1 to 25 of 34 Contract Distributed Systems Jobs in England

Site Reliability Engineer (Contractor)

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£540 - £550 per day
architectural decisions, and build automation that elevates deployment safety and operational efficiency. This is a hands-on, senior technical role with direct influence on systems that generate significant global revenue.Key ResponsibilitiesReliability & Risk Engineering* Identify systemic reliability risks and drive long-term preventative improvements* Define and refine SLIs, SLOs … teams to embed reliability into system designYOUR SKILLS & EXPERIENCERequired:* Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience* 7+ years in SRE, Production Engineering, or Systems Engineering roles* Strong understanding of distributed systems, failure modes, and consistency models* Hands-on experience operating production workloads ...

Java Developers (NPPV3+SC)

Hiring Organisation
Lucid Support Services Ltd
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
product teams to ensure compliance with government security standards Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and continuous improvement initiatives Troubleshoot complex issues across distributed systems Support deployment pipelines and CI/CD processes in a secure environment Produce high - quality technical documentation and contribute to knowledge sharing Attend … Strong commercial experience with Java 11+ Hands - on experience with Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, or similar frameworks Solid understanding of RESTful APIs, microservices, and distributed systems Experience working in secure government or policing environments Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.) Strong knowledge ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Pontoon
Location
Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
disruption and enhanced performance. Automated Testing: Implement TDD and automated testing to uphold high-quality standards. Monitor and Analyze: Enhance performance and reliability across distributed systems to ensure operational efficiency. Build Automation Solutions: Develop CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and deployments to streamline processes. Security Practices: Uphold … preferred; solid mid-level considered). Deep hands-on AWS experience (core services, serverless, compute, networking). Proven experience in migrating or modernizing legacy systems into cloud environments. Proficiency in test-driven development (TDD) and automated testing frameworks. Familiarity with Agile delivery, especially Scrum methodologies. A solid foundation ...

Senior Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Hybrid - 1 day onsite, 4 days remote) Overview We are seeking a Senior Engineer to deliver across key Identity-focused workstreams within a modern, distributed engineering environment. You will bring a strong backend engineering foundation alongside hands-on delivery capability, operating across multiple services and components. This role requires … continuous improvement. You will work within a structured delivery framework while maintaining a strong focus on product impact, security, and customer outcomes. As identity systems increasingly interact with automated and AI-enabled workflows, we value engineers who stay aware of emerging security considerations within these modern environments. Core Technical ...

Infrastructure Engineer - Virtualisation - VMWare

Hiring Organisation
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£360 - £390/day
vendors * Manage full hardware and software lifecycle from deployment to decommissioning Skills and Experience: * 15+ years' total IT experience, including 12+ years in distributed systems (Linux, Windows, HA solutions, server hardware, VMware) * Extensive experience managing VMware products (vSphere, vCenter, vROPS, vRO, vRLI, vLCM) within banking/finance environments … Strong automation delivery experience across large-scale virtualisation infrastructure * Deep understanding of network and storage technologies in distributed systems * Proven leadership and team management capability * Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills * Experience managing full infrastructure lifecycle This is a senior engineering leadership opportunity for someone who combines deep ...

Technical Architect Principal (UK)

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £500 to £550 per day
designing major solution components, defining reference architectures, and guiding development teams through POCs to production-scale implementations. The role has a strong open-source, distributed systems, and data architecture focus, with frequent CIO-level technical interactions. Your Responsibilities Architecture & Blueprint Design Define end-to-end architecture blueprints covering … Your Profile Essential Skills/Knowledge/Experience Core Experience 10+ years of experience in enterprise architecture or principal technical roles. Strong background in distributed systems and data platforms. Hands-on experience with OpenTelemetry, Kafka, and time-series data platforms. Technical Expertise Architecture of high-volume telemetry ...

Senior Java Spring Boot Developer

Hiring Organisation
Infoplus Technologies UK Ltd
Location
Norwich, Norfolk, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
From £400 to £550 per day
databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis). Write optimized SQL queries, design schemas, and build repository layers via JPA/Hibernate. Understand caching patterns and distributed cache strategies. Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code with unit, integration, and contract tests (JUnit, Mockito). Ensure secure development using OWASP principles, authentication … Core, Spring Data, Spring Security REST API design Microservices patterns (circuit breakers, retries, service discovery, resilience patterns) Experience with: SQL/NoSQL databases Messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ) Containerization (Docker) & Kubernetes Solid understanding of: Multithreading & concurrency Design patterns Distributed systems concepts Hands-on experience with CI/ ...

