51 to 75 of 163 Distributed Systems Jobs in the UK excluding London

Principal Java Developer JBLE1 NI

Hiring Organisation
Ocho
Location
Belfast, UK
scale. They're building a modern, cloud-native backend to support their growth, and their engineering team is focused on doing things properly - clean systems, strong practices, and pragmatic decision-making. With an ESOP scheme on the table, this is a business that wants its engineers to grow with … This goes well beyond hands-on Java development - you'll be mentoring engineers, defining long-term architectural direction, and leading the decomposition of legacy systems into modern, decoupled services. The right person is a pragmatic engineer who loves clean systems, builds for scale, and takes genuine satisfaction from ...

AI Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Halian Technology Limited
Location
Reading, Berkshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£95,000
fast-growing (~280 people) Healthtech organisation making a real-world impact. This is a rare opportunity to shape the AI strategy, design production-grade systems, and bring cutting-edge LLM-powered solutions into a live product environment. The Role Youll sit at the intersection of AI, backend engineering … cloud systems , designing and deploying intelligent features that directly impact users. Expect to: Design and implement LLM-based applications (RAG pipelines, agents, copilots) Build scalable backend services using Python and Java Integrate AI into existing cloud-native SaaS platforms Own the full lifecycle: experimentation prototyping production Optimise model performance ...

Founding Engineer / Technical Lead

Hiring Organisation
Coburg Banks Limited
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£110,000 - £120,000 per annum
enabling cars to automatically detect, process, and settle real-world road charges without driver intervention. Parking. Tolls. Congestion charging. Airport drop-offs. Today these systems are fragmented, manual, and operationally painful. The mission: make vehicle payments invisible. The business is launching where the pain is greatest - rental and fleet … defining the future team and culture. This is a hands-on builder role for someone who thrives in ambiguity, moves quickly, and enjoys creating systems from first principles. What you will own Designing and building the core platform and architecture - you decide the technology stack . Integrating with telematics ...

Senior Software Engineer - TypeScript / Next.Js / SQL

Hiring Organisation
Adria Solutions
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£75,000
technology-led business is rebuilding and modernising the core system including billing, invoicing, reconciliation, integrations, operational workflows, reporting, customer tooling, and internal platforms. These systems sit at the heart of the organisation and directly influence revenue, operational efficiency, customer trust, and commercial decision-making. This role is suited … someone who enjoys solving complex operational and data problems, and who takes ownership of outcomes rather than simply delivering tickets. Strong engineering judgement, systems thinking, and an appreciation for correctness are essential in an environment where mistakes can have meaningful downstream impact. AI-assisted development is already central ...

Software Engineer III (Java / Spring)

Hiring Organisation
Elsevier
Location
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly. Software Engineer III (Java/Spring) Are you passionate about building high‐performance backend systems? Do you thrive on solving complex engineering challenges with Java and Spring? About the team: Our team is dedicated to unlocking the rich knowledge … Software Engineer III to help design, build, and improve services that support document transformation and semantic enrichment workflows. They will work on systems that process content at scale, expose reliable APIs, and support event-driven integrations across the platform. This role is well-suited to someone who enjoys building ...

Ai Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Morgan McKinley
Location
Yorkshire and Humberside, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
Work with Generative and Agentic AI patterns, including LLM integration, RAG architectures, prompt-driven workflows, and AI service orchestration. Integrate AI capabilities with enterprise systems, observability tooling, and security frameworks. Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines within cloud-native engineering environments. Support benchmarking, evaluation, experimentation, and cost optimisation … workloads. Contribute to scalable RAG implementations and enterprise data access patterns. Help define reusable APIs, engineering standards, and platform documentation. Troubleshoot and optimise distributed systems and cloud-based services. Collaborate across engineering, platform, architecture, and product teams to deliver reliable AI services. Required Skills & Experience Strong commercial Python ...

Lead AI Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Morgan McKinley
Location
Yorkshire and Humberside, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
Work with Generative and Agentic AI patterns, including LLM integration, RAG architectures, prompt-driven workflows, and AI service orchestration. Integrate AI capabilities with enterprise systems, observability tooling, and security frameworks. Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines within cloud-native engineering environments. Support benchmarking, evaluation, experimentation, and cost optimisation … workloads. Contribute to scalable RAG implementations and enterprise data access patterns. Help define reusable APIs, engineering standards, and platform documentation. Troubleshoot and optimise distributed systems and cloud-based services. Collaborate across engineering, platform, architecture, and product teams to deliver reliable AI services. Required Skills & Experience Strong commercial Python ...

