1 to 25 of 31 Contract Distributed Systems Jobs in England

AI Technical Lead

Hiring Organisation
Lorien
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
build of this platform, shape its architecture, and partner with deep technical SMEs across the business to ensure our AI systems operate with the highest levels of performance, security, and responsible oversight The client is investing in the next generation of AI capabilities, with safety, resilience, and trust … core. We're creating a cutting-edge AI Control Tower -a centralised platform and dashboard that monitors, governs, and optimises AI systems across the bank. This is a hands-on, high-impact role at the intersection of AI governance, distributed systems, observability, and platform engineering. This role ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Technologies
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£53.85 - £61.68 per hour
Hybrid) Contract Duration: 6 months Join a specialized Applied AI team driving innovation in business operations. The group accelerates AI transformation by developing agentic systems and full-stack infrastructure to automate workflows and drive efficiency. We're seeking a Senior Software Engineer (L5) to deliver production-grade code while … architecting autonomous AI workflows. This role combines technical expertise, product thinking, and scaling AI solutions across complex systems, working in a small agile team within a larger engineering organization. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered systems that enhance global sales workflows. Build scalable backend services ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£60 - £80 per hour
Team: RegTech (Fintech Business Unit) The Stack Primary: Java (Expert level) & Microservices. Data: Cassandra, Hadoop, MySQL. Cloud: AWS (Kinesis, Step Functions, EC2). Focus: Distributed systems, batch processing, and data integrity. The Mission Build and scale automated KYC/KYP (Know Your Customer/Partner) and regulatory compliance … identity verification, risk assessment, and onboarding for a global partner base. Requirements Experience: 3+ years in server-side software development. Architecture: Building highly scalable distributed systems and data pipelines. Expertise: Unit/Integration testing, architecture reviews, and defining SLOs. Mindset: 'Can-do' attitude; able to bridge technical problems ...

OpenShift SRE SME

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
From £500 to £550 per day
focus on automation. Work and collaborate across teams, such as Applications, Hardware, and Network. Develop secure service architecture using cloud-native technologies. Develop systems, primarily in Shell scripting, YAML, Ruby, Python and Go language, to prevent outages through automatic scanning and remediation. Establish and enforce SRE best practices through … call rotation. Your Profile Essential Skills/Knowledge/Experience Hands-on experience with OpenShift virtualization and Kubernetes administration. Understanding of distributed systems and common distributed system failure domains. Experience managing a production service with RedHat, Windows and ESXi. Strong knowledge of Linux systems and networking. ...

Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Falcon Chase International
Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
within UK Public Sector environments 6-8 years of hands-on experience with large-scale Java/Spring-based applications Strong experience supporting live systems and troubleshooting incidents Experience in large integration environments using microservices and distributed systems Key Responsibilities Develop and implement solutions for biometric … identity management products. Support live production systems and diagnose incidents and defects. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality Java code. Contribute to system enhancements and continuous improvement. Participate in Agile delivery ceremonies and technical design discussions. Ensure robust, secure, and scalable solutions across distributed environments. ...

Application Developer

Hiring Organisation
VANLOQ LIMITED
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
permissions Support CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and validation of IAM policies and API behaviour Troubleshoot identity, access, and API issues across distributed systems Collaborate with security teams on audits, compliance, and incident investigations Produce clear technical documentation and reusable components Required Experience Strong experience building identity ...

Senior Ruby Developer - EU Based

Hiring Organisation
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
cloud optimisation initiatives What We’re Looking For Strong commercial experience as a Senior Ruby or Ruby on Rails Engineer Deep understanding of distributed systems and cloud-based application design Extensive hands-on experience with AWS Solid background in building scalable APIs, microservices, and backend systems Familiarity ...

FX e Trading Senior Full Stack Engineer (React TypeScript + Java)

Hiring Organisation
Atrium Workforce Solutions Ltd
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£759 - £900 per day
TypeScript, modern tooling (bundlers, linting, testing frameworks). Backend: Core Java, Spring Boot (or similar), multithreading/concurrency, performance tuning. Experience designing and operating distributed systems (microservices, event-driven architectures, messaging/streaming). Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, concurrency, networking, OS). Proven … experience in e-trading or real-time financial systems (FX highly desirable), including familiarity with market data, order flows, and execution workflows. Hands-on with CI/CD, containerization, cloud/on-prem deployments, and observability. Comfort evaluating and integrating AI coding tools into daily development workflows. Excellent communication ...