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Outsource
Location
Central London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
rate) Role Overview We are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to drive the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of Network commerce systems, including subscriptions and personalization services. You will collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to enhance system architecture, deployment safety, observability, and overall performance. As part … centralized Technical Operations team, you will have horizontal responsibility for production reliability, participate in the on-call rotation for critical commerce services, and influence systems that serve millions of users globally. Key Responsibilities Reliability & Risk Engineering Identify systemic reliability risks and implement preventative solutions. Define and maintain SLIs, SLOs ...

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Outsource
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
rate) Role Overview We are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer to drive the reliability, scalability, and operational excellence of Network commerce systems, including subscriptions and personalization services. You will collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to enhance system architecture, deployment safety, observability, and overall performance. As part … centralized Technical Operations team, you will have horizontal responsibility for production reliability, participate in the on-call rotation for critical commerce services, and influence systems that serve millions of users globally. Key Responsibilities Reliability & Risk Engineering Identify systemic reliability risks and implement preventative solutions. Define and maintain SLIs, SLOs ...

Site Reliability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Sphere Digital Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£550 - £551 per day
standards, influencing architectural improvements, managing complex incidents, and building automation to improve deployment safety and operational efficiency. Your work will directly support high-traffic systems used by a global audience. Key Responsibilities Reliability & Risk Engineering My client is looking for someone who can: Identify systemic reliability risks and drive … client is looking for candidates with: A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience Strong experience designing and operating CI/CD systems with deployment safety practices Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence cross-functional teams 7+ years of experience in SRE, production engineering ...

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

Hiring Organisation
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
metrics, logs, and tracing Improve signal quality and reduce alert fatigue Troubleshoot and resolve performance bottlenecks Infrastructure & Automation Operate large-scale cloud-native, containerised systems Build Infrastructure as Code solutions for resilient environments Automate away toil and improve operational efficiency Leadership & Collaboration Mentor engineers and champion SRE best practices … with engineering, product, and security teams Drive a culture of reliability across the organisation Experience: 7+ years in Site Reliability Engineering, Production Engineering, or Systems Engineering Strong expertise in distributed systems, including failure modes and fault tolerance Proven experience operating cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure ...

Python Developer

Hiring Organisation
Ascendion
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Contract
expertise and hands-on experience building or supporting enterprise-grade platforms. This role is ideal for someone who has worked on complex, high-performance systems such as trading platforms , financial systems, or other large-scale enterprise applications. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services using Python … Build and enhance REST APIs and microservices Work on high-throughput, low-latency systems Deploy and manage applications on AWS cloud infrastructure Collaborate with cross-functional teams including DevOps and architecture Optimize performance, scalability, and system reliability Work with SQL/NoSQL databases and large datasets Required Skills & Experience ...

DevOps Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
Wokingham, Berkshire, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
From £500 to £550 per day
building highly scalable, secure, and performant enterprise applications. They should have strong experience working with modern CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native architectures, and distributed systems handling large-scale data. The candidate must be proactive, analytical, and able to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including Architects, DevOps ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Tenth Revolution Group
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£650 per day
fast-moving team working on projects that support a large, multinational tech ecosystem. What We're Looking For Strong Go (Golang) development experience - production systems, performance, concurrency. Proven background in AI for coding (e.g., agent frameworks, LLM-powered tooling, AI code generation, or workflow automation). Hands-on experience … developing or integrating with LLM-based systems (Claude, Cursor, OpenAI, etc.). Experience with distributed systems, microservices, or platform engineering. Comfortable working in a fast-paced, experimental environment where the tech evolves every week. Why This Contract Is Exceptional You'll work in a brand-new domain ...

Azure Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£600 - £690 per day
Istio, Linkerd, Open Service Mesh). Strong grasp of authentication and authorization standards (OAuth2, OIDC). Experience implementing robust monitoring, logging, and tracing across distributed systems. Ability to work closely with mobile engineering teams and translate app requirements into scalable cloud architectures. If you currently hold SC Clearance ...

Integration Architect

Hiring Organisation
Stackstudio Digital Ltd
Location
Norwich, Norfolk, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £550 to £575 per day
week) Duration of Assignment: 6 Months The Role The Integration Architect is responsible for designing, governing, and delivering enterprise scale integration solutions across distributed systems. This role requires deep expertise in event driven architecture (EDA), real time streaming, and cloud native integration patterns using Kafka and AWS messaging/… event-based integrations Experience designing event-driven and microservices architectures. Strong knowledge of: API integration patterns (REST, GraphQL) ETL/ELT and data pipelines Distributed system design High throughput and low-latency data streaming Good understanding of Java/Python/Node.js for integration logic. Familiarity with containerization & orchestration ...