Senior Gen AI Developer

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£500 - £700 per day
powered applications. The role would suit a strong software engineer with hands-on experience building cloud-native applications, embedding AI capabilities into production systems, and taking ownership across the full delivery lifecycle. Key responsibilities: * Design, build and maintain AI-enabled applications using enterprise GenAI services* Develop production-grade microservices … applications* Ensure applications meet non-functional requirements around security, scalability, resiliency, performance and cost Essential skills: * Strong software engineering background with experience delivering complex distributed systems* Proven experience building and deploying production-grade applications that embed AI capabilities* Strong Python experience* Experience with LangGraph, Strands and DeepEval* Strong ...

Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Anson Mccade
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, North East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£50,000
large-scale data platforms (3+ years) Proficiency in Java or Python Hands-on experience with streaming technologies (Kafka/Flink preferred) Good understanding of distributed systems and cloud platforms (AWS ideally) Experience with CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps practices Why consider this role? Work ...

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer (Java / React )

Hiring Organisation
Elsevier
Location
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
technologies. Key responsibilities: As a Software Engineer, you will be responsible for: Designing, developing, and deploying applications in a cloud-hosted distributed system to build our next-generation product Collaborating with business stakeholders to identify requirements and gather feedback in a fast-moving environment. Providing input into architectural decisions ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
DCS Recruitment Limited
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£65000 - £75000/annum
with a strong engineering culture and modern tech stack. Key Responsibilities Design, develop and maintain applications using .NET technologies (C#) Build and deploy scalable systems within AWS cloud environments Contribute to architecture and technical decision-making Work closely with Product and Engineering teams to deliver features Champion best practice …/CD pipelines and DevOps processes Required Experience Strong commercial experience with .NET/C# Hands-on experience with AWS (essential) Experience building scalable, distributed systems Strong understanding of APIs and microservices architecture Exposure to CI/CD and DevOps ways of working Ability to work autonomously ...

Senior Developer

Hiring Organisation
Addition
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£70,000 - £90,000 per annum
rather than chasing hype. As their platform continues to scale, they're looking for a Senior Developer who enjoys solving complex technical problems, improving systems, and building software that stands up in production. The Good Bits: £70,000 - £90,000 Hybrid working Exposure to large-scale SaaS platforms Clear … progression opportunities A collaborative engineering culture that values learning and continuous improvement The chance to work on systems used by thousands of people every day A Typical Day in the Role: Building and improving APIs that support critical platform functionality Investigating production issues and tracing problems across distributed ...

Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Digital Waffle
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£70,000 - £75,000 per annum
cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and data platform engineering. The Role You'll work across Azure cloud infrastructure and data platforms, helping to build scalable, secure systems and improve how data flows across the organisation. You'll also play a key role in improving deployment processes, system reliability, and overall platform … Experience with Kafka or similar streaming platforms Experience with Databricks or modern data platforms (e.g. Snowflake, Synapse, BigQuery) Strong understanding of data pipelines and distributed systems Focus on automation, scalability, and reliability Nice to Have Lakehouse or large-scale data platform experience Observability tooling (Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus) SaaS ...

Technical Lead

Hiring Organisation
Reed
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
ingestion, transformation, serving layers, and user-facing applications/UI. Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, production-ready technical solutions. Architect and implement modern distributed systems and data platforms aligned to strategic architecture principles. Drive engineering best practices across CI/CD, DevOps, automated testing (TDD/… Qualifications: Strong hands-on experience in front-end & application development (React.js/Next.js), backend development (Java or Python), and building secure, scalable APIs and distributed applications. Expertise in data engineering & platforms including SQL, data warehousing, ETL/ELT pipelines, data modelling, and integration of data science and analytics. Experience ...

Technical Lead

Hiring Organisation
Reed
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Temporary
Salary
£525 per day, Inc benefits
ingestion, transformation, serving layers, and user-facing applications/UI. Translate business requirements into scalable, secure, production-ready technical solutions. Architect and implement modern distributed systems and data platforms aligned to strategic architecture principles. Optimize solutions for cloud-native environments, focusing on more than just "lift-and-shift … Qualifications: Strong hands-on experience in front-end & application development (React.js/Next.js, backend development using Java or Python, building secure, scalable APIs and distributed applications). Proficiency in data engineering & platforms (SQL, data warehousing, ETL/ELT pipelines, data modeling, data wrangling). Experience delivering cloud-native solutions ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
RS Group
Location
North Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
years: Experience creating and maintaining Java based services Experience of designing, building and operating HTTP based services Experience of working with multiple microservices and distributed systems Experience working with eventual consistency Experience working with relational and non-relational databases Experience improving existing services and ways of working Cloud ...