Senior Go Developer

Hiring Organisation
Fruition Group
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
technology business on a contract basis. This organisation is recognised for its engineering excellence and is seeking a Senior Go Developer to help scale distributed systems and deliver high-performance solutions. In this role, the Senior Go Developer will design, develop, and implement data-intensive applications across … full engineering lifecycle. You'll architect and deliver microservices-based systems using Go (Golang), AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and Kafka, working closely with cross-functional teams to build scalable, reliable, and resilient platforms. You'll also play a key role in optimising system performance, improving reliability, and ensuring scalability, while ...

Java Developer-Golang

Hiring Organisation
Qualient Technology Solutions UK Limited
Location
Burgess Hill, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£300 - £400/day
internals and object-oriented design principles Experience with frameworks such as Spring/Spring Boot Familiarity with REST APIs, microservices architecture, and distributed systems Experience with relational and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB) Knowledge of version control systems (Git) Understanding of unit testing ...

Senior DevOps Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£450 per day
Contribute to the design, development and operation of a large-scale observability platform Build and maintain cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code Work across distributed systems at scale Write, review and test code as part of DevOps engineering practices Manage deployments and work with modern source-control workflows ...

Java Software Developer

Hiring Organisation
Line Up Aviation
Location
Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£55/hour
Developing in Spring with Hibernate Good Knowledge of developing REST within HTTPS Experience of developing within a microservice architecture Web Services using RESTful APIs Distributed systems Knowledge and use of software design patterns Agile Development Processes CI/CD delivery techniques Source code management … Issue tracking systems (such as Jira) UML/SysML using Enterprise Architect or similar Ability to self-motivate and to work well within a team environment. Ability to promote innovation in self and others Ability to interact with internal & external stakeholders in a confident and professional manner ...

Software Developer (Java)

Hiring Organisation
IO Associates
Location
Portsmouth, Hampshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£51 - £55 per hour + (Via Umbrella)
days per week onsite) About the Role & Organisation: This organisation operates at the forefront of advanced engineering and technology, delivering complex, mission-critical systems within highly regulated environments. It offers a collaborative, quality-driven culture where innovation, technical excellence, and continuous improvement are actively encouraged, providing engineers the opportunity … 8+) Good knowledge of Spring Boot, Spring Framework, and Hibernate Experience building RESTful services over HTTPS Hands-on experience with microservices architectures Understanding of distributed systems Knowledge of software design patterns Experience working within Agile development frameworks Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and delivery techniques Source control ...

Software Developer

Hiring Organisation
Belcan
Location
Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£55/hour
global leader in aeronautics, space, and advanced technology is seeking a skilled Software Developer to join a highperforming Scrum team working on the management systems for a new satellite. The organisation brings together thousands of passionate innovators dedicated to making the world more connected, safer, and smarter. Its culture … Java (version 8+) Strong knowledge of Spring Boot, Spring Framework, and Hibernate Experience developing RESTful services over HTTPS Handson experience with microservice architectures and distributed systems Solid understanding of software design patterns Familiarity with Agile development processes Experience with CI/CD pipelines Proficiency with Git for source ...

AWS Architect

Hiring Organisation
Fairfield Consultancy Services Ltd
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£600 - £625 per day
modernization frameworks. Migration & Modernization Expertise Proven experience leading end-to-end large-scale migration programs . Strong understanding of application architectures (monolith, microservices, distributed systems). Skilled in designing containerization & orchestration strategies (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS). Leadership & Communication Ability to influence senior stakeholders and articulate architecture decisions. Strong ...

Back End Developer

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
South Croydon, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£520.00 - £570 per day
high-impact project delivering scalable, reliable backend services. You'll work with modern Java-based technologies in a collaborative, delivery-focused environment, contributing to systems that are critical, secure, and built to scale. This is a contract role offering long-term stability, flexibility through remote working, and the opportunity … work on meaningful, production-grade systems. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain robust backend services using Java Develop and integrate event-driven systems using Kafka Build and consume REST APIs to support internal and external services Collaborate closely with product owners, architects, and other engineers Write clean, maintainable ...