Senior Java Engineer - AWS, API - (2 days on site)

Hiring Organisation
Salt Search
Location
South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£500 - £700 per day
development. Develop cloud-native solutions using AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, ECS, S3, and others. Contribute to microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and distributed design patterns. Implement CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or AWS CodePipeline. Work with containerisation technologies … Gateway, DynamoDB, ECS, S3, etc.). Solid understanding of RESTful API design and exposure to GraphQL. Experience with microservices, event-driven architectures, and distributed systems. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices. Knowledge of Docker and container orchestration fundamentals (ECS, EKS). Experience with unit testing, integration ...

iOS Technical Lead - Inside IR35 - Crawley (hybrid)

Hiring Organisation
Salt
Location
Crawley, West Sussex, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
architectural leadership, driving the evolution of a modern, scalable mobile platform. You'll work closely with product, backend, and architecture teams while also leading distributed engineering teams, including offshore developers. The platform enables end-to-end customer journeys including booking, account management, and real-time travel services. Key Responsibilities … quality Oversee API integrations (REST/GraphQL) and ensure performance optimisation Collaborate with cross-functional teams across product, backend, and DevOps Mentor and lead distributed/offshore engineering teams Required Skills & Experience Strong commercial experience in iOS development (Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, Objective-C) Proven experience as a Technical Lead ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Tenth Revolution Group
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£650 per day
shaping what engineering will look like in the next decade. If you're excited by LLM-powered development, agentic reasoning, and building new systems in Go - this is your contract. What You'll Be Working On Engineering Go (Golang) services forming the core of a large-scale GenAI developer … background in AI-for-coding , LLM-driven development, or autonomous agent frameworks. Experience designing or building LLM-powered platforms , tooling, or automation. Knowledge of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, or platform engineering. Passion for fast-moving, experimental R&D environments where the tech evolves daily. Why This Contract ...

Observability Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Xcede
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
create robust documentation on end-to-end processes. Define and monitor system metrics and service level indicators (SLIs). Perform root cause analysis across distributed systems using platform and application logs. Encourage and enable the adoption of observability tools to drive product enhancements and promote more reliable infrastructure … data quality metrics across core systems. Skills & Experience Hands-on experience with Dynatrace, including OneAgent deployment and configuration. Experience investigating issues in complex distributed systems. Experience leveraging OpenTelemetry to deliver monitoring, debugging or system performance reporting. Familiarity with SLIs and system performance monitoring. Experience working with cloud ...

Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Henderson Scott
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£650 - £684 per day + Umbrella - inside IR35
experienced Java Developer to join an FX electronic trading technology team team in London. The role exists to extend and enhance highly available, distributed systems that support a front office trading desk and electronic client flows. You'll take ownership from detailed technical design through implementation, testing … speak with candidates who have: Strong Java server-side development experience, including multi-threaded programming. Proven experience building and tuning low latency, highly available distributed systems. Experience of FX spot or equities algorithmic execution and pricing. Background in architectural design for trading or eTrading systems. Knowledge of enterprise integration ...

Quality Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Pontoon
Location
Bromley, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, or Node.js. Practical hands-on experience with modern automation tooling. Exposure to testing data-driven applications and distributed systems. Desirable: Experience testing GenAI or LLM-based services. Background in supporting ML, NLP, or data-heavy engineering environments. Familiarity with validating prompt flows ...

Lead Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Infoplus Technologies UK Ltd
Location
Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £450 to £500 per day Outside IR35
Responsibilities: Develop and implement solutions for biometric products. Support live systems and diagnose incidents. Collaborate with the team to ensure high-quality Java code. Essential Skills and Experience: Proficiency in Java 17+, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA, Spring Integration, Spring Batch, Microservices, Quartz, SQL Database (PostgreSQL), JPA (Hibernate), REST … Docker, TDD, Agile (Scrum) Public sector experience. 8-10 years of hands-on experience with large-scale Spring-based Java projects. Experience supporting live systems and diagnosing incidents. Experience in large-scale integration projects involving microservices, messaging, web services, and distributed systems. Experience with web services (SOAP ...

Java Developer, Contract, Inside IR35

Hiring Organisation
Brio Digital
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£550 - £600/day
This role sits within a large-scale NHS digital transformation programme delivered via a leading consultancy partner. The programme focuses on modernising critical healthcare systems, improving access to services, and enabling seamless integration across national and local platforms. The work involves building scalable, secure, and interoperable digital services that … support high-volume user interactions and integrate with multiple systems across the healthcare ecosystem. The Role As a Java Developer, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining high-quality backend services within a complex, distributed system. You will work closely with product, architecture, and engineering teams ...

Python Contractor

Hiring Organisation
ALTECH GROUP LTD
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£600 - £700 per day
need expertise in Python Django, AWS & Typescript, and Engineers who are principally product focused, collaborative and can thrive in highly ambigious environments. Experience with distributed systems also a major plus as they are considering moving into this environment. They use Vue.js in the Frontend but will consider anyone ...