17 of 17 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 ...

Redhat Linux Administrator

Hiring Organisation
iBSC
Location
Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
remote but requiring 3 days per week on-site. The ideal candidate will have strong 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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

SRE

Hiring Organisation
LA International Computer Consultants Ltd
Location
Wokingham, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP 403 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...