multi-disciplinary teams Deep knowledge of database technologies: Distributed systems (e.g., Spark, Hadoop, EMR) RDBMS (e.g., SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL) NoSQL (e.g., MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, Neo4j) Solid understanding of software engineering best practices - code reviews, testing More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Contract Senior Full Stack Engineer

Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
AND Digital Limited
scalability, resilience, and extensibility across micro-frontends and microservices. Lead end-to-end system design, including API gateways, service orchestration, integration patterns (e.g., module federation, event-driven architecture), and distributed systems. Demonstrate deep expertise in React (including advanced patterns, SSR/SSG, Next.js), Node.js, TypeScript, and Azure cloud services. Define and enforce comprehensive testing strategies (unit, integration, E2E) using More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Software Engineer (Content)

Bristol, Avon, South West, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Hargreaves Lansdown
value. Desirable Previous experience of working with a Headless CMS solution (Contentful). Understanding and appreciation for the Jamstack architectural approach. Experience of working with large datasets and integrating distributed systems. Experience working with and implementing MarTech solutions such as Analytics, A/B Testing, Personalisation and Tag Management. Skills/Attributes Excellent collaborator, naturally works well with others More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: £60,000
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Software Engineer (Content)

Bristol, UK
Hybrid / WFH Options
Hargreaves Lansdown
value. Desirable Previous experience of working with a Headless CMS solution (Contentful). Understanding and appreciation for the Jamstack architectural approach. Experience of working with large datasets and integrating distributed systems. Experience working with and implementing MarTech solutions such as Analytics, A/B Testing, Personalisation and Tag Management. Skills/Attributes Excellent collaborator, naturally works well with others More ❯
Employment Type: Full-time
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Senior Software Engineer- Python

London, United Kingdom
Vortexa
time insights into global oil and fuel flows, optimizing energy markets and societal resource use. You Are: Fluent in Python and familiar with scalable data processing libraries Strong in distributed systems, microservices, and scalable data pipelines Motivated by working in an intellectually engaging environment with top industry minds Excited about startup challenges, bringing new ideas to production, and … pushing boundaries Experienced in building backend systems processing terabytes of data daily Passionate about coaching developers and career growth Proficient in SDLC including design, coding, review, source control, deployment, and operations Awesome If You: Have experience with Rust/Java/Kotlin Know AWS, Kafka, Spark, Flink, or Beam, especially deployment and monitoring Have productized ML research projects Are … familiar with Airflow, Kubernetes, data lake systems, and file formats like Parquet, Orc, Athena Possess relevant AWS or Kafka certifications Enjoy working in a diverse, innovative environment Are motivated by collaboration, learning, and exploring new tools Value company ownership and responsible business practices Appreciate flexible working policies and employee benefits like health insurance and volunteering More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Software Engineer (Content)

Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Hargreaves Lansdown PLC
client value. Previous experience of working with a Headless CMS solution (Contentful). Understanding and appreciation for the Jamstack architectural approach. Experience of working with large datasets and integrating distributed systems. Experience working with and implementing MarTech solutions such as Analytics, A/B Testing, Personalisation and Tag Management. Excellent collaborator, naturally works well with others across different disciplines More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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SDET

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hirexa Solutions UK Limited
Required Qualifications Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related technical field. 8+ years of hands-on software development experience, including large-scale backend systems or platform engineering. Expert in Python with a strong understanding of object-oriented programming, testing frameworks, and automation libraries. Experience building or validating platform infrastructure, with hands-on knowledge … of CI/CD systems, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools. Solid experience with AWS services (Lambda, S3, ECS/EKS, Step Functions, CloudWatch). Proficient in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform to manage and provision cloud infrastructure. Strong understanding of software engineering best practices: code quality, reliability, performance optimization, and observability. Preferred Qualifications Exposure to machine learning workflows … model lifecycle management, or data engineering platforms. Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka), and big data platforms (e.g., Spark, Databricks). Familiarity with banking or financial domain use cases, including data governance and compliance-focused development. Knowledge of platform security, monitoring, and resilient architecture patterns. More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: Salary negotiable
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Backend Software Engineer

