22 of 22 Contract Distributed Systems Jobs in England

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fullstack Developer

Hiring Organisation
Lucid Support Services Ltd
Location
England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
occasional on-site collaboration (typically once per week) at either our Croydon or Manchester hub. This role suits someone who is confident working across distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and modern Back End services. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain scalable full-stack applications within a secure environment. ...

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 ...

Back End Developer

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
Croydon, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£520 - £522/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 ...

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. ...

OpenShift/Kubernetes SRE - SC CLEARED - Wokingham & Remote - 10-20 MONTHS+

Hiring Organisation
Octopus Computer Associates
Location
Wokingham, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Daily
Operators (ServiceMesh, ODF, ACS, ACM, AMQ). Familiarity with and ability to adapt within a complex multi-cloud/hybrid ecosystem. Foundational understanding of distributed systems. Working knowledge of observability stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Tempo. Drive to develop and grow with the aid of senior engineers ...

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 ...

Cloud Architect

Hiring Organisation
Response Informatics
Location
Warwick, Warwickshire, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £500 to £650 per day
align solution architecture. Provide technical leadership to internal teams and external partners. Must Haves: Strong experience in cloud-native architectures (AWS, Kubernetes/EKS, distributed systems). Hands-on background in chaos engineering (Chaos Toolkit, Gremlin, Litmus, etc.) and resilience/failover testing. Proven ability to design ...

Test Manager Connected Services

Hiring Organisation
Signet Resources
Location
Bracknell, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£600 per day
recommendations based on results and risk. Lead risk-based testing, identifying, managing, and mitigating quality risks throughout the lifecycle. Validate integration architecture across multiple systems, including APIs, microservices, and third-party platforms, ensuring testability is built into system design Assess and challenge architectural decisions that may compromise system stability … Waterfall) and integration into test management practices. Understanding of API technologies and integration patterns (synchronous, asynchronous, event-driven) with hands-on experience testing distributed systems and microservices architectures. Working knowledge of OWASP standards, common security vulnerabilities, and experience conducting or coordinating security testing including SAST, DAST, and penetration ...

Senior Strategy Analyst

Hiring Organisation
EF Recruitment
Location
SW1V, Victoria, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£70000 - £76000/annum Free breakfast, hybrid
data analytics teams. B.Sc. Economics, Statistics, Mathematics or Data Science. SQL: Advanced level. Ability to write complex CTEs, window functions, and optimize joins for distributed systems. Experience with Marketing Mix Models (MMM). Understanding of Bayesian inference, Adstock transformations, and saturation curves. Useful experience Hands-on experience with ...

Senior Analyst - MMM

Hiring Organisation
EF Recruitment
Location
SW1V, Victoria, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£70000 - £76000/annum Free breakfast, hybrid
B.Sc in a quantitative Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science). SQL: Advanced level. Ability to write complex CTEs, window functions and optimize joins for distributed systems. Proven experience building or managing Marketing Mix Models (MMM). Understanding of Bayesian inference, Adstock transformations, and saturation curves. Useful experience Hands ...

Data Scientist

Hiring Organisation
EF Recruitment
Location
SW1V, Victoria, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£70000 - £76000/annum Free breakfast, hybrid
data analytics teams. B.Sc. Economics, Statistics, Mathematics or Data Science. SQL: Advanced level. Ability to write complex CTEs, window functions, and optimize joins for distributed systems. Experience with Marketing Mix Models (MMM). Understanding of Bayesian inference, Adstock transformations, and saturation curves. Useful experience Hands-on experience with ...

Strategic Analyst

Hiring Organisation
EF Recruitment
Location
SW1V, Victoria, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£76000/annum Free breakfast, hybrid
B.Sc in a quantitative Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science). SQL: Advanced level. Ability to write complex CTEs, window functions, and optimize joins for distributed systems. Experience with Marketing Mix Models (MMM). Understanding of Bayesian inference, Adstock transformations, and saturation curves. Useful experience Hands-on experience with ...

Data Scientist

Hiring Organisation
Executive Facilities
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£76,000 per annum
B.Sc in a quantitative Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science). SQL: Advanced level. Ability to write complex CTEs, window functions, and optimize joins for distributed systems. Experience with Marketing Mix Models (MMM). Understanding of Bayesian inference, Adstock transformations, and saturation curves. Useful experience Hands-on experience with ...

Statistician / Data Modeller

Hiring Organisation
EF Recruitment
Location
SW1V, Victoria, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£70000 - £76000/annum Free breakfast, hybrid
B.Sc in a quantitative Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science). SQL: Advanced level. Ability to write complex CTEs, window functions, and optimize joins for distributed systems. Experience with Marketing Mix Models (MMM). Understanding of Bayesian inference, Adstock transformations, and saturation curves. Useful experience Hands-on experience with ...

Marketing Mix Modeller

Hiring Organisation
EF Recruitment
Location
SW1V, Victoria, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£70000 - £76000/annum Free breakfast, hybrid
B.Sc in a quantitative Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Data Science). SQL: Advanced level. Ability to write complex CTEs, window functions, and optimize joins for distributed systems. Proven experience building or managing Marketing Mix Models (MMM). Understanding of Bayesian inference, Adstock transformations, and saturation curves. Useful experience Hands ...

Backend Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Fruition Group
Location
England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
expertise in Go. This is an exciting chance to join a leading technology company known for its high engineering standards and innovative approach to distributed systems. In this position, the Backend Software Engineer will play a central role in building and scaling mission-critical, data-heavy applications. … software engineering, with significant commercial experience Advanced proficiency in Go (Golang) and hands-on expertise with AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker Experience designing and architecting systems end-to-end Proven track record of working with complex, large-scale data applications Product-driven mindset and experience working in fast-moving, tech ...

Fullstack Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£55 - £70 per hour
millions of travelers worldwide. As part of our Cars Search Experience Team , you will be at the heart of the customer journey-modernizing the systems that handle search requests, power real-time filtering, and drive global conversions. The Tech Stack We are in a high-growth phase, evolving … building and operating production-grade backend services. Frontend Fluency: Hands-on experience with modern React frameworks. Microservices Experience: A must-have understanding of distributed systems. Cloud Native: Familiarity with AWS (specifically SQS, Lambda, or EventBridge) is a significant plus. The Mindset: A pragmatic, detail-oriented engineer who is passionate ...