22 of 22 Contract Distributed Systems Jobs in England

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 ...

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. ...

Senior Back-end Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Stott & May Professional Search Limited
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
lead the development of a next-generation payment processing platform. You'll design and implement scalable, resilient microservices, optimise performance, and modernise our payment systems using cloud technologies and containerisation. Required Skills 10+ years in back-end microservices development, mainly with Java, Go, or Rust Expertise in distributed systems, Spring Boot, and application security Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, and observability tools Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure and SQL/databases Excellent problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills Nice to Have Experience with financial payments, cyber security, and team mentoring Qualifications BSc in Computer Science, Engineering ...

Senior Full Stack Engineer FX e Trading London

Hiring Organisation
Atrium Global
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £750 to £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 ...

Platform Engineer / SRE

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£550 - £650/day
SLOs/SLIs. Implement GitOps (Fleet) and reduce toil through automation and strong governance. Apply secure API gateway and WAF patterns. Work with distributed system patterns, including event brokers and asynchronous messaging. Maintain security posture: CVE remediation, GRC controls, scanning pipelines. Your Skills Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, Rancher, GitOps … Linux, and cloud networking. Understanding of API gateway and WAF patterns. Experience with distributed systems and event driven architectures. Strong automation/scripting (Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell, .NET). IaC: Terraform for foundational/bootstrap cluster provisioning. Crossplane as an orchestration layer (leveraging Terraform providers). Ability ...

Databricks SME and AWS Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
Northampton, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£460 - £480/day
with data engineering best practices is essential. Performance and Code Quality - candidate should demonstrate a strong commitment to building high-performance, scalable, and resilient distributed systems , with an emphasis on clean, maintainable, and testable code . CI/CD Proficiency - Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines ...

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 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 - SC Cleared

Hiring Organisation
CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Location
Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£50 - £60/hour
aerospace, space, defence and related high-technology sectors. The Role You will join a 7-person Scrum team within a major programme delivering management systems for a next-generation satellite platform . You'll contribute across the full software development lifecycle , from architecture and design to development, testing … clean, maintainable, well-tested Java code Participating in sprint planning, estimation and delivery Working closely with engineers, architects and stakeholders to ship real-world systems Essential Skills & Experience Java Core (8+) Spring Boot/Spring Framework with Hibernate RESTful web services over HTTPS Microservices architecture Distributed systems ...

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 ...

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 ...

Senior Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
support and deliver across key Identity-related workstreams. This role requires a strong backend engineering foundation combined with hands-on delivery capability across distributed systems. The successful candidate will operate across multiple software components, contributing to both new delivery and continuous improvement initiatives. You will be expected to take … focus on product impact and customer outcomes. Core Technical Skills Skills Java and/or Kotlin Micronaut or Spring Boot Experience building and supporting distributed systems React/Next.js AWS and/or Azure experience Experience Identity & Access Management standards (OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML) Microsoft Azure services (application ...

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 ...

Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
Solihull, West Midlands, West Midlands (County), United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
large-scale public sector program. This unique development opportunity involves creating and implementing solutions for our portfolio of biometric products, supporting live systems, and diagnosing incidents. You will be part of a collaborative team that prides itself on engineering the best possible Java code. Key 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 and SOAP Web Services ...

Java Developer (SC + NPPV3 Cleared)

Hiring Organisation
Syntax Consultancy Ltd
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands (County), United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£450 - £500/day 450-500/day (Outside IR35)
Microservices, REST, SOAP Web Services, JPA (Hibernate). Experience of developing Java solutions for large-scale integration projects including: microservices, web services, messaging + distributed systems. Connecting processes across multiple systems using message brokers like ActiveMQ. Robust experience of Web Services, SOAP, RESTful), Containerization (Docker), and testing frameworks … Mockito, JUnit, Powermock, DBUnit, JMock, TestContainers). Supporting live systems + diagnose/resolving incidents. Continuous Integration methodologies such as: Maven, Jenkins, SonarQube, Git + Stash Repository. AWS Cloud Services (EC2, SQS, RDS, DynamoDB, S3, Route53, Cloudwatch, KMS). Any experience of Linux, Atlassian products, open-source DBs, PostgreSQL ...

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 ...

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 ...

Product Owner

Hiring Organisation
Stealth IT Consulting Limited
Location
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £450 to £500 per day
authority during major incidents Work closely with architecture, operations, security, and application teams Required Experience 15+ years in enterprise IT, with strong VMware and distributed systems experience Proven leadership of engineering teams or PODs Experience in banking or regulated financial environments Strong automation and infrastructure engineering background Excellent ...

Payment Solution Architect

Hiring Organisation
Ascendion
Location
Bromley, Greater London, Bromley Town, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Contract
defining end-to-end solution designs, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture standards, and guiding delivery teams to build scalable, secure, and high-performance payment systems . Key Responsibilities: Own and drive architecture design and decisions across multiple payment applications. Define solution vision, system interactions, interfaces, and non-functional requirements. … 5+ years in Banking/Financial Services, preferably Payments. Strong expertise in microservices architecture, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), containers, Kafka, and distributed systems. Proven experience designing high-throughput, low-latency applications. Strong background in architecture governance , design reviews, and decision documentation. Experience working across Agile ...

Senior Backend Engineer Node.js, TypeScript

Hiring Organisation
Harnham - Data & Analytics Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£400 - £600 per day
across a complex CMS, data platforms and integration-heavy services. These are hands-on senior roles focused on delivery, architecture, and mentoring within a distributed engineering team. The work is centred around scaling core backend systems, improving performance and reliability, and building integrations across internal services. … reduce reliance on the central architect. Key Focus Areas* Backend development across Node.js and TypeScript services* Building and improving APIs, integrations and data-driven systems* System design, architecture input and scalability work* Mentoring engineers and improving technical standards* Working closely with product, delivery and engineering leadership* Leading integration work ...

Back End Developer SPFYJP00003381

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Digital
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£550 - £600 per day
Responsibilities Solution Design: Lead the architecture and implementation of scalable features within our core services. System Evolution: Execute meaningful changes to high-scale, complex distributed systems. Collaboration: Drive engineering deep dives, technical workshops, and stakeholder demos. Mentorship: Participate in tight feedback loops and peer reviews to elevate the team … concepts for diverse stakeholders. Mindset: Self-driven, collaborative, and thrives in a high-autonomy environment. Location & Timezone This role operates on CET , supporting a distributed team across Sweden, the UK, and Germany. Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. ...

Back End Developer SPFYJP

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Technologies Recruitment
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 550 - 600 Daily
Responsibilities Solution Design: Lead the architecture and implementation of scalable features within our core services. System Evolution: Execute meaningful changes to high-scale, complex distributed systems. Collaboration: Drive engineering deep dives, technical workshops, and stakeholder demos. Mentorship: Participate in tight feedback loops and peer reviews to elevate the team … concepts for diverse stakeholders. Mindset: Self-driven, collaborative, and thrives in a high-autonomy environment. Location & Timezone This role operates on CET , supporting a distributed team across Sweden, the UK, and Germany. Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. ...