Uxbridge, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Motorola Solutions
safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future. Department Overview Motorola Solutions' Avigilon Alta Video brings Cloud video security systems to the next level. Alta's cloud-based video surveillance solution offers industry leading full AI video analytics and exceptional operational insights. The Alta Video engineering team injects intelligence … be part of the ever growing Alta Video backend software team? Job Description The Backend team develops the core of the Alta Video Management System. These are Cloud based distributed systems monitoring and managing Video Cameras, Access Control Systems and Sensors. The Backend team is responsible for analyzing, developing, designing, and maintaining the entire backend ecosystem. This … includes developing new features, adding capabilities and increasing capacities, along with maintaining the existing CI/CD systems and customer deployments. We are an agile team that prides ourselves in allowing great autonomy and valuing collaboration, quality and security throughout. Basic Requirements Please note, this is a hybrid role based out of the Uxbridge office for 1 to More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Hands-on Technical Lead - Build GenAI Products

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Citigroup Inc
end-to-end LLM solutions - from experimentation to production Design evaluation frameworks to benchmark LLM performance, safety, and behaviour Build integration layers connecting LLMs to APIs, middleware, and enterprise systems Collaborate across teams to drive adoption of modern engineering practices and GenAI tooling Characteristics Able to identify and solve problems effectively Excellent communication and collaboration skills A self-starter … Proven experience as an Engineering Lead, Software Engineering Manager, or similar role Strong expertise in multiple programming languages (preferably Python, Go, and TypeScript), frameworks, and tools Have deployed LLM systems to production and understand evaluation, guard-railing, and monitoring Proven experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, container-based micro-services, distributed logs, SQL and NoSQL More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Backend Engineer

England, United Kingdom
With Wise Limited
Upskilling, spreading knowledge and learning within the team is encouraged. Requirements Go (either 3+ years experience, or 1-2 years if backed up by comprehensive industry experience with other systems programming languages). Test automation SQL Agile Cloud experience (AWS preferred) Commercial experience of Kubernetes & Docker Solid understanding of CI/CD Git Experience with distributed systems More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Backend Engineer - Product Safety

London, United Kingdom
Pantera Capital
About xAI xAI's mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected … re shaping the future of AI innovation, delivering trustworthy and delightful experiences at scale. As a Backend Engineer on the Product Safety team, you'll build robust, high-performance systems to safeguard our AI, tackling complex challenges to impact millions. This is your chance to redefine AI safety. What You'll Do Build distributed systems to enforce … Drive projects from concept to production with speed and precision. Who You Are A proactive problem-solver who turns ideas into reality. Experienced in designing high-performance, high-load systems for production. Passionate about AI safety and building trusted, impactful products. (Strong plus) Background in product safety or moderation platforms. (Strong plus) Familiar with DevOps and CI/CD More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Senior Full Stack Engineer

Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Evolution Funding Limited
and mentor junior developers, sharing expertise and fostering a culture of growth and excellence. Stay up-to-date with emerging technologies and frameworks. Architect and implement serverless workflows and distributed systems using AWS (Lambda, Step Functions, Amazon States Language, API Gateway, DynamoDB, etc.). Essential Skills required: Proven experience as a Full Stack Engineer with a strong portfolio More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
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Azure DevOps Engineer

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Robert Half
DevOps Engineer will design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support the API backbone and other digital initiatives. Implement best practices for monitoring, logging, and alerting across distributed systems. Work closely with software development teams to embed DevOps principles and support a culture of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). Drive adoption of test More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: Salary negotiable
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Senior Software Engineer - GCP Focus

United Kingdom
N Consulting Limited
and regulatory controls.Oversee GCP cloud infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, IAM), optimizing for resilience, performance, and cost.Collaborate with architecture, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams to meet governance and risk standards.Support live systems, conduct root-cause analysis, and resolve performance issues. Qualifications & Experience Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience. 5+ years' software engineering experience with distributed … Terraform/Ansible) and DevOps CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.).Database expertise (Relational & NoSQL), plus Liquibase or equivalent.Knowledge of Linux, Kubernetes, containers, serverless functions, microservices, and distributed tracing .Strong background in security, compliance, and audit controls in regulated environments.Excellent communication skills for both technical and business stakeholders. Essential Skills Public cloud architecture (GCP strongly preferred).Infrastructure More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Mid-Level Full-Stack Engineer (React + Go) Remote - EMEA / Engineering