Senior Java Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Elsevier
Location
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
technologies Responsibilities As a Senior Java Software Engineer you will be responsible for: Designing, developing and deploying applications in a cloud-hosted distributed system to build our next-generation product Collaborating with business stakeholders to identify requirements and gather feedback in a fast-moving environment Providing input into architectural ...

Senior ML Platform Engineer - Robotics

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£500 - £750 per day
archival processes* Containerise and orchestrate services to ensure reliable deployment across machines and lab environments* Partner with ML engineers on dataset building, ingestion pipelines, distributed training infrastructure, and high-throughput data workflows* Work with robotics engineers on ROS2 integration, robot data streams, deployment workflows, and hardware-adjacent platform tooling … Improve testing, CI, observability, reliability, and performance across concurrent and IO-heavy systems Essential Skills You must have: * Senior-level software engineering experience, ideally 5+ years* Strong production Python experience* Experience with typing, async/await, threading, multiprocessing, and concurrent workloads* FastAPI or another async Python web framework* Vanilla ...

Software Security Research Intern

Hiring Organisation
HP
Location
City of Bristol, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
practical experience of cryptography libraries Experience in, or knowledge of, machine learning solution architectures including Large Language Models (LLMs) Strong software engineering skills Embedded Systems Experience in or knowledge of cloud computing (AWS/Azure) and distributed systems About HP At HP, you'll have a chance ...

Test Engineer (SFIA 4)

Hiring Organisation
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£300 - £360 per day
risks, issues, and areas for improvement Produce clear reports on testing activities, outcomes, and associated risks Automate data validation and application testing processes across distributed systems Investigate production issues using data analysis to identify root causes Work with orchestration tools (e.g., Apache Airflow) to monitor workflows and troubleshoot … services, including: Monitoring and logging tools Storage and data services Compute and container services Experience with CI/CD pipelines and version control systems (e.g., GitLab) Knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform) Familiarity with Docker and containerised environments Data & Analytics Strong data analysis skills, including working with structured ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Zorba Consulting Limited
Location
EC3, Broad Street, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£70000 - £90000/annum 25 days hols, share options, health
Azure, GCP also welcomed) Strong understanding of relational databases, ideally MySQL Interest in agentic engineering workflows and AI-assisted development Experience designing APIs and distributed systems Understanding of observability, resilience, and secure coding practices Comfortable working in regulated or high-integrity environment Nice to have: Expertise …/SNS, DynamoDB and cloud – native architectures Client-facing experience Ideally experience within Fintech, Banking or enterprise SaaS Why Join Work on high-impact systems processing billions in transactions each month while helping shape modern AI-assisted engineering practices Enjoy the freedom of remote-first work with regular ...

AWS API Engineer / Data Architect

Hiring Organisation
Capgemini
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
will design and deliver secure, scalable, well-integrated APIs and microservices across multiple client applications and services, supporting system and data integration across distributed environments. Security Clearance: To be successfully appointed to this role, must be eligible to obtain Security Check (SC)clearance. To obtain SC clearance, the successful … roadmaps. Define and apply RESTful API design patterns and integration standards; support API lifecycle management, documentation and versioning. Support system and data integration across distributed services, including event-driven patterns where appropriate. Assess and address technical debt, recommending pragmatic modernisation approaches. Support deployment planning, cutover activities and post ...

AI Agentic Engineer X 3

Hiring Organisation
Adria Solutions
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, North East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£85,000
next-generation intelligent healthcare solutions. They are now looking for an number of AI Agentic Engineer to help design, build, and deploy autonomous AI systems that will directly support clinical and operational decision-making. This is a highly impactful role where youll be working at the intersection … software engineering, and healthcare innovation - developing agent-based systems that can reason, plan, and act within real-world medical workflows. Youll be joining a forward-thinking engineering team that is scaling rapidly, with a strong focus on responsible AI, performance, and real-world application. What youll be doing Youll ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Lynx Recruitment Ltd
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£95,000 - £115,000 per annum
C# and Microsoft Azure Ability to work across multiple technologies and frameworks, including React, JavaScript and TypeScript Experience building secure, scalable, event-driven and distributed systems Knowledge of CI/CD, DevOps practices, and Infrastructure as Code Excellent stakeholder and communication skills, with experience in consulting or client ...

Technical Lead

Hiring Organisation
Uniting Ambition
Location
Manchester, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£85000 - £95000/annum
influencing technical teams Exposure to AI tools and technologies such as Claude and Gemini Strong stakeholder management and communication skills Knowledge of microservices, distributed systems and modern architectures Experience with CI/CD and modern engineering practices If you'd like to be part of a brand ...