.Net Developer E-Trading & Front Office

Hiring Organisation
Lorien
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£0 per annum
Server Must have experience with multi-threading programming Experience with asynchronous and event driven programming Experience developing real-time applications Familiar with building distributed systems Knowledge of networks and topologies Firm grounding of common algorithms Excellent oral and written communication skills Proactive team player with ...

Observability Architect

Hiring Organisation
Fairfield Consultancy Services Ltd
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£600 - £625 per day
Logging platforms: Splunk, ELK/Opensearch, CloudWatch Logs Metrics & telemetry: Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry Event management: ServiceNow, PagerDuty, Moogsoft, BigPanda Strong knowledge of instrumentation for distributed systems, microservices, containers (EKS, ECS), serverless workloads, and legacy systems. Migration & Architecture Skills Proven experience supporting large-scale on-prem to AWS migrations ...

Hadoop Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Lorien
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
quality data solutions Contributing to our cloud migration strategy , helping move legacy workloads into modern cloud platforms Driving platform simplification and engineering excellence across distributed systems Supporting enterprise data transformation activities that enable the bank's strategic objectives Ensuring stability, performance, and security of critical data services What … Looking For Strong hands-on experience with Hadoop ecosystem tools (HDFS, Spark, Hive, Oozie, YARN, etc.) Experience operating and supporting large, complex, distributed clusters Understanding of data engineering principles and data platform design Experience with on-prem Hadoop environments and ideally cloud-based data platforms Exposure to cloud technologies ...

Senior Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£500 - £600 per annum
deliver industry-leading features at scale. Requirements Background in software development Strong communication and ability to influence technical direction Experience with microservices and distributed systems Proven cross-team collaboration Strong AWS experience (EKS, RDS, S3, CloudFront, MSK) Understanding of SLIs, SLOs, SLAs Knowledge of networking and Linux administration ...

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Hiring Organisation
Henderson Scott
Location
Wokingham, Berkshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
Up to £385 per day
Tekton; Kustomize or Helm . Scripting: Proficiency in Bash and Python . Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Tempo. Ecosystem: Multi-cloud/hybrid distributed systems. Requirements: Ability to work in secure environments (Security Clearance likely required). Drive to learn from senior engineers and adopt modern best practices. ...

Senior Test Engineering Manager Automation-First

Hiring Organisation
Salt Search
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£480 - £500 per day
engineering leadership experience Proven track record of creating and evolving test strategies, not just executing them Experience building and scaling test automation in complex, distributed systems Strong people leadership experience, including coaching and developing engineers Background in sell-side or mission-critical platforms (fintech, SaaS, infrastructure, high-availability … systems) Deep understanding of automation strategy, CI/CD, and modern delivery practices *Rates depend on experience and client requirements ...

Machine Learning Infrastructure Developer

Hiring Organisation
US TECH SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Location
Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£54.00 - £56.00 per hour
Responsibilities: Create robust, flexible, and scalable machine learning tooling and infrastructure that supports research scientists in leveraging large-scale internal infrastructure (e.g., source control, distributed compute clusters, data storage). Work collaboratively as part of a multifunctional team where communication, documentation, and teamwork are highly valued. Write clean, maintainable … focus on building and maintaining scalable infrastructure. Hands-on experience with PyTorch or similar machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow). Experience working with distributed systems or high-performance compute infrastructure. 2+ years of experience working with large, complex datasets for machine learning, including data capture and annotation. Demonstrated ...

Senior Go Developer

Hiring Organisation
Fruition Group
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
technology business on a contract basis. This organisation is recognised for its engineering excellence and is seeking a Senior Go Developer to help scale distributed systems and deliver high-performance solutions click apply for full job details ...

Marketing Science Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Huntress
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£320 - £370 per day
quantitative field (Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Physics, Data Science). SQL: Advanced level. Ability to write complex CTEs, window functions, and optimize joins for distributed systems. Modeling: Proven experience building or managing Marketing Mix Models (MMM). Understanding of Bayesian inference, adstock transformations, and saturation curves. Preferred Skills: Clean Room ...