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Tyk Technologies
Tyk API Management platform is helping to drive the connected world and power new products and services. We're changing the way that organisations connect any number of their systems and services.Whether internal, external, public or highly encrypted systems, Tyk helps businesses drive value across the retail, finance, telecoms, healthcare, or media industries (to name just a few … lifecycle. Here's what you'll be responsible for: Technical Ownership Contribute to solutions design for medium to high complexity problems, adhering to established solution design principles Contribute to distributed system designs with security-first principles, ensuring no security test defects or production leakage Contribute to the direction of dashboard UI development and API functionality Build and extend product … and backend, with: + Experience building production React applications + Experience building backend services/APIs in Go (or strong Go exposure alongside another typed backend language) Understanding of distributed systems design fundamentals and secure API design (REST and/or gRPC) Familiarity with Redis and MongoDB Experience with software engineering best practices (unit testing, code reviews, design More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Lead Data Engineer

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Publicis Groupe UK
optimal solutions Define and enforce data quality, governance, and monitoring standards across the data platform Optimize the performance and scalability of ETL/ELT workflows and cloud-based data systems Own the roadmap for data infrastructure modernization, recommending new tools, technologies, and practices to improve efficiency and reliability Act as the primary escalation point for complex technical challenges, troubleshooting … in a technical leadership or lead role Proven track record designing and delivering enterprise-grade data platforms on GCP, AWS, or Azure Deep expertise in data modeling, data warehousing, distributed systems, and modern data lake architectures Advanced proficiency in Python (including PySpark) and SQL, with experience building scalable data pipelines and analytics workflows Strong background in cloud-native More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Staff Software Engineer

London, United Kingdom
Optimizely
peek into our culture, find us on Job Responsibilities As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be a technical leader responsible for shaping the foundation of Optimizely Analytics' backend systems and scaling them to meet the needs of our rapidly growing customer base. You will: Design and evolve the architecture of highly scalable, reliable, and secure distributed systems. … and address complex system challenges such as performance optimization, fault tolerance, and data-intensive workloads. Influence product direction, leveraging deep technical insight to shape roadmap decisions and ensure backend systems align with long-term business strategy. Knowledge and Experience Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience. 8+ years of software development experience with strong foundations in … data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems. 5+ years of backend experience building, deploying, and operating large-scale distributed systems in production. Deep expertise in system design, API design, scalability, and performance tuning. Proficiency in at least one modern backend programming language (Java preferred). Hands-on experience with cloud-native architectures, containerization, orchestration, and CI/CD More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Senior Full Stack Developer PHP

North West London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
ByteHire
TypeScript experience Proven experience building full-stack web applications using PHP and React Strong foundations in relational databases (MySQL). Experience working with REST APIs and integrating third-party systems Previous experience working in startups at the seed or Series A/B stage Good experience with Queuing (processing jobs) Experienced with CSS frameworks such as TailwindCSS or BootstrapCSS … or Google Cloud Inertia.js DevOps experience, including maintaining CI/CD pipelines Familiarity with scaling servers and databases Understanding of infrastructure setup and management Exposure to designing or building distributed systems, preferably in a cloud environment Company Tech Stack PHP, Laravel, ReactJS, TypeScript, Inertia, WordPress MySQL, Redis, ElasticSearch, DataDog, AWS, Terraform, Docker Benefits Hybrid working 1-2 days More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent, Work From Home
Salary: £85,000
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Engineering Manager - Basket & Checkout

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Holland & Barrett International Limited
customer-focused roadmaps. Lead sprint planning, manage team capacity, and balance priorities across features, tech debt, and operational improvements. Ensure robust CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, and monitoring systems are in place to support rapid, high-quality releases. Collaboration & Communication Be the go-to technical leader for your area, clearly communicating progress, plans, and risks to stakeholders. Work … experience, managing teams of 8+ engineers. A strong development background in JavaScript, Java or Kotlin (React or React Native experience is a bonus!). Proven success building and scaling distributed systems using modern cloud-native technologies (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, microservices). A deep understanding of agile methodologies, CI/CD, and DevOps culture. Strong architectural and problem-solving More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: Competitive salary
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Java Backend Developer

London, United Kingdom
Randstad Technologies Recruitment
The engineer will work on a mission-critical platform that uses state-of-the-art technology for sanctions screening and other regulatory processes. The position requires developing highly scalable distributed systems and micro-services that support business objectives and enhance the experience for partners and internal stakeholders What You'll Do Design, build, and maintain scalable microservices that … power our compliance platforms. Develop tools and systems for sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and regulatory reporting. Optimize backend processes for performance, reliability, and data integrity. Enhance tooling, analytics, and reporting used by internal compliance stakeholders. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand regulatory processes and deliver technical solutions. Participate in on-call rotations, incident resolution, and continuous improvement initiatives. … than 12 years) in software development with at least 2 server-side languages - Java being must have. Experience working in Kubernetes environment. Proven experience with microservices architecture and scalable, distributed systems. Proficient in data technologies like MySQL . Experience with batch processing , data pipelines , and data integrity practices. Familiarity with AWS services (e.g., RDS, Step Functions, EC2, Kinesis) is More ❯
Employment Type: Contract
Rate: £63 - £84/hour
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Software Engineer - Technologist

Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Client Server Ltd
Software Engineer/Developer *Newcastle onsite* to £70k+ Are you a bright, ambitious Software Engineer looking for an opportunity to progress your career, working on complex and interesting systems in a role where you can learn and develop your skills? You could be joining a FinTech start-up, they have secure backing and an established Hedge Fund client as … discipline from a top tier/Russel Group university, backed by A's at A-level You're a technologist who enjoys collaborating and problem solving, working on complex, distributed systems You have strong backend coding skills - you can come from any tech background (e.g. Java, Python, Full Stack) but be happy to use C# .Net going forward More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £50,000 - £70,000 per annum
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Senior Java Developer (Trading Platform)

London, United Kingdom
Crypto.com
a strong focus on automation, scalability, and performance. AI-assisted development tools are also leveraged to boost productivity and quality across the team. Responsibilities Design and develop core backend systems including market connectivity, order routing, execution engine, risk, and position tracking. Implement ultra-low-latency and GC-free components using best practices in lock-free and off-heap programming. … event-driven architecture and experience designing fully deterministic systems. Solid knowledge of time-series and analytical databases like ClickHouse; exposure to kdb+ or InfluxDB is a plus. Experience with distributed systems, message queues, and performance tuning at the network and application layer. Comfortable using AI-powered development tools to enhance code quality and development speed. Strong testing discipline More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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AWS Data Architect

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Harvey Nash
Architect or Lead Data Engineer in AWS environments* Deep understanding of cloud-native data services: S3, Redshift, Glue, Athena, EMR, Kinesis, Lambda* Strong hands-on expertise in data modelling, distributed systems, and pipeline orchestration (Airflow, Step Functions)* Background in energy, trading, or financial markets is a strong plus* Excellent knowledge of Python, SQL, and data governance frameworks* Experience More ❯
Employment Type: Contractor
Rate: £450 - £525 per day
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Solutions Architect

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
The Niche Partnership
sportsbook technology that reaches players worldwide. Why this role? Impact at scale – your work will power digital betting experiences used by millions Autonomy & ownership – lead the architecture of complex systems, not just maintain them Growth environment – join a team that’s scaling fast and values innovation over red tape What you will be doing: Designing scalable, secure sportsbook solutions … regulation, and the other on future trends What you will need: Proven background as a Solutions Architect (or similar senior role) within iGaming Hands-on sportsbook experience (in-house systems or third-party) Strong knowledge of real-time data, odds feeds, and bet settlement workflows Experience with cloud-native setups (AWS, GCP, or Azure) Deep understanding of system integration … APIs, microservices, and distributed systems A collaborative approach with clear, confident communication skills Bonus points for: Experience with in-play betting systems or personalisation engines Familiarity with player data, analytics, or behaviour modelling Understanding of compliance challenges across multiple jurisdictions What you will get: Flexible, remote/hybrid working - office in London but mostly remote The chance More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £80,000 - £120,000 per annum
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Solution Architect

London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
The Niche Partnership
sportsbook technology that reaches players worldwide. Why this role? Impact at scale – your work will power digital betting experiences used by millions Autonomy & ownership – lead the architecture of complex systems, not just maintain them Growth environment – join a team that’s scaling fast and values innovation over red tape What you will be doing: Designing scalable, secure sportsbook solutions … regulation, and the other on future trends What you will need: Proven background as a Solutions Architect (or similar senior role) within iGaming Hands-on sportsbook experience (in-house systems or third-party) Strong knowledge of real-time data, odds feeds, and bet settlement workflows Experience with cloud-native setups (AWS, GCP, or Azure) Deep understanding of system integration … APIs, microservices, and distributed systems A collaborative approach with clear, confident communication skills Bonus points for: Experience with in-play betting systems or personalisation engines Familiarity with player data, analytics, or behaviour modelling Understanding of compliance challenges across multiple jurisdictions What you will get: Flexible, remote/hybrid working - office in London but mostly remote The chance More ❯
Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary: £80,000 - £120,000 per annum
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Distributed Systems
10th Percentile
£63,750
25th Percentile
£74,688
Median
£92,500
75th Percentile
£115,625
90th Percentile
£